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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,667 577 37.7 33.9-41.7 1,090 62.3 58.3-66.1
GENDER
Male 664 217 32.8 27.7-38.2 447 67.2 61.8-72.3
Female 1,003 360 42.5 37.2-47.9 643 57.5 52.1-62.8
RACE
White 1,505 488 36.1 32.1-40.4 1,017 63.9 59.6-67.9
African American 54 25 48.0 29.5-67.0 29 52.0 33.0-70.5
Other Minorities 103 62 51.7 36.3-66.9 41 48.3 33.1-63.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 43 27 60.6 38.5-79.1 16 39.4 20.9-61.5
Non-Hispanic 1,623 550 36.6 32.8-40.7 1,073 63.4 59.3-67.2
AGE
18-24 87 26 36.9 21.7-55.2 61 63.1 44.8-78.3
25-34 185 108 52.9 43.0-62.5 77 47.1 37.5-57.0
35-44 325 164 45.6 38.6-52.8 161 54.4 47.2-61.4
45-54 457 156 33.9 27.9-40.5 301 66.1 59.5-72.1
55-64 613 123 19.4 16.0-23.2 490 80.6 76.8-84.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 176 56 32.0 20.6-46.1 120 68.0 53.9-79.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 531 163 34.1 28.7-39.9 368 65.9 60.1-71.3
Some Post-H.S. 439 157 42.2 33.7-51.2 282 57.8 48.8-66.3
College Graduate 519 201 40.5 34.8-46.5 318 59.5 53.5-65.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 188 78 41.1 30.0-53.3 110 58.9 46.7-70.0
$15,000- 24,999 279 95 34.7 27.1-43.1 184 65.3 56.9-72.9
$25,000- 34,999 206 68 38.3 30.2-47.2 138 61.7 52.8-69.8
$35,000- 49,999 242 88 46.0 37.8-54.4 154 54.0 45.6-62.2
$50,000-74,999 271 96 37.5 29.4-46.3 175 62.5 53.7-70.6
$75,000+ 292 103 42.0 31.4-53.4 189 58.0 46.6-68.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 521 201 40.8 34.7-47.3 320 59.2 52.7-65.3
No 1,104 362 37.2 32.6-42.0 742 62.8 58.0-67.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 134 58 43.9 34.3-54.0 76 56.1 46.0-65.7
Non-Veteran 1,398 478 37.9 33.7-42.4 920 62.1 57.6-66.3

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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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