BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	506	186	36.6	31.1-42.4	320	63.4	57.6-68.9
GENDER
Male	176	50	25.3	17.9-34.5	126	74.7	65.5-82.1
Female	330	136	45.8	38.6-53.1	194	54.2	46.9-61.4
RACE
White	434	155	37.2	31.3-43.4	279	62.8	56.6-68.7
Other	72	31	33.0	19.9-49.5	41	67.0	50.5-80.1
AGE
18-44	242	125	44.9	36.7-53.4	117	55.1	46.6-63.3
45+	264	61	23.3	17.5-30.2	203	76.7	69.8-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	77	33.0	25.0-42.1	154	67.0	57.9-75.0
Some College +	275	109	40.3	33.2-47.8	166	59.7	52.2-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	318	117	37.4	30.6-44.9	201	62.6	55.1-69.4
$50,000+	127	53	39.6	28.8-51.6	74	60.4	48.4-71.2

*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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	506	186	36.6	31.1-42.4	320	63.4	57.6-68.9
GENDER
Male	176	50	25.3	17.9-34.5	126	74.7	65.5-82.1
Female	330	136	45.8	38.6-53.1	194	54.2	46.9-61.4
RACE
White	434	155	37.2	31.3-43.4	279	62.8	56.6-68.7
Other	72	31	33.0	19.9-49.5	41	67.0	50.5-80.1
AGE
18-44	242	125	44.9	36.7-53.4	117	55.1	46.6-63.3
45+	264	61	23.3	17.5-30.2	203	76.7	69.8-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	77	33.0	25.0-42.1	154	67.0	57.9-75.0
Some College +	275	109	40.3	33.2-47.8	166	59.7	52.2-66.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	318	117	37.4	30.6-44.9	201	62.6	55.1-69.4
$50,000+	127	53	39.6	28.8-51.6	74	60.4	48.4-71.2