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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,046 1,254 60.8 58.1-63.4 792 39.2 36.6-41.9
GENDER
Male 689 419 61.6 57.2-65.9 270 38.4 34.1-42.8
Female 1,357 835 60.1 56.8-63.3 522 39.9 36.7-43.2
AGE
18-24 172 111 54.8 45.0-64.3 61 45.2 35.7-55.0
25-34 459 379 79.7 74.5-84.0 80 20.3 16.0-25.5
35-44 512 347 71.2 66.3-75.7 165 28.8 24.3-33.7
45-54 500 257 48.2 42.8-53.6 243 51.8 46.4-57.2
55-64 403 160 42.5 36.5-48.7 243 57.5 51.3-63.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 317 174 56.7 50.0-63.2 143 43.3 36.8-50.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 746 450 58.2 53.6-62.7 296 41.8 37.3-46.4
Some Post-H.S. 575 366 62.4 57.3-67.1 209 37.6 32.9-42.7
College Graduate 406 262 65.9 60.1-71.3 144 34.1 28.7-39.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 367 228 62.7 56.4-68.6 139 37.3 31.4-43.6
$15,000- 24,999 463 288 61.6 55.7-67.1 175 38.4 32.9-44.3
$25,000- 34,999 295 200 65.4 58.3-71.8 95 34.6 28.2-41.7
$35,000- 49,999 273 166 59.5 52.4-66.3 107 40.5 33.7-47.6
$50,000-74,999 178 122 70.1 61.8-77.3 56 29.9 22.7-38.2
$75,000+ 134 81 61.9 51.9-71.0 53 38.1 29.0-48.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 633 353 54.5 49.7-59.3 280 45.5 40.7-50.3
No 1,353 863 63.3 60.0-66.4 490 36.7 33.6-40.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 225 151 65.4 57.5-72.6 74 34.6 27.4-42.5
Non-Veteran 1,785 1,068 59.4 56.5-62.2 717 40.6 37.8-43.5
Currently Serving 36 35 94.4 69.4-99.2 1 5.6 0.8-30.6

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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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