2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,027 929 47.4 44.9-49.9 1,098 52.6 50.1-55.1
GENDER
Male 934 393 44.2 40.5-47.9 541 55.8 52.1-59.5
Female 1,093 536 50.3 46.9-53.7 557 49.7 46.3-53.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,269 470 39.7 36.6-42.9 799 60.3 57.1-63.4
Non-Hispanic Black 422 278 65.4 59.9-70.5 144 34.6 29.5-40.1
Other 336 181 53.6 47.3-59.8 155 46.4 40.2-52.7
AGE
18-34 455 235 50.6 45.5-55.8 220 49.4 44.2-54.5
35-44 312 213 67.8 61.7-73.4 99 32.2 26.6-38.3
45-54 338 199 59.8 53.7-65.6 139 40.2 34.4-46.3
55-64 382 171 41.4 36.0-47.0 211 58.6 53.0-64.0
65-74 302 76 23.5 18.6-29.1 226 76.5 70.9-81.4
75+ 211 24 11.7 7.4-18.2 187 88.3 81.8-92.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 75 40.8 32.7-49.4 105 59.2 50.6-67.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 413 190 46.2 40.7-51.8 223 53.8 48.2-59.3
Some Post-H.S. 569 268 49.3 44.7-54.0 301 50.7 46.0-55.3
College Graduate 862 395 48.9 45.2-52.6 467 51.1 47.4-54.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 586 272 48.1 43.3-53.0 314 51.9 47.0-56.7
No 1,430 654 47.3 44.3-50.3 776 52.7 49.7-55.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 239 116 50.6 43.3-57.7 123 49.4 42.3-56.7
Non-Veteran 1,785 812 47.0 44.3-49.7 973 53.0 50.3-55.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,155 615 53.5 50.2-56.8 540 46.5 43.2-49.8
Unemployed 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 496 99 19.7 16.0-24.1 397 80.3 75.9-84.0
Unable to Work 148 98 66.9 57.8-74.9 50 33.1 25.1-42.2
Other not in Labor Force 140 68 47.9 38.7-57.3 72 52.1 42.7-61.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 *** *** *** 55 52.4 42.0-62.7
$15,000- 24,999 224 106 45.5 38.0-53.2 118 54.5 46.8-62.0
$25,000- 34,999 180 96 54.6 46.1-62.8 84 45.4 37.2-53.9
$35,000- 49,999 216 96 49.2 41.5-56.9 120 50.8 43.1-58.5
$50,000- 74,999 230 117 56.2 48.7-63.4 113 43.8 36.6-51.3
$75,000+ 645 305 49.8 45.4-54.2 340 50.2 45.8-54.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 166 92 51.4 42.7-60.0 74 48.6 40.0-57.3
101% to 150% 202 105 53.0 44.8-61.1 97 47.0 38.9-55.2
151% to 200% 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,068 494 49.7 46.3-53.2 574 50.3 46.8-53.7
HOUSING
Own 1,252 511 44.5 41.3-47.7 741 55.5 52.3-58.7
Rent 622 344 56.3 51.8-60.8 278 43.7 39.2-48.2
Other arrangement 139 66 42.2 33.4-51.6 73 57.8 48.4-66.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,134 555 51.1 47.7-54.4 579 48.9 45.6-52.3
Regional City or Suburban County 501 211 43.0 38.0-48.1 290 57.0 51.9-62.0
Rural 392 163 42.6 37.0-48.4 229 57.4 51.6-63.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 726 319 45.1 40.9-49.5 407 54.9 50.5-59.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,188 556 48.7 45.4-51.9 632 51.3 48.1-54.6

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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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