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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,240 541 43.7 40.3-47.2 109 9.6 7.8-11.8 28 2.6 1.6- 4.1 562 44.1 40.7-47.6
GENDER
Male 414 174 40.8 35.4-46.5 44 10.3 7.4-14.2 15 4.0 2.2- 7.1 181 44.9 39.3-50.7
Female 826 367 46.0 41.8-50.3 65 9.0 6.9-11.8 13 1.5 0.8- 2.8 381 43.5 39.4-47.7
AGE
18-24 111 67 60.0 49.0-70.1 21 19.3 12.4-28.8 3 2.5 0.7- 8.6 20 18.1 11.0-28.4
25-34 375 183 50.3 44.0-56.5 38 11.5 8.0-16.2 7 2.6 1.0- 6.9 147 35.6 30.0-41.6
35-44 344 134 38.6 32.4-45.2 28 8.7 5.7-13.1 7 2.3 0.9- 5.6 175 50.4 43.8-57.0
45-54 252 96 36.5 29.7-43.9 15 6.5 3.7-11.1 5 1.7 0.7- 4.3 136 55.3 47.7-62.6
55-64 158 61 38.7 29.4-48.9 7 4.9 1.9-12.2 6 4.3 1.8-10.3 84 52.1 42.0-62.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 77 39.6 31.3-48.5 32 20.7 14.2-29.3 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9 58 37.5 28.8-47.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 446 192 42.6 37.1-48.2 44 11.6 8.3-15.9 15 4.8 2.5- 8.7 195 41.1 35.8-46.6
Some Post-H.S. 363 174 49.0 42.5-55.4 22 6.0 3.7- 9.5 7 1.7 0.7- 3.9 160 43.3 37.0-49.8
College Graduate 259 98 41.2 33.7-49.2 10 3.8 1.9- 7.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 149 54.2 46.4-61.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 227 97 42.0 34.1-50.2 28 17.3 11.5-25.3 7 3.4 1.3- 8.4 95 37.3 30.1-45.1
$15,000- 24,999 286 138 48.9 41.5-56.4 27 9.9 6.5-14.9 4 1.9 0.6- 5.7 117 39.2 32.1-46.8
$25,000- 34,999 197 86 42.3 34.5-50.6 21 11.5 7.2-17.9 5 5.0 1.8-13.0 85 41.1 33.4-49.3
$35,000- 49,999 163 71 41.3 32.8-50.2 11 6.8 3.6-12.3 4 2.6 0.8- 7.9 77 49.4 40.5-58.3
$50,000-74,999 122 47 42.8 32.2-54.1 9 7.3 3.4-15.2 0 0.0 . - . 66 49.9 39.1-60.7
$75,000+ 80 26 36.2 24.8-49.3 2 2.7 0.6-10.7 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4 50 59.3 46.2-71.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 346 153 45.6 39.3-51.9 37 11.8 8.2-16.6 8 1.6 0.8- 3.4 148 41.1 35.0-47.4
No 857 371 43.3 39.2-47.5 66 8.4 6.4-11.0 18 2.6 1.5- 4.5 402 45.7 41.5-49.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 149 55 42.8 33.4-52.7 8 5.5 2.4-12.1 5 4.9 1.7-13.9 81 46.8 37.5-56.3
Non-Veteran 1,056 465 43.6 39.9-47.4 92 9.9 7.9-12.4 22 2.0 1.3- 3.3 477 44.4 40.7-48.2
Currently Serving 35 21 49.6 30.5-68.9 9 21.0 9.8-39.3 1 7.1 1.0-36.2 4 22.3 8.8-45.9

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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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