2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 5,967 2,352 42.9 41.4-44.5 3,615 57.1 55.5-58.6
-Eastern 1,942 803 45.6 42.9-48.4 1,139 54.4 51.6-57.1
GENDER
Male 826 334 43.2 39.1-47.4 492 56.8 52.6-60.9
Female 1,116 469 48.0 44.4-51.7 647 52.0 48.3-55.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,200 427 41.3 37.8-44.9 773 58.7 55.1-62.2
Non-Hispanic Black 503 268 56.2 50.6-61.6 235 43.8 38.4-49.4
Other 210 101 47.1 39.1-55.3 109 52.9 44.7-60.9
AGE
18-34 347 209 58.1 52.1-64.0 138 41.9 36.0-47.9
35-44 261 174 63.2 56.0-69.8 87 36.8 30.2-44.0
45-54 332 164 48.2 42.0-54.5 168 51.8 45.5-58.0
55-64 444 159 36.4 31.3-41.8 285 63.6 58.2-68.7
65-74 323 82 25.0 19.7-31.2 241 75.0 68.8-80.3
75+ 215 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 210 85 46.1 37.8-54.6 125 53.9 45.4-62.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 619 229 40.2 35.6-45.1 390 59.8 54.9-64.4
Some Post-H.S. 577 268 49.7 44.8-54.6 309 50.3 45.4-55.2
College Graduate 532 221 47.6 42.6-52.6 311 52.4 47.4-57.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 194 97 51.0 42.0-59.9 97 49.0 40.1-58.0
$15,000- 24,999 350 167 51.6 45.1-58.2 183 48.4 41.8-54.9
$25,000- 34,999 167 76 49.0 39.7-58.4 91 51.0 41.6-60.3
$35,000- 49,999 219 101 53.1 44.8-61.1 118 46.9 38.9-55.2
$50,000- 74,999 251 107 46.0 38.4-53.8 144 54.0 46.2-61.6
$75,000+ 374 154 45.2 39.3-51.2 220 54.8 48.8-60.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 597 266 47.9 43.0-52.9 331 52.1 47.1-57.0
No 1,337 535 44.8 41.5-48.2 802 55.2 51.8-58.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 329 191 65.0 58.9-70.7 138 35.0 29.3-41.1
Non-Veteran 1,609 609 41.6 38.6-44.7 1,000 58.4 55.3-61.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 145 55 44.9 35.5-54.6 90 55.1 45.4-64.5
Regional City or Suburban 267 131 50.2 43.1-57.3 136 49.8 42.7-56.9
Rural 1,530 617 44.8 41.6-48.0 913 55.2 52.0-58.4

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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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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