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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 379 67 15.2 10.9-20.7 312 84.8 79.3-89.1
GENDER
Male 137 26 18.9 11.6-29.3 111 81.1 70.7-88.4
Female 242 41 12.8 8.2-19.6 201 87.2 80.4-91.8
RACE
White 203 23 9.3 5.3-15.8 180 90.7 84.2-94.7
African American 145 33 19.2 11.9-29.4 112 80.8 70.6-88.1
Other Minorities 27 10 26.6 12.1-48.7 17 73.4 51.3-87.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 9 23.2 9.8-45.7 19 76.8 54.3-90.2
Non-Hispanic 349 58 14.2 9.8-20.0 291 85.8 80.0-90.2
AGE
18-24 38 6 14.5 5.7-32.4 32 85.5 67.6-94.3
25-34 111 11 8.5 4.2-16.5 100 91.5 83.5-95.8
35-44 98 20 22.3 12.7-36.0 78 77.7 64.0-87.3
45-54 91 20 15.2 8.3-26.3 71 84.8 73.7-91.7
55-64 41 10 32.2 15.8-54.6 31 67.8 45.4-84.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 40 12 35.2 17.5-58.1 28 64.8 41.9-82.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 102 23 17.0 9.2-29.3 79 83.0 70.7-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 94 20 14.1 7.6-24.5 74 85.9 75.5-92.4
College Graduate 142 11 6.5 3.2-13.0 131 93.5 87.0-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 12 12.8 5.4-27.4 46 87.2 72.6-94.6
$15,000- 24,999 59 15 25.2 13.2-42.8 44 74.8 57.2-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 39 7 8.9 3.8-19.8 32 91.1 80.2-96.2
$35,000- 49,999 55 16 23.0 11.7-40.3 39 77.0 59.7-88.3
$50,000-74,999 54 4 3.7 1.3-10.5 50 96.3 89.5-98.7
$75,000+ 77 6 8.4 3.3-19.6 71 91.6 80.4-96.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 125 25 20.7 12.3-32.7 100 79.3 67.3-87.7
No 244 41 12.6 8.1-19.0 203 87.4 81.0-91.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 8 24.3 8.9-51.3 28 75.7 48.7-91.1
Non-Veteran 314 56 14.8 10.3-20.8 258 85.2 79.2-89.7

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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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