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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

Where did you have your last HIV test-at a private doctor or HMO office, at a counseling and testing site, at a hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or prison, at home, or somewhere else?

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  Total
Respond.^
Private Doctor Hospital Clinic Home Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,063 2,559 50.5 48.8-52.3 906 17.0 15.7-18.3 1,087 21.9 20.5-23.3 163 3.4 2.9- 4.1 348 7.2 6.4- 8.1
-Western NC 450 221 49.7 44.0-55.4 78 16.5 12.7-21.1 110 23.9 19.5-29.0 11 2.1 1.1- 3.9 30 7.8 5.2-11.5
GENDER
Male 166 79 49.9 41.3-58.6 32 17.6 12.1-25.0 36 20.7 14.6-28.6 3 1.7 0.6- 5.3 16 10.0 5.8-16.6
Female 284 142 49.5 42.3-56.6 46 15.3 10.7-21.4 74 27.2 21.2-34.0 8 2.4 1.1- 5.0 14 5.7 3.3- 9.7
RACE
White 378 195 52.4 46.4-58.4 61 14.8 11.1-19.5 85 22.1 17.5-27.4 10 2.3 1.2- 4.4 27 8.4 5.5-12.6
African American 34 14 32.7 17.8-52.1 9 42.0 23.1-63.6 9 20.5 9.0-40.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.9 1.2-18.0
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 39 19 52.4 35.5-68.7 6 13.0 5.2-28.8 14 34.6 20.6-52.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 130 68 52.8 41.8-63.5 16 12.9 6.9-22.9 36 23.7 16.1-33.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 9 9.8 4.8-18.9
35-44 146 80 56.7 46.7-66.2 21 11.5 6.9-18.4 29 20.3 13.3-29.6 7 4.1 1.8- 9.2 9 7.5 3.7-14.5
45-54 87 31 33.3 23.0-45.4 22 25.8 16.3-38.3 22 27.3 17.2-40.6 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1 10 11.9 5.6-23.3
55-64 48 23 47.3 31.5-63.7 13 27.8 15.1-45.5 9 18.7 9.0-35.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 2 4.0 0.9-16.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 60 25 46.1 31.0-61.9 14 19.3 9.7-34.7 19 31.8 19.5-47.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.9 0.7-11.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 119 59 51.5 40.9-61.9 22 15.5 9.7-23.8 31 26.3 18.1-36.6 2 2.3 0.6- 8.6 5 4.5 1.6-11.7
Some Post-H.S. 145 70 48.0 38.1-58.1 28 19.1 12.4-28.4 33 20.9 14.0-30.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 12 11.2 6.0-20.1
College Graduate 125 66 52.3 42.1-62.3 14 11.9 6.4-20.8 27 20.5 13.3-30.2 7 5.3 2.4-11.2 11 10.1 5.5-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 60 20 27.9 16.9-42.3 14 22.4 11.4-39.4 25 48.2 32.6-64.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.1
$15,000- 24,999 100 49 47.9 35.5-60.5 17 15.7 8.9-26.0 28 28.8 19.0-41.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 5 7.2 2.6-18.4
$25,000- 34,999 69 34 55.6 41.7-68.6 10 16.2 8.3-29.1 20 18.5 11.1-29.1 2 3.3 0.8-12.4 3 6.5 1.8-21.0
$35,000- 49,999 59 33 58.0 42.8-71.9 9 10.8 4.6-23.4 11 19.4 10.1-34.0 2 3.9 0.9-14.5 4 7.9 2.6-21.3
$50,000-74,999 71 32 45.7 32.6-59.4 16 22.7 13.0-36.6 13 17.4 9.5-29.6 3 3.3 1.0-10.3 7 10.9 5.1-21.7
$75,000+ 37 24 64.7 46.1-79.7 2 2.2 0.4-10.3 3 9.3 2.6-28.2 2 2.9 0.7-11.3 6 21.0 9.6-40.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 145 65 46.6 36.7-56.8 33 22.2 15.3-31.1 35 22.7 15.4-32.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 9 7.2 3.2-15.3
No 302 153 50.7 43.8-57.5 45 13.9 9.7-19.6 75 24.7 19.4-31.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1 21 8.2 5.2-12.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 22 49.7 33.6-65.8 10 19.8 10.0-35.5 14 17.2 9.2-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 13.4 6.1-26.6
Non-Veteran 394 199 49.9 43.9-55.9 67 16.0 12.0-20.9 95 24.9 20.1-30.6 11 2.4 1.3- 4.5 22 6.8 4.2-10.8
Currently Serving 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.2 1.3-63.7 1 29.2 3.1-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 57.6 10.4-94.1

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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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