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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

HIV/AIDS

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Respond.^
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N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,317 2,547 45.8 44.0-47.5 917 16.1 14.9-17.5 1,146 24.0 22.4-25.6 180 3.4 2.9- 4.1 527 10.7 9.6-11.9
-Buncombe County 133 48 36.9 27.8-47.0 18 10.0 5.9-16.4 48 38.8 29.5-48.9 6 4.8 1.9-11.6 13 9.5 5.1-17.0
GENDER
Male 38 11 36.4 20.6-55.8 8 14.8 6.9-29.0 14 36.3 21.7-54.1 2 7.2 1.8-24.7 3 5.2 1.6-16.2
Female 95 37 37.2 27.0-48.6 10 7.0 3.5-13.5 34 40.4 29.2-52.6 4 3.2 1.0- 9.8 10 12.2 6.0-23.2
RACE
White 102 36 30.6 22.1-40.6 12 9.4 5.0-16.9 35 41.7 31.2-53.0 6 6.2 2.4-14.7 13 12.3 6.7-21.5
Other 31 12 58.9 37.8-77.2 6 12.3 4.8-28.2 13 28.8 14.7-48.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 96 33 36.2 26.0-47.9 10 7.2 3.6-13.8 38 41.0 30.3-52.6 5 5.6 2.2-13.9 10 10.0 5.0-18.9
45+ 37 15 40.1 23.8-58.9 8 23.3 10.9-43.1 10 28.4 14.9-47.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 3 7.5 2.4-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 18 42.0 26.7-59.1 5 5.3 2.1-12.8 20 47.2 31.0-64.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 3 5.0 1.5-15.1
Some College + 85 30 34.7 23.8-47.4 12 11.5 6.1-20.6 28 35.0 24.2-47.6 5 7.0 2.7-16.9 10 11.8 5.9-22.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 82 25 34.8 23.3-48.4 10 10.3 5.2-19.4 38 47.0 34.6-59.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 7 7.3 3.3-15.5
$50,000+ 35 17 42.9 26.7-60.8 5 8.3 3.0-20.7 7 27.1 13.1-47.6 3 15.1 5.0-37.6 3 6.6 1.8-21.3

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*This question was asked only of respondents (<65 yrs.) who reported having ever been 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: 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.

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