2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

Including fluid testing from your mouth, but not counting tests you may have had as part of blood donation, have you ever been tested for HIV?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,729 1,701 47.1 45.2-48.9 2,028 52.9 51.1-54.8
GENDER
Male 1,723 752 45.2 42.5-48.0 971 54.8 52.0-57.5
Female 2,006 949 48.7 46.2-51.3 1,057 51.3 48.7-53.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,334 907 40.8 38.5-43.1 1,427 59.2 56.9-61.5
Non-Hispanic Black 749 461 63.5 59.3-67.4 288 36.5 32.6-40.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 142 78 57.2 47.3-66.6 64 42.8 33.4-52.7
Hispanic 354 179 47.5 41.6-53.5 175 52.5 46.5-58.4
AGE
18-34 810 461 55.4 51.5-59.2 349 44.6 40.8-48.5
35-44 546 362 65.1 60.3-69.5 184 34.9 30.5-39.7
45-54 611 348 56.6 52.0-61.0 263 43.4 39.0-48.0
55-64 678 305 42.3 38.0-46.7 373 57.7 53.3-62.0
65-74 617 155 22.9 19.4-26.8 462 77.1 73.2-80.6
75+ 422 54 12.7 9.3-17.0 368 87.3 83.0-90.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 139 40.8 34.8-47.1 200 59.2 52.9-65.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 852 398 47.8 43.9-51.7 454 52.2 48.3-56.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,123 531 48.9 45.5-52.3 592 51.1 47.7-54.5
College Graduate 1,407 632 47.5 44.6-50.4 775 52.5 49.6-55.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,216 561 48.0 44.6-51.4 655 52.0 48.6-55.4
No 2,492 1,133 46.8 44.5-49.0 1,359 53.2 51.0-55.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 530 290 57.0 52.0-61.9 240 43.0 38.1-48.0
Non-Veteran 3,195 1,410 45.6 43.6-47.6 1,785 54.4 52.4-56.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,015 1,081 53.6 51.1-56.1 934 46.4 43.9-48.9
Unemployed 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 977 200 20.2 17.4-23.3 777 79.8 76.7-82.6
Unable to Work 326 201 62.9 56.5-68.9 125 37.1 31.1-43.5
Other not in Labor Force 248 127 47.5 40.5-54.6 121 52.5 45.4-59.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 260 141 48.6 41.6-55.6 119 51.4 44.4-58.4
$15,000- 24,999 465 212 45.9 40.5-51.4 253 54.1 48.6-59.5
$25,000- 34,999 323 171 56.6 50.3-62.7 152 43.4 37.3-49.7
$35,000- 49,999 433 203 49.3 43.8-54.8 230 50.7 45.2-56.2
$50,000-74,999 438 211 51.7 46.2-57.2 227 48.3 42.8-53.8
$75,000+ 1,035 486 49.5 46.1-53.0 549 50.5 47.0-53.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 775 277 36.3 32.4-40.5 498 63.7 59.5-67.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 338 188 53.0 46.6-59.2 150 47.0 40.8-53.4
101% to 150% 383 193 52.7 46.7-58.7 190 47.3 41.3-53.3
151% to 200% 276 129 46.9 40.1-53.9 147 53.1 46.1-59.9
More than 200% 1,834 842 48.9 46.3-51.6 992 51.1 48.4-53.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 775 277 36.3 32.4-40.5 498 63.7 59.5-67.6
HOUSING
Own 2,356 958 44.1 41.7-46.5 1,398 55.9 53.5-58.3
Rent 1,085 616 58.0 54.6-61.4 469 42.0 38.6-45.4
Other arrangement 265 118 40.0 33.6-46.7 147 60.0 53.3-66.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,227 597 50.6 47.3-53.8 630 49.4 46.2-52.7
Regional City or Suburban County 1,030 493 48.3 44.7-51.9 537 51.7 48.1-55.3
Rural 1,472 611 42.8 39.8-45.9 861 57.2 54.1-60.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 878 408 48.5 44.6-52.5 470 51.5 47.5-55.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,221 555 46.2 42.8-49.5 666 53.8 50.5-57.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,630 738 47.1 44.3-49.9 892 52.9 50.1-55.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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