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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 259 132 49.6 42.6-56.5 127 50.4 43.5-57.4
GENDER
Male 100 47 43.5 33.2-54.3 53 56.5 45.7-66.8
Female 159 85 55.3 46.6-63.7 74 44.7 36.3-53.4
RACE
White 205 96 47.3 39.8-54.9 109 52.7 45.1-60.2
Other 51 34 57.5 39.5-73.7 17 42.5 26.3-60.5
AGE
18-44 139 85 58.0 48.0-67.4 54 42.0 32.6-52.0
45+ 120 47 38.2 29.2-48.1 73 61.8 51.9-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 33 49.1 36.0-62.3 37 50.9 37.7-64.0
Some College + 189 99 49.8 41.8-57.9 90 50.2 42.1-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 67 56.4 45.8-66.3 54 43.6 33.7-54.2
$50,000+ 86 45 51.4 40.2-62.5 41 48.6 37.5-59.8

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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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