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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 794 138 15.7 12.4-19.6 656 84.3 80.4-87.6
-Eastern NC 318 52 16.1 10.9-23.0 266 83.9 77.0-89.1
GENDER
Male 125 24 17.3 9.8-28.7 101 82.7 71.3-90.2
Female 193 28 14.9 8.8-24.0 165 85.1 76.0-91.2
RACE
White 143 14 9.2 4.5-17.8 129 90.8 82.2-95.5
African American 134 31 26.0 16.2-39.1 103 74.0 60.9-83.8
Other Minorities 39 6 13.4 3.9-37.1 33 86.6 62.9-96.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 29 3 15.4 4.1-44.0 26 84.6 56.0-95.9
Non-Hispanic 289 49 16.1 10.8-23.4 240 83.9 76.6-89.2
AGE
18-24 31 10 25.6 11.8-46.9 21 74.4 53.1-88.2
25-34 98 8 11.8 4.7-26.4 90 88.2 73.6-95.3
35-44 87 9 9.5 3.5-22.9 78 90.5 77.1-96.5
45-54 64 16 24.4 11.2-45.2 48 75.6 54.8-88.8
55-64 38 9 19.4 8.1-39.4 29 80.6 60.6-91.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 10 29.3 12.6-54.5 25 70.7 45.5-87.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 92 22 25.9 14.5-42.0 70 74.1 58.0-85.5
Some Post-H.S. 107 11 9.0 4.2-18.2 96 91.0 81.8-95.8
College Graduate 84 9 4.5 2.0-10.0 75 95.5 90.0-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 44 12 26.6 13.0-46.7 32 73.4 53.3-87.0
$15,000- 24,999 62 12 15.2 6.9-30.2 50 84.8 69.8-93.1
$25,000- 34,999 35 7 33.2 13.1-62.1 28 66.8 37.9-86.9
$35,000- 49,999 42 5 9.7 3.0-27.5 37 90.3 72.5-97.0
$50,000-74,999 41 5 11.7 3.1-35.7 36 88.3 64.3-96.9
$75,000+ 63 6 6.3 1.9-18.7 57 93.7 81.3-98.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 114 21 15.7 8.0-28.5 93 84.3 71.5-92.0
No 196 30 17.1 10.6-26.3 166 82.9 73.7-89.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 82 4 3.6 1.1-10.7 78 96.4 89.3-98.9
Non-Veteran 203 39 20.8 13.5-30.6 164 79.2 69.4-86.5

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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