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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

HIV/AIDS

Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Mountain AHEC 800 321 39.0 34.6-43.6 479 61.0 56.4-65.4
GENDER
Male 280 88 27.8 21.7-34.7 192 72.2 65.3-78.3
Female 520 233 48.9 43.2-54.6 287 51.1 45.4-56.8
RACE
White 677 257 38.7 34.0-43.5 420 61.3 56.5-66.0
African American 51 27 35.1 20.2-53.6 24 64.9 46.4-79.8
Other Minorities 72 37 44.9 29.0-61.9 35 55.1 38.1-71.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 12 19.1 8.9-36.2 25 80.9 63.8-91.1
Non-Hispanic 763 309 40.6 36.0-45.3 454 59.4 54.7-64.0
AGE
18-24 59 29 33.6 21.2-48.9 30 66.4 51.1-78.8
25-34 168 98 55.5 46.1-64.4 70 44.5 35.6-53.9
35-44 176 92 47.1 38.4-55.9 84 52.9 44.1-61.6
45-54 191 68 35.0 27.2-43.6 123 65.0 56.4-72.8
55-64 206 34 14.6 9.7-21.3 172 85.4 78.7-90.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 101 45 41.1 28.1-55.4 56 58.9 44.6-71.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 240 81 31.6 24.1-40.3 159 68.4 59.7-75.9
Some Post-H.S. 215 82 37.8 30.1-46.2 133 62.2 53.8-69.9
College Graduate 243 112 47.2 39.7-54.9 131 52.8 45.1-60.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 36 44.7 29.9-60.6 46 55.3 39.4-70.1
$15,000- 24,999 165 75 45.3 35.2-55.8 90 54.7 44.2-64.8
$25,000- 34,999 119 43 35.0 25.2-46.3 76 65.0 53.7-74.8
$35,000- 49,999 115 48 41.6 31.6-52.5 67 58.4 47.5-68.4
$50,000-74,999 106 38 31.1 21.1-43.2 68 68.9 56.8-78.9
$75,000+ 113 49 49.0 37.9-60.2 64 51.0 39.8-62.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 236 105 47.4 38.8-56.1 131 52.6 43.9-61.2
No 548 209 36.1 31.0-41.5 339 63.9 58.5-69.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 72 31 38.4 26.1-52.4 41 61.6 47.6-73.9
Non-Veteran 728 290 39.0 34.4-43.9 438 61.0 56.1-65.6

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*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.

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