2012 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 10,944 4,049 42.3 41.1-43.5 6,895 57.7 56.5-58.9
-Piedmont NC 5,864 2,194 42.4 40.8-44.1 3,670 57.6 55.9-59.2
GENDER
Male 2,328 842 39.0 36.5-41.7 1,486 61.0 58.3-63.5
Female 3,536 1,352 45.6 43.4-47.7 2,184 54.4 52.3-56.6
RACE
White 4,267 1,314 34.5 32.6-36.4 2,953 65.5 63.6-67.4
African American 1,090 638 65.5 61.9-68.9 452 34.5 31.1-38.1
Other minorities 464 224 47.9 41.8-54.2 240 52.1 45.8-58.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 388 197 49.5 43.5-55.5 191 50.5 44.5-56.5
Non-Hispanic 5,459 1,992 41.9 40.1-43.7 3,467 58.1 56.3-59.9
AGE
18-34 1,097 633 54.2 50.5-57.8 464 45.8 42.2-49.5
35-54 1,973 1,017 50.5 47.8-53.3 956 49.5 46.7-52.2
55-64 1,121 336 30.9 27.4-34.7 785 69.1 65.3-72.6
65-74 958 153 15.7 13.0-18.8 805 84.3 81.2-87.0
75+ 715 55 7.7 5.6-10.5 660 92.3 89.5-94.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 713 241 41.2 36.4-46.2 472 58.8 53.8-63.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,613 546 40.9 37.6-44.2 1,067 59.1 55.8-62.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,563 645 44.4 41.3-47.6 918 55.6 52.4-58.7
College Graduate 1,958 759 42.7 39.9-45.6 1,199 57.3 54.4-60.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 644 314 55.9 50.9-60.8 330 44.1 39.2-49.1
$15,000- 24,999 988 413 49.3 45.3-53.4 575 50.7 46.6-54.7
$25,000- 34,999 618 207 37.9 32.7-43.4 411 62.1 56.6-67.3
$35,000- 49,999 718 281 42.3 37.7-47.1 437 57.7 52.9-62.3
$50,000+ 1,947 711 39.6 36.8-42.5 1,236 60.4 57.5-63.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,451 538 44.7 41.2-48.2 913 55.3 51.8-58.8
No 4,394 1,650 41.9 40.0-43.9 2,744 58.1 56.1-60.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 699 287 48.3 43.7-52.9 412 51.7 47.1-56.3
Non-Veteran 5,163 1,905 41.7 39.9-43.5 3,258 58.3 56.5-60.1

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*NOTE: this question was asked of respondents of all ages.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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