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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

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  Total
Respond.^
Private Doctor Hospital Clinic Home Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,384 1,668 48.6 45.8-51.4 529 14.5 12.6-16.6 675 20.4 18.3-22.7 110 2.8 2.1- 3.6 402 13.7 11.8-15.8
-Western NC 570 253 48.2 41.6-54.9 104 14.8 11.4-18.9 132 22.9 18.1-28.4 12 1.8 0.9- 3.4 69 12.4 9.0-16.8
GENDER
Male 216 77 37.0 29.3-45.5 46 17.2 12.1-23.9 48 26.5 19.2-35.4 7 2.9 1.2- 6.8 38 16.3 11.2-23.3
Female 354 176 56.5 47.3-65.4 58 13.0 8.9-18.5 84 20.1 14.5-27.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 31 9.5 5.6-15.6
RACE
White 483 225 50.2 42.9-57.4 87 15.2 11.6-19.7 107 20.5 15.9-26.1 11 1.9 1.0- 3.9 53 12.1 8.5-17.0
African American 24 9 35.1 16.3-60.1 5 20.5 6.3-49.7 7 34.2 14.1-62.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.2 3.0-29.0
Other Minorities 61 18 36.6 20.3-56.7 12 8.0 3.2-18.8 17 38.5 20.2-60.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 13 16.0 6.6-34.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 26 14 52.2 27.2-76.1 2 4.8 0.7-26.0 6 32.6 11.9-63.4 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 3 9.1 2.3-29.7
Non-Hispanic 544 239 47.9 41.1-54.9 102 15.5 11.9-19.8 126 22.2 17.5-27.7 11 1.8 0.9- 3.6 66 12.6 9.1-17.2
AGE
18-24 26 13 60.0 32.5-82.4 3 6.6 1.5-24.3 8 27.9 11.0-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.4 1.2-21.9
25-34 105 57 50.3 39.2-61.3 12 8.0 4.2-14.8 24 24.2 15.7-35.3 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 11 16.1 8.6-28.2
35-44 164 81 49.0 40.3-57.8 23 14.4 9.1-22.1 45 26.0 19.0-34.4 2 1.1 0.2- 4.7 13 9.5 5.1-17.2
45-54 153 58 41.6 29.8-54.4 31 23.5 14.7-35.4 33 17.8 10.7-27.9 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 25 14.0 8.6-21.9
55-64 122 44 36.7 27.5-46.9 35 28.6 20.4-38.4 22 14.2 8.5-22.7 3 3.9 1.1-12.5 18 16.7 10.1-26.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 17 38.4 19.5-61.6 14 19.1 8.6-37.4 14 21.0 9.3-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 21.5 8.5-44.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 163 74 47.1 37.2-57.2 31 14.1 8.7-22.1 36 26.0 17.4-37.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 21 12.5 7.3-20.4
Some Post-H.S. 154 68 51.7 36.3-66.8 26 12.8 7.3-21.3 44 25.6 16.0-38.3 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 13 7.4 3.5-15.2
College Graduate 198 94 49.6 41.4-57.8 33 15.7 10.7-22.6 38 17.9 12.1-25.7 8 3.0 1.4- 6.4 25 13.8 8.8-21.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 78 29 39.0 23.9-56.6 20 15.3 8.7-25.5 15 26.2 12.5-46.9 3 5.8 1.4-21.0 11 13.7 5.1-31.6
$15,000- 24,999 94 34 35.3 23.8-48.8 19 16.6 9.3-28.0 30 32.0 20.3-46.4 0 0.0 . - . 11 16.1 6.9-33.4
$25,000- 34,999 68 28 40.2 27.5-54.4 13 23.3 12.4-39.5 16 20.4 11.2-34.1 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 10 14.2 6.6-28.2
$35,000- 49,999 87 39 42.2 29.3-56.3 13 13.3 6.3-25.8 21 31.7 19.8-46.6 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 11 11.6 5.2-24.0
$50,000-74,999 95 47 49.7 37.0-62.5 12 13.0 6.7-23.9 23 21.9 12.4-35.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 12 14.6 7.5-26.3
$75,000+ 100 54 66.2 49.7-79.6 14 9.9 4.9-18.9 17 10.7 5.6-19.6 4 2.9 1.0- 8.2 11 10.3 4.9-20.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 199 64 34.8 25.0-46.0 58 26.0 18.5-35.4 48 23.7 16.1-33.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 28 15.3 9.4-24.0
No 359 183 53.4 45.1-61.4 44 10.0 6.8-14.4 81 22.8 17.0-29.9 11 2.4 1.2- 4.8 40 11.4 7.6-16.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 16 25.5 14.5-40.9 17 25.2 14.7-39.6 11 22.3 11.2-39.5 3 5.7 1.6-17.9 10 21.3 10.9-37.5
Non-Veteran 472 216 49.9 42.5-57.3 80 14.0 10.4-18.7 112 22.9 17.7-29.0 9 1.6 0.7- 3.4 55 11.7 8.1-16.5

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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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