BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (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
-Gaston County	301	138	48.3	40.8-56.0	163	51.7	44.0-59.2
GENDER
Male	98	41	43.7	30.6-57.9	57	56.3	42.1-69.4
Female	203	97	52.2	44.5-59.8	106	47.8	40.2-55.5
RACE
White	253	102	44.0	35.7-52.6	151	56.0	47.4-64.3
Other	48	36	71.8	53.4-84.9	12	28.2	15.1-46.6
AGE
18-44	140	89	62.3	50.3-73.0	51	37.7	27.0-49.7
45+	161	49	29.0	21.9-37.3	112	71.0	62.7-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	59	42.1	31.6-53.4	80	57.9	46.6-68.4
Some College +	162	79	54.4	44.6-64.0	83	45.6	36.0-55.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	157	82	52.9	41.6-64.0	75	47.1	36.0-58.4
$50,000+	107	45	41.9	31.8-52.8	62	58.1	47.2-68.2

*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: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County	301	138	48.3	40.8-56.0	163	51.7	44.0-59.2
GENDER
Male	98	41	43.7	30.6-57.9	57	56.3	42.1-69.4
Female	203	97	52.2	44.5-59.8	106	47.8	40.2-55.5
RACE
White	253	102	44.0	35.7-52.6	151	56.0	47.4-64.3
Other	48	36	71.8	53.4-84.9	12	28.2	15.1-46.6
AGE
18-44	140	89	62.3	50.3-73.0	51	37.7	27.0-49.7
45+	161	49	29.0	21.9-37.3	112	71.0	62.7-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	59	42.1	31.6-53.4	80	57.9	46.6-68.4
Some College +	162	79	54.4	44.6-64.0	83	45.6	36.0-55.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	157	82	52.9	41.6-64.0	75	47.1	36.0-58.4
$50,000+	107	45	41.9	31.8-52.8	62	58.1	47.2-68.2