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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 358 113 27.3 21.7-33.7 245 72.7 66.3-78.3
GENDER
Male 130 35 24.0 16.1-34.1 95 76.0 65.9-83.9
Female 228 78 30.3 23.0-38.8 150 69.7 61.2-77.0
RACE
White 306 87 26.6 20.7-33.4 219 73.4 66.6-79.3
Other 51 25 32.0 17.4-51.3 26 68.0 48.7-82.6
AGE
18-44 132 60 31.4 22.4-42.2 72 68.6 57.8-77.6
45+ 226 53 23.0 16.9-30.5 173 77.0 69.5-83.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 42 23.3 15.3-33.7 103 76.7 66.3-84.7
Some College + 212 70 30.6 23.4-38.9 142 69.4 61.1-76.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 73 28.7 21.4-37.3 148 71.3 62.7-78.6
$50,000+ 100 32 31.7 21.5-44.2 68 68.3 55.8-78.5

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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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