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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

HIV/AIDS

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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 5,317 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
-Forsyth County 125 71 58.6 48.4-68.2 17 11.3 6.7-18.3 19 16.5 10.3-25.3 3 2.9 0.8-10.2 15 10.7 6.2-17.9
GENDER
Male 43 24 57.9 41.0-73.1 6 10.8 4.6-23.1 7 16.7 7.7-32.5 2 5.1 1.1-21.2 4 9.6 3.5-23.4
Female 82 47 59.3 46.9-70.6 11 11.7 6.1-21.3 12 16.3 9.0-27.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 11 11.6 6.1-20.9
RACE
White 78 48 67.0 54.7-77.3 11 10.8 5.6-19.8 9 11.0 5.5-20.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 9 10.3 5.1-19.7
Other 47 23 42.9 27.7-59.6 6 12.3 5.3-26.1 10 26.6 14.2-44.3 2 6.7 1.4-26.3 6 11.4 4.7-25.4
AGE
18-44 71 40 60.6 47.3-72.5 8 8.9 4.2-17.6 13 16.8 9.5-28.1 1 2.7 0.4-17.0 9 11.0 5.4-21.0
45+ 54 31 55.1 39.8-69.4 9 15.8 7.7-29.6 6 15.7 6.6-33.0 2 3.3 0.8-12.5 6 10.1 4.2-22.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 17 62.8 42.1-79.7 4 12.6 4.4-30.8 4 17.2 6.3-39.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.4 2.6-19.6
Some College + 96 54 57.2 45.4-68.2 13 10.9 6.0-18.9 15 16.2 9.5-26.3 3 4.0 1.1-13.5 11 11.8 6.3-21.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 33 55.3 40.0-69.6 11 18.3 9.9-31.2 9 15.9 7.8-29.7 2 4.7 1.0-19.7 5 5.8 2.0-16.0
$50,000+ 52 30 61.2 46.0-74.6 5 4.0 1.6-10.0 8 18.2 9.1-33.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 8 15.0 7.4-28.2

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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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