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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 160 54 38.0 29.0-48.0 4 1.4 0.4- 5.2 3 2.1 0.7- 6.4 99 58.5 48.6-67.7
GENDER
Male 57 17 39.0 25.2-54.8 2 1.7 0.3-10.3 2 2.7 0.6-10.2 36 56.6 41.3-70.8
Female 103 37 37.1 26.1-49.7 2 1.1 0.2- 6.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 63 60.2 47.8-71.4
RACE
White 125 36 30.2 21.5-40.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7 84 65.7 55.2-74.8
Other 35 18 76.0 55.1-89.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 15 23.4 10.5-44.3
AGE
18-44 111 37 37.9 27.0-50.1 3 1.9 0.5- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 71 60.2 48.1-71.1
45+ 49 17 38.3 23.5-55.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 3 7.2 2.3-20.5 28 54.3 37.5-70.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 28 43.7 30.1-58.3 3 1.4 0.3- 7.1 2 3.3 0.8-12.5 40 51.6 37.5-65.4
Some College + 86 25 33.1 21.8-46.7 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 59 64.4 50.9-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 116 43 45.2 34.1-56.8 4 1.9 0.5- 7.0 2 1.8 0.4- 6.9 67 51.1 39.8-62.3
$50,000+ 28 7 17.0 6.7-37.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 21 83.0 62.8-93.3

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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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