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%)
North Carolina 3,729 1,701 47.1 45.2-48.9 2,028 52.9 51.1-54.8
-FEMALES 2,006 949 48.7 46.2-51.3 1,057 51.3 48.7-53.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,224 478 41.0 37.9-44.3 746 59.0 55.7-62.1
Non-Hispanic Black 446 273 63.8 58.2-68.9 173 36.2 31.1-41.8
Other 308 185 60.3 53.3-66.9 123 39.7 33.1-46.7
AGE
18-34 398 250 59.8 54.2-65.1 148 40.2 34.9-45.8
35-44 306 231 74.0 67.7-79.5 75 26.0 20.5-32.3
45-54 323 203 61.2 54.9-67.0 120 38.8 33.0-45.1
55-64 386 163 40.6 34.9-46.5 223 59.4 53.5-65.1
65-74 330 71 20.4 15.8-25.8 259 79.6 74.2-84.2
75+ 236 23 9.9 6.3-15.0 213 90.1 85.0-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 79 44.9 36.3-53.8 88 55.1 46.2-63.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 418 185 44.4 38.9-50.1 233 55.6 49.9-61.1
Some Post-H.S. 631 308 51.1 46.5-55.7 323 48.9 44.3-53.5
College Graduate 787 377 51.2 47.3-55.2 410 48.8 44.8-52.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 156 85 50.6 41.5-59.6 71 49.4 40.4-58.5
$15,000- 24,999 258 128 49.6 42.4-56.9 130 50.4 43.1-57.6
$25,000- 34,999 171 97 62.6 54.0-70.5 74 37.4 29.5-46.0
$35,000- 49,999 221 103 49.2 41.4-57.0 118 50.8 43.0-58.6
$50,000- 74,999 238 114 49.1 41.7-56.6 124 50.9 43.4-58.3
$75,000+ 498 253 55.4 50.5-60.3 245 44.6 39.7-49.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 675 316 50.1 45.4-54.7 359 49.9 45.3-54.6
No 1,322 630 48.2 45.1-51.4 692 51.8 48.6-54.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,938 899 48.0 45.4-50.6 1,039 52.0 49.4-54.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 644 334 53.1 48.7-57.5 310 46.9 42.5-51.3
Regional City or Suburban County 545 263 48.7 43.7-53.6 282 51.3 46.4-56.3
Rural 817 352 44.7 40.6-48.9 465 55.3 51.1-59.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 977 565 56.7 53.1-60.3 412 43.3 39.7-46.9
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 548 98 18.0 14.5-22.1 450 82.0 77.9-85.5
Unable to Work 197 122 64.0 55.7-71.6 75 36.0 28.4-44.3
Other not in Labor Force 195 107 52.5 44.4-60.6 88 47.5 39.4-55.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 196 117 56.9 48.4-64.9 79 43.1 35.1-51.6
101% to 150% 201 104 53.4 45.2-61.3 97 46.6 38.7-54.8
151% to 200% 139 65 48.7 38.8-58.8 74 51.3 41.2-61.2
More than 200% 939 451 52.1 48.4-55.7 488 47.9 44.3-51.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 499 233 49.3 44.0-54.6 266 50.7 45.4-56.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 647 296 46.9 42.3-51.6 351 53.1 48.4-57.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 860 420 49.8 46.0-53.6 440 50.2 46.4-54.0

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

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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