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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 8,333 3,416 43.4 41.5-45.2 4,917 56.6 54.8-58.5
-Eastern NC 2,341 1,081 46.5 42.7-50.4 1,260 53.5 49.6-57.3
GENDER
Male 844 369 42.7 36.6-48.9 475 57.3 51.1-63.4
Female 1,497 712 50.4 45.9-54.8 785 49.6 45.2-54.1
RACE
White 1,491 615 42.1 37.7-46.5 876 57.9 53.5-62.3
African American 567 321 54.4 46.1-62.6 246 45.6 37.4-53.9
Other Minorities 272 141 53.9 39.7-67.5 131 46.1 32.5-60.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 128 79 55.2 34.9-73.9 49 44.8 26.1-65.1
Non-Hispanic 2,208 1,000 45.7 41.9-49.6 1,208 54.3 50.4-58.1
AGE
18-24 123 66 40.1 28.1-53.3 57 59.9 46.7-71.9
25-34 363 259 66.1 55.3-75.5 104 33.9 24.5-44.7
35-44 502 312 58.3 50.3-65.9 190 41.7 34.1-49.7
45-54 658 266 39.1 33.4-45.2 392 60.9 54.8-66.6
55-64 695 178 25.5 20.9-30.8 517 74.5 69.2-79.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 221 89 47.9 36.2-59.8 132 52.1 40.2-63.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 711 293 41.3 34.3-48.6 418 58.7 51.4-65.7
Some Post-H.S. 714 377 50.8 43.4-58.1 337 49.2 41.9-56.6
College Graduate 691 320 47.3 41.5-53.1 371 52.7 46.9-58.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 246 127 45.8 32.8-59.5 119 54.2 40.5-67.2
$15,000- 24,999 375 187 56.8 46.9-66.2 188 43.2 33.8-53.1
$25,000- 34,999 222 117 53.2 40.6-65.4 105 46.8 34.6-59.4
$35,000- 49,999 343 154 45.8 37.3-54.5 189 54.2 45.5-62.7
$50,000-74,999 366 173 51.5 43.5-59.5 193 48.5 40.5-56.5
$75,000+ 550 228 40.4 33.0-48.1 322 59.6 51.9-67.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 745 379 55.1 48.0-62.1 366 44.9 37.9-52.0
No 1,528 669 42.4 37.9-47.1 859 57.6 52.9-62.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 324 200 63.1 52.6-72.4 124 36.9 27.6-47.4
Non-Veteran 1,824 797 43.4 39.1-47.8 1,027 56.6 52.2-60.9

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

^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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