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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 915 152 20.1 16.1-24.8 763 79.9 75.2-83.9
-Western NC 110 15 15.2 8.2-26.5 95 84.8 73.5-91.8
GENDER
Male 41 5 8.9 3.1-22.9 36 91.1 77.1-96.9
Female 69 10 21.3 10.4-38.6 59 78.7 61.4-89.6
RACE
White 87 12 12.2 6.3-22.4 75 87.8 77.6-93.7
African American 14 0 0.0 . - . 14 100 . - .
Other Minorities 9 3 50.7 15.4-85.3 6 49.3 14.7-84.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 65.2 24.5-91.6 4 34.8 8.4-75.5
Non-Hispanic 104 13 11.2 5.9-20.2 91 88.8 79.8-94.1
AGE
18-24 20 4 21.1 7.2-48.2 16 78.9 51.8-92.8
25-34 28 1 5.6 0.8-30.7 27 94.4 69.3-99.2
35-44 23 5 21.4 8.9-43.1 18 78.6 56.9-91.1
45-54 22 2 7.4 1.7-26.6 20 92.6 73.4-98.3
55-64 17 3 21.1 6.3-51.4 14 78.9 48.6-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 14 3 28.4 8.7-62.4 11 71.6 37.6-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 33 6 18.1 6.1-42.9 27 81.9 57.1-93.9
Some Post-H.S. 35 6 18.4 7.5-38.4 29 81.6 61.6-92.5
College Graduate 28 0 0.0 . - . 28 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 2 7.7 1.5-31.6 21 92.3 68.4-98.5
$15,000- 24,999 18 3 31.8 9.5-67.3 15 68.2 32.7-90.5
$25,000- 34,999 10 3 16.0 3.7-48.6 7 84.0 51.4-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 21 2 13.7 3.2-43.0 19 86.3 57.0-96.8
$50,000-74,999 9 1 6.2 0.7-37.3 8 93.8 62.7-99.3
$75,000+ 15 1 6.7 0.9-36.1 14 93.3 63.9-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 44 6 9.2 3.4-22.2 38 90.8 77.8-96.6
No 65 9 19.5 9.5-35.8 56 80.5 64.2-90.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 13 1 6.4 0.8-37.2 12 93.6 62.8-99.2
Non-Veteran 97 14 16.5 8.8-29.0 83 83.5 71.0-91.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents who were less than age 65.

^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.

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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