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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 4,325 1,758 43.1 40.7-45.5 2,567 56.9 54.5-59.3
GENDER
Male 1,704 603 37.3 33.7-41.1 1,101 62.7 58.9-66.3
Female 2,621 1,155 48.9 45.9-51.9 1,466 51.1 48.1-54.1
RACE
White 3,377 1,223 36.9 34.4-39.4 2,154 63.1 60.6-65.6
African American 652 393 62.0 56.3-67.4 259 38.0 32.6-43.7
Other Minorities 264 129 45.9 36.0-56.2 135 54.1 43.8-64.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 197 104 48.4 36.9-60.2 93 51.6 39.8-63.1
Non-Hispanic 4,118 1,651 42.6 40.3-45.0 2,467 57.4 55.0-59.7
AGE
18-24 166 63 34.9 25.7-45.3 103 65.1 54.7-74.3
25-34 598 377 58.2 52.2-63.9 221 41.8 36.1-47.8
35-44 1,002 559 55.1 50.6-59.4 443 44.9 40.6-49.4
45-54 1,264 482 39.1 35.3-43.0 782 60.9 57.0-64.7
55-64 1,295 277 20.4 17.6-23.5 1,018 79.6 76.5-82.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 367 156 40.4 31.1-50.4 211 59.6 49.6-68.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,096 381 39.5 34.7-44.6 715 60.5 55.4-65.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,064 455 47.1 42.5-51.8 609 52.9 48.2-57.5
College Graduate 1,795 764 43.8 40.7-47.0 1,031 56.2 53.0-59.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 338 180 56.4 46.3-66.0 158 43.6 34.0-53.7
$15,000- 24,999 486 221 47.7 40.4-55.2 265 52.3 44.8-59.6
$25,000- 34,999 358 157 42.7 34.7-51.0 201 57.3 49.0-65.3
$35,000- 49,999 547 222 45.6 39.3-52.0 325 54.4 48.0-60.7
$50,000-74,999 732 284 41.9 36.4-47.5 448 58.1 52.5-63.6
$75,000+ 1,379 530 41.6 38.0-45.3 849 58.4 54.7-62.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,148 486 46.8 41.9-51.6 662 53.2 48.4-58.1
No 3,067 1,225 41.3 38.6-44.0 1,842 58.7 56.0-61.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 350 165 53.7 46.0-61.3 185 46.3 38.7-54.0
Non-Veteran 3,640 1,458 42.0 39.4-44.6 2,182 58.0 55.4-60.6

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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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