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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

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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
-Western NC 509 226 41.9 36.6-47.4 78 14.8 11.1-19.5 121 26.8 21.9-32.4 26 5.0 3.1- 7.8 58 11.5 8.4-15.6
GENDER
Male 143 54 33.7 25.0-43.7 30 21.6 13.7-32.3 33 23.9 16.1-33.9 9 7.8 3.8-15.3 17 13.0 7.4-21.8
Female 366 172 46.3 40.0-52.9 48 11.1 7.9-15.4 88 28.4 22.4-35.2 17 3.5 2.0- 5.9 41 10.7 7.3-15.3
RACE
White 424 199 43.2 37.4-49.1 61 14.3 10.3-19.5 87 23.7 18.7-29.6 26 5.9 3.7- 9.3 51 12.9 9.3-17.6
African American 34 13 51.0 31.5-70.2 4 10.4 3.5-27.0 14 30.4 16.7-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.2 2.2-26.0
Other Minorities 50 14 28.8 14.6-48.8 13 21.4 10.2-39.5 19 47.1 28.7-66.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 0.8- 8.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 25 5 26.7 10.4-53.4 1 8.5 1.2-41.3 17 61.5 36.0-81.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.4 0.7-14.8
Non-Hispanic 484 221 42.9 37.5-48.6 77 15.2 11.4-20.0 104 24.5 19.6-30.0 26 5.3 3.3- 8.3 56 12.1 8.8-16.4
AGE
18-24 48 21 39.9 24.7-57.2 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 18 45.3 28.6-63.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 12.1 5.0-26.2
25-34 148 64 38.4 29.7-48.0 19 15.9 8.9-26.8 42 29.6 21.5-39.2 6 3.4 1.4- 7.7 17 12.7 7.3-21.3
35-44 133 58 45.4 35.5-55.7 23 16.9 10.6-25.8 29 20.9 13.8-30.4 9 9.4 4.5-18.7 14 7.4 3.9-13.5
45-54 114 54 48.6 38.0-59.5 16 14.5 8.5-23.7 25 18.2 11.6-27.3 9 8.4 3.7-18.2 10 10.2 5.3-18.8
55-64 66 29 37.0 24.7-51.3 18 29.0 17.3-44.5 7 11.7 5.1-24.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 10 20.7 9.3-39.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 79 33 40.4 27.7-54.5 7 5.9 2.4-13.6 25 36.6 23.8-51.7 3 7.1 2.2-20.8 11 10.0 4.7-19.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 132 54 30.5 22.0-40.6 23 23.3 13.5-37.1 29 28.4 18.5-41.0 12 6.5 3.2-12.6 14 11.3 5.8-20.9
Some Post-H.S. 138 62 46.0 35.8-56.5 25 15.7 10.0-23.8 33 24.3 16.0-35.2 3 2.0 0.6- 6.1 15 12.1 6.4-21.6
College Graduate 159 77 48.9 39.8-58.2 22 11.7 7.1-18.7 34 21.9 15.3-30.3 8 5.3 2.5-11.2 18 12.1 7.1-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 26 33.6 20.5-49.7 12 15.6 7.5-29.7 25 41.8 26.1-59.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 7 8.8 3.3-21.2
$15,000- 24,999 116 38 33.8 23.5-45.9 19 17.4 9.0-31.0 38 32.1 22.3-43.7 6 3.4 1.1-10.2 15 13.2 6.8-24.3
$25,000- 34,999 64 27 37.6 24.7-52.6 12 21.7 10.8-38.7 15 26.7 15.5-42.0 4 5.2 1.8-14.0 6 8.8 3.5-20.5
$35,000- 49,999 74 40 47.8 34.8-61.1 8 11.7 5.4-23.5 17 27.2 16.8-40.8 2 4.5 0.8-22.0 7 8.7 3.9-18.5
$50,000-74,999 58 29 51.7 37.1-66.0 9 14.9 7.2-28.4 6 7.3 2.8-17.8 9 16.3 8.2-30.1 5 9.8 3.3-25.7
$75,000+ 73 34 40.6 28.1-54.4 11 12.6 6.6-22.9 14 27.1 14.5-44.9 2 4.0 1.0-15.0 12 15.8 8.0-28.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 172 81 44.9 35.2-55.0 28 17.5 11.1-26.4 38 25.1 16.5-36.1 6 3.1 1.1- 8.6 19 9.5 5.5-15.9
No 325 139 40.1 33.8-46.8 49 13.8 9.4-19.8 80 27.6 21.8-34.3 20 6.1 3.6-10.0 37 12.4 8.4-18.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 17 34.9 20.2-53.1 17 30.6 17.4-48.0 5 6.9 2.5-17.4 1 3.8 0.5-22.7 9 23.8 11.0-44.0
Non-Veteran 460 209 42.6 37.0-48.4 61 13.2 9.5-18.2 116 28.7 23.5-34.7 25 5.1 3.2- 8.1 49 10.3 7.3-14.4

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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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