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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

HIV/AIDS

Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,860 5,150 46.2 45.0-47.3 5,710 53.8 52.7-55.0
-Mountain AHEC 642 279 41.0 36.4-45.8 363 59.0 54.2-63.6
GENDER
Male 231 101 43.5 36.0-51.3 130 56.5 48.7-64.0
Female 411 178 38.8 33.2-44.7 233 61.2 55.3-66.8
RACE
White 543 222 39.3 34.4-44.3 321 60.7 55.7-65.6
African American 36 26 69.1 48.9-84.0 10 30.9 16.0-51.1
Other Minorities 2 1 58.6 8.1-95.8 1 41.4 4.2-91.9
AGE
18-24 49 23 39.3 25.4-55.2 26 60.7 44.8-74.6
25-34 121 87 66.8 53.8-77.6 34 33.2 22.4-46.2
35-44 151 76 47.0 37.6-56.5 75 53.0 43.5-62.4
45-54 173 58 30.8 23.3-39.6 115 69.2 60.4-76.7
55-64 148 35 23.7 16.4-33.1 113 76.3 66.9-83.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 32 33.9 22.3-47.9 52 66.1 52.1-77.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 175 66 37.6 29.2-46.7 109 62.4 53.3-70.8
Some Post-H.S. 179 89 51.6 42.8-60.4 90 48.4 39.6-57.2
College Graduate 203 91 37.6 30.1-45.7 112 62.4 54.3-69.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 43 48.7 33.5-64.1 32 51.3 35.9-66.5
$15,000- 24,999 116 60 55.8 44.0-66.9 56 44.2 33.1-56.0
$25,000- 34,999 89 41 48.9 36.7-61.1 48 51.1 38.9-63.3
$35,000- 49,999 98 35 34.4 24.1-46.6 63 65.6 53.4-75.9
$50,000-74,999 90 46 49.1 37.2-61.0 44 50.9 39.0-62.8
$75,000+ 73 24 27.5 17.9-39.7 49 72.5 60.3-82.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 190 86 40.5 32.0-49.6 104 59.5 50.4-68.0
No 438 190 42.0 36.5-47.8 248 58.0 52.2-63.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 33 58.4 41.3-73.6 23 41.6 26.4-58.7
Non-Veteran 582 243 39.2 34.4-44.2 339 60.8 55.8-65.6
Currently Serving 4 3 39.8 5.9-87.4 1 60.2 12.6-94.1

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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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