2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

At Risk for HIV:
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You have injected any drug other than those prescribed for you in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted disease or STD in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.
You had four or more sex partners in the past year.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,528 236 6.7 5.7- 7.8 4,292 93.3 92.2-94.3
GENDER
Male 2,005 143 8.8 7.2-10.7 1,862 91.2 89.3-92.8
Female 2,523 93 4.8 3.7- 6.2 2,430 95.2 93.8-96.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,002 132 5.6 4.6- 6.9 2,870 94.4 93.1-95.4
Non-Hispanic Black 869 59 8.8 6.4-12.1 810 91.2 87.9-93.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 141 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 161 15 9.9 5.3-18.0 146 90.1 82.0-94.7
Hispanic 308 21 8.0 4.9-12.8 287 92.0 87.2-95.1
AGE
18-34 904 131 14.9 12.2-18.0 773 85.1 82.0-87.8
35-44 581 37 7.3 4.8-10.9 544 92.7 89.1-95.2
45-54 759 32 3.3 2.2- 5.1 727 96.7 94.9-97.8
55-64 880 21 2.3 1.3- 4.0 859 97.7 96.0-98.7
65-74 810 *** *** *** 800 98.3 96.3-99.2
75+ 551 *** *** *** 549 99.8 99.2- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 451 17 6.0 3.3-10.5 434 94.0 89.5-96.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,136 73 8.3 6.4-10.7 1,063 91.7 89.3-93.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,274 76 7.6 5.8- 9.9 1,198 92.4 90.1-94.2
College Graduate 1,659 70 4.4 3.4- 5.7 1,589 95.6 94.3-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 408 23 7.4 4.6-11.7 385 92.6 88.3-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 683 39 7.4 4.9-11.0 644 92.6 89.0-95.1
$25,000- 34,999 447 28 8.4 5.2-13.2 419 91.6 86.8-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 535 43 10.0 6.9-14.3 492 90.0 85.7-93.1
$50,000-74,999 598 35 7.5 5.1-10.8 563 92.5 89.2-94.9
$75,000+ 1,095 38 4.4 2.9- 6.6 1,057 95.6 93.4-97.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 764 30 5.2 3.4- 7.8 734 94.8 92.2-96.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,441 60 5.3 3.8- 7.4 1,381 94.7 92.6-96.2
No 3,062 174 7.2 6.0- 8.6 2,888 92.8 91.4-94.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 668 44 7.7 5.4-10.8 624 92.3 89.2-94.6
Non-Veteran 3,858 191 6.5 5.5- 7.8 3,667 93.5 92.2-94.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,190 77 7.2 5.6- 9.2 1,113 92.8 90.8-94.4
Regional City or Suburban County 906 52 6.4 4.5- 9.1 854 93.6 90.9-95.5
Rural 2,434 107 6.4 5.0- 8.2 2,327 93.6 91.8-95.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,325 169 8.5 7.1-10.1 2,156 91.5 89.9-92.9
Unemployed 169 21 17.1 10.5-26.6 148 82.9 73.4-89.5
Retired 1,257 *** *** *** 1,248 99.2 98.0-99.7
Unable to Work 438 21 6.1 3.3-11.0 417 93.9 89.0-96.7
Other not in Labor Force 316 15 4.6 2.5- 8.3 301 95.4 91.7-97.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 133 *** *** *** 124 91.0 81.5-95.9
50% to 100% 341 23 7.8 4.7-12.6 318 92.2 87.4-95.3
101% to 150% 647 40 9.2 6.1-13.6 607 90.8 86.4-93.9
151% to 200% 310 19 6.3 3.5-10.9 291 93.7 89.1-96.5
More than 200% 2,183 99 5.9 4.6- 7.4 2,084 94.1 92.6-95.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 764 30 5.2 3.4- 7.8 734 94.8 92.2-96.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 999 43 6.3 4.2- 9.5 956 93.7 90.5-95.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,659 92 6.4 5.0- 8.2 1,567 93.6 91.8-95.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,872 101 7.0 5.6- 8.8 1,771 93.0 91.2-94.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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.

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