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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 2,788 862 30.8 28.7-33.0 98 4.3 3.4- 5.4 40 1.6 1.1- 2.3 1,788 63.2 61.0-65.5
GENDER
Male 1,014 292 28.6 25.3-32.0 44 4.7 3.3- 6.5 18 2.0 1.1- 3.4 660 64.8 61.2-68.3
Female 1,774 570 32.8 30.2-35.6 54 4.0 2.9- 5.5 22 1.2 0.8- 2.0 1,128 61.9 59.0-64.7
RACE
White 1,915 495 24.8 22.5-27.2 47 3.0 2.1- 4.2 22 1.2 0.7- 2.0 1,351 71.0 68.4-73.4
African American 645 283 43.5 38.8-48.4 43 7.9 5.6-10.9 14 2.6 1.4- 4.8 305 46.1 41.3-50.9
Other Minorities 25 13 47.8 27.6-68.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.7 0.7-26.9 11 47.5 27.2-68.6
AGE
18-24 196 119 62.0 53.5-69.9 18 11.5 6.8-18.7 6 3.4 1.4- 7.8 53 23.1 16.9-30.7
25-34 867 317 36.6 32.8-40.6 34 5.2 3.5- 7.5 10 1.4 0.7- 3.1 506 56.8 52.7-60.8
35-44 835 209 23.7 20.3-27.5 25 3.2 2.0- 5.1 8 1.1 0.5- 2.7 593 71.9 67.9-75.5
45-54 554 128 23.1 19.1-27.6 14 2.8 1.6- 5.1 11 2.0 1.1- 3.8 401 72.1 67.3-76.4
55-64 336 89 24.7 19.2-31.3 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 5 1.4 0.5- 4.1 235 71.4 64.6-77.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 334 127 35.8 29.8-42.3 31 12.7 8.6-18.4 7 1.8 0.8- 4.1 169 49.6 42.9-56.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 666 224 32.1 27.9-36.6 22 4.4 2.7- 7.2 12 3.0 1.5- 5.8 408 60.5 55.7-65.0
Some Post-H.S. 757 244 32.8 28.6-37.2 25 3.8 2.4- 5.9 11 1.5 0.8- 3.0 477 61.9 57.4-66.2
College Graduate 1,029 267 27.1 23.8-30.6 19 1.8 1.1- 3.0 10 0.7 0.4- 1.4 733 70.4 66.8-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 275 100 39.0 31.6-46.9 19 9.6 5.9-15.5 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 152 50.2 42.6-57.8
$15,000- 24,999 392 151 37.1 31.1-43.5 16 4.6 2.5- 8.3 7 2.4 1.0- 5.9 218 55.8 49.3-62.2
$25,000- 34,999 343 122 37.3 31.2-43.9 21 8.4 5.2-13.5 6 3.2 1.2- 8.0 194 51.0 44.5-57.5
$35,000- 49,999 404 123 30.4 25.4-36.0 12 3.0 1.6- 5.6 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 264 64.8 59.1-70.1
$50,000-74,999 425 114 28.7 23.5-34.5 10 3.3 1.6- 6.7 4 0.7 0.2- 2.4 297 67.3 61.4-72.8
$75,000+ 533 119 20.7 17.0-25.1 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 404 77.2 72.7-81.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 695 212 30.1 26.0-34.4 32 5.4 3.6- 7.8 13 1.9 1.0- 3.5 438 62.7 58.1-67.0
No 2,034 625 30.8 28.3-33.3 64 4.0 3.0- 5.4 25 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,320 63.8 61.1-66.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 282 67 26.1 20.2-33.1 9 3.8 1.7- 7.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.8 202 67.6 60.3-74.1
Non-Veteran 2,486 784 31.3 29.1-33.7 89 4.4 3.5- 5.7 36 1.5 1.0- 2.2 1,577 62.7 60.3-65.1
Currently Serving 19 10 40.3 20.7-63.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 59.7 36.4-79.3

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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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