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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS-FEMALES

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 6,711 3,296 48.0 46.5-49.5 3,415 52.0 50.5-53.5
RACE
White 4,816 2,133 43.2 41.5-44.9 2,683 56.8 55.1-58.5
African American 1,357 835 60.1 56.8-63.3 522 39.9 36.7-43.2
Asian 43 20 39.1 22.6-58.6 23 60.9 41.4-77.4
Native American 156 87 57.6 47.2-67.3 69 42.4 32.7-52.8
Other Minorities 300 197 61.7 54.6-68.3 103 38.3 31.7-45.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 316 201 59.3 52.4-65.9 115 40.7 34.1-47.6
-English Speaking 137 84 56.0 45.7-65.8 53 44.0 34.2-54.3
-Spanish Speaking 179 117 61.3 52.1-69.8 62 38.7 30.2-47.9
Non-Hispanic 6,390 3,093 47.3 45.8-48.8 3,297 52.7 51.2-54.2
AGE
18-24 493 294 56.6 51.1-62.1 199 43.4 37.9-48.9
25-34 1,458 1,088 72.1 69.1-74.9 370 27.9 25.1-30.9
35-44 1,661 962 56.5 53.5-59.4 699 43.5 40.6-46.5
45-54 1,664 628 34.4 31.7-37.2 1,036 65.6 62.8-68.3
55-64 1,435 324 21.5 19.1-24.2 1,111 78.5 75.8-80.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 770 394 51.4 47.1-55.7 376 48.6 44.3-52.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,956 852 42.3 39.7-45.0 1,104 57.7 55.0-60.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,874 989 51.3 48.5-54.2 885 48.7 45.8-51.5
College Graduate 2,108 1,059 48.9 46.3-51.5 1,049 51.1 48.5-53.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 737 426 59.4 54.8-63.8 311 40.6 36.2-45.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,133 611 53.4 49.8-56.9 522 46.6 43.1-50.2
$25,000- 34,999 815 421 50.7 46.4-54.9 394 49.3 45.1-53.6
$35,000- 49,999 931 449 46.8 43.0-50.6 482 53.2 49.4-57.0
$50,000-74,999 871 421 47.3 43.3-51.4 450 52.7 48.6-56.7
$75,000+ 1,012 464 44.6 41.0-48.3 548 55.4 51.7-59.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,850 883 45.8 43.0-48.7 967 54.2 51.3-57.0
No 4,739 2,355 48.9 47.1-50.6 2,384 51.1 49.4-52.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 141 109 77.7 68.7-84.7 32 22.3 15.3-31.3
Non-Veteran 6,537 3,156 47.2 45.7-48.7 3,381 52.8 51.3-54.3
Currently Serving 33 31 94.2 76.3-98.8 2 5.8 1.2-23.7

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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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