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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

HIV/AIDS

In the past 12 months, how many times have you been tested for HIV, including times you did not get your results.*

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  Total
Respond.^
One time Two times Three or/more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,060 1,634 32.3 30.7-33.9 222 4.7 4.0- 5.5 85 1.9 1.4- 2.4 3,119 61.2 59.5-62.8
-Mountain AHEC 272 87 34.7 27.8-42.3 8 2.1 0.9- 4.7 3 1.5 0.5- 4.5 174 61.8 54.3-68.8
GENDER
Male 98 29 35.9 25.3-48.1 2 1.2 0.2- 7.4 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3 65 61.1 49.0-71.9
Female 174 58 33.6 25.3-43.1 6 2.8 1.1- 6.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 109 62.5 53.0-71.0
RACE
White 216 61 28.6 21.9-36.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5 149 68.1 60.2-75.1
African American 26 14 59.0 36.5-78.3 3 8.5 2.4-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 32.5 15.7-55.4
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 23 13 57.3 35.4-76.7 1 4.0 0.5-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 38.7 20.4-60.9
25-34 84 33 39.3 26.4-53.8 3 2.1 0.5- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 48 58.7 44.3-71.7
35-44 73 15 22.1 11.9-37.4 3 3.7 1.0-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 55 74.1 59.1-85.1
45-54 58 20 43.6 29.1-59.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 36 53.3 37.9-68.0
55-64 34 6 19.3 7.8-40.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.9 1.7-24.4 26 73.7 52.9-87.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 13 49.4 27.3-71.8 3 3.8 0.7-18.5 1 4.8 0.7-27.7 13 42.0 22.3-64.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 65 22 37.0 23.9-52.3 3 3.1 0.9-10.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 39 57.9 43.0-71.5
Some Post-H.S. 87 30 38.5 26.6-51.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 57 61.5 48.1-73.4
College Graduate 89 21 21.0 12.8-32.6 2 3.0 0.7-12.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 65 74.6 62.7-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 42 17 51.7 33.3-69.6 3 6.4 1.7-21.7 2 7.1 1.7-24.6 20 34.8 20.4-52.6
$15,000- 24,999 58 23 50.8 34.5-67.0 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 33 47.4 31.6-63.8
$25,000- 34,999 41 14 29.5 16.2-47.5 2 3.3 0.5-18.6 0 0.0 . - . 25 67.2 49.1-81.4
$35,000- 49,999 35 7 27.6 12.5-50.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 28 72.4 49.6-87.5
$50,000-74,999 45 11 19.4 9.7-35.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 34 80.6 64.8-90.3
$75,000+ 21 4 22.1 8.3-46.9 1 3.6 0.5-21.7 0 0.0 . - . 16 74.4 50.1-89.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 84 34 49.8 36.3-63.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 2 3.3 0.8-12.6 47 46.7 33.6-60.2
No 186 53 29.4 22.0-38.1 6 2.2 0.9- 5.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 126 67.6 58.8-75.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 11 47.0 26.5-68.5 1 4.1 0.6-24.1 2 6.6 1.6-23.7 19 42.3 23.6-63.6
Non-Veteran 237 75 32.7 25.6-40.6 7 1.7 0.7- 4.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 154 64.9 57.0-72.1
Currently Serving 2 1 68.8 12.1-97.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.2 2.8-87.9

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* This question was asked only if the respondent (< 65 yrs.) and who reported being tested for HIV.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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