BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	12,290	5,379	43.7	42.5-44.9	6,911	56.3	55.1-57.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	287	128	46.8	40.3-53.5	159	53.2	46.5-59.7
GENDER
Male	90	41	46.3	35.3-57.8	49	53.7	42.2-64.7
Female	197	87	47.1	39.2-55.1	110	52.9	44.9-60.8
RACE
White	229	97	46.3	39.1-53.8	132	53.7	46.2-60.9
Other	57	30	47.4	33.0-62.3	27	52.6	37.7-67.0
AGE
18-44	115	76	64.8	54.0-74.3	39	35.2	25.7-46.0
45+	172	52	30.6	23.5-38.7	120	69.4	61.3-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	60	47.0	37.2-57.0	72	53.0	43.0-62.8
Some College +	155	68	46.6	38.0-55.5	87	53.4	44.5-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	171	83	50.5	41.9-59.1	88	49.5	40.9-58.1
$50,000+	86	37	46.9	35.2-58.8	49	53.1	41.2-64.8

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65 years.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

HIV/AIDS

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	12,290	5,379	43.7	42.5-44.9	6,911	56.3	55.1-57.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	287	128	46.8	40.3-53.5	159	53.2	46.5-59.7
GENDER
Male	90	41	46.3	35.3-57.8	49	53.7	42.2-64.7
Female	197	87	47.1	39.2-55.1	110	52.9	44.9-60.8
RACE
White	229	97	46.3	39.1-53.8	132	53.7	46.2-60.9
Other	57	30	47.4	33.0-62.3	27	52.6	37.7-67.0
AGE
18-44	115	76	64.8	54.0-74.3	39	35.2	25.7-46.0
45+	172	52	30.6	23.5-38.7	120	69.4	61.3-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	60	47.0	37.2-57.0	72	53.0	43.0-62.8
Some College +	155	68	46.6	38.0-55.5	87	53.4	44.5-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	171	83	50.5	41.9-59.1	88	49.5	40.9-58.1
$50,000+	86	37	46.9	35.2-58.8	49	53.1	41.2-64.8