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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,094 2,827 46.0 44.5-47.6 3,267 54.0 52.4-55.5
GENDER
Male 2,379 1,039 43.7 41.3-46.2 1,340 56.3 53.8-58.7
Female 3,715 1,788 48.3 46.3-50.3 1,927 51.7 49.7-53.7
RACE
White 4,569 1,947 42.2 40.4-44.0 2,622 57.8 56.0-59.6
African American 1,039 648 62.6 58.9-66.2 391 37.4 33.8-41.1
Other Minorities 66 25 38.3 25.6-52.8 41 61.7 47.2-74.4
AGE
18-24 410 198 41.9 36.1-48.0 212 58.1 52.0-63.9
25-34 1,330 877 62.2 58.8-65.5 453 37.8 34.5-41.2
35-44 1,570 844 54.6 51.5-57.7 726 45.4 42.3-48.5
45-54 1,477 563 35.4 32.5-38.5 914 64.6 61.5-67.5
55-64 1,307 345 28.3 25.2-31.7 962 71.7 68.3-74.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 745 342 44.7 40.2-49.4 403 55.3 50.6-59.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,644 674 41.0 38.0-44.1 970 59.0 55.9-62.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,548 764 49.1 46.0-52.3 784 50.9 47.7-54.0
College Graduate 2,152 1,044 47.9 45.3-50.6 1,108 52.1 49.4-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 524 279 50.9 45.0-56.8 245 49.1 43.2-55.0
$15,000- 24,999 837 398 47.2 42.8-51.7 439 52.8 48.3-57.2
$25,000- 34,999 703 346 50.5 45.8-55.2 357 49.5 44.8-54.2
$35,000- 49,999 885 410 45.1 41.2-49.2 475 54.9 50.8-58.8
$50,000-74,999 920 429 45.4 41.4-49.3 491 54.6 50.7-58.6
$75,000+ 1,169 542 46.9 43.4-50.4 627 53.1 49.6-56.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,516 708 45.2 42.0-48.4 808 54.8 51.6-58.0
No 4,460 2,058 46.3 44.4-48.1 2,402 53.7 51.9-55.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 563 289 50.4 45.4-55.5 274 49.6 44.5-54.6
Non-Veteran 5,505 2,516 45.3 43.6-46.9 2,989 54.7 53.1-56.4
Currently Serving 24 21 92.6 77.0-97.9 3 7.4 2.1-23.0

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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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