2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,557 1,807 40.4 38.6-42.2 2,750 59.6 57.8-61.4
-Eastern NC 1,711 707 44.3 41.2-47.4 1,004 55.7 52.6-58.8
GENDER
Male 765 338 45.3 40.9-49.8 427 54.7 50.2-59.1
Female 946 369 43.3 39.1-47.6 577 56.7 52.4-60.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 955 315 37.1 33.3-41.2 640 62.9 58.8-66.7
Non-Hispanic Black 420 236 57.0 50.5-63.2 184 43.0 36.8-49.5
Other 314 150 52.5 44.8-60.0 164 47.5 40.0-55.2
AGE
18-34 328 163 45.9 39.2-52.8 165 54.1 47.2-60.8
35-44 231 146 65.2 57.6-72.0 85 34.8 28.0-42.4
45-54 254 143 59.3 52.1-66.1 111 40.7 33.9-47.9
55-64 307 131 45.0 38.1-52.0 176 55.0 48.0-61.9
65-74 363 84 21.9 17.3-27.3 279 78.1 72.7-82.7
75+ 195 29 12.1 7.9-18.1 166 87.9 81.9-92.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 161 72 44.2 34.4-54.5 89 55.8 45.5-65.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 464 206 47.3 41.6-53.0 258 52.7 47.0-58.4
Some Post-H.S. 483 203 44.7 39.0-50.4 280 55.3 49.6-61.0
College Graduate 596 223 40.0 35.2-44.9 373 60.0 55.1-64.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 598 241 44.1 39.0-49.4 357 55.9 50.6-61.0
No 1,101 460 44.1 40.3-48.0 641 55.9 52.0-59.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 290 176 63.8 56.9-70.1 114 36.2 29.9-43.1
Non-Veteran 1,417 530 40.0 36.6-43.4 887 60.0 56.6-63.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 856 408 48.8 44.6-53.1 448 51.2 46.9-55.4
Unemployed 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 505 114 23.9 19.5-28.9 391 76.1 71.1-80.5
Unable to Work 145 83 59.4 49.2-68.8 62 40.6 31.2-50.8
Other not in Labor Force 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 187 87 48.7 39.8-57.8 100 51.3 42.2-60.2
$35,000- 49,999 203 95 51.2 43.0-59.4 108 48.8 40.6-57.0
$50,000- 74,999 219 91 39.6 30.9-49.0 128 60.4 51.0-69.1
$75,000+ 434 170 44.9 39.3-50.6 264 55.1 49.4-60.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 385 139 36.9 31.0-43.2 246 63.1 56.8-69.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 166 79 50.2 40.8-59.5 87 49.8 40.5-59.2
More than 200% 821 326 43.0 38.7-47.4 495 57.0 52.6-61.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 385 139 36.9 31.0-43.2 246 63.1 56.8-69.0
HOUSING
Own 1,132 416 42.2 38.4-46.0 716 57.8 54.0-61.6
Rent 435 225 51.8 45.5-58.0 210 48.2 42.0-54.5
Other arrangement 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 137 45 35.6 26.9-45.3 92 64.4 54.7-73.1
Regional City or Suburban County 479 254 53.9 48.3-59.3 225 46.1 40.7-51.7
Rural 1,095 408 40.3 36.4-44.3 687 59.7 55.7-63.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 873 378 46.8 42.1-51.5 495 53.2 48.5-57.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 672 259 41.8 37.3-46.5 413 58.2 53.5-62.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 166 70 42.8 34.1-51.9 96 57.2 48.1-65.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 340 108 35.1 29.1-41.6 232 64.9 58.4-70.9
2nd Quartile 205 96 48.8 41.0-56.8 109 51.2 43.2-59.0
3rd Quartile 559 284 51.4 46.3-56.5 275 48.6 43.5-53.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 607 219 39.6 33.9-45.6 388 60.4 54.4-66.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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