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2006 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 10,911 3,952 38.3 37.0-39.6 6,959 61.7 60.4-63.0
-Mtn. AHEC 601 199 30.7 26.1-35.8 402 69.3 64.2-73.9
GENDER
Male 218 64 27.7 21.0-35.7 154 72.3 64.3-79.0
Female 383 135 33.4 27.4-40.1 248 66.6 59.9-72.6
RACE
White 517 157 29.3 24.4-34.7 360 70.7 65.3-75.6
Other 81 41 41.5 27.9-56.4 40 58.5 43.6-72.1
AGE
18-44 236 108 36.1 28.8-44.2 128 63.9 55.8-71.2
45+ 365 91 24.3 19.3-30.1 274 75.7 69.9-80.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 216 60 24.7 17.7-33.2 156 75.3 66.8-82.3
Some College + 383 137 35.0 29.2-41.2 246 65.0 58.8-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 355 120 31.7 25.6-38.7 235 68.3 61.3-74.4
$50,000+ 187 64 34.1 26.3-42.9 123 65.9 57.1-73.7

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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