2021 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 4,557 1,807 40.4 38.6-42.2 2,750 59.6 57.8-61.4
GENDER
Male 2,124 856 39.8 37.3-42.4 1,268 60.2 57.6-62.7
Female 2,433 951 40.9 38.4-43.5 1,482 59.1 56.5-61.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,867 946 33.9 31.8-36.1 1,921 66.1 63.9-68.2
Non-Hispanic Black 856 489 58.0 53.8-62.2 367 42.0 37.8-46.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 454 218 44.6 38.9-50.4 236 55.4 49.6-61.1
AGE
18-34 969 448 44.3 40.5-48.1 521 55.7 51.9-59.5
35-44 699 410 58.1 53.5-62.5 289 41.9 37.5-46.5
45-54 722 372 51.5 47.2-55.8 350 48.5 44.2-52.8
55-64 761 306 38.0 33.9-42.3 455 62.0 57.7-66.1
65-74 815 179 22.5 18.7-26.8 636 77.5 73.2-81.3
75+ 493 63 10.7 7.9-14.3 430 89.3 85.7-92.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 417 168 38.8 33.0-45.0 249 61.2 55.0-67.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,064 420 39.8 36.2-43.6 644 60.2 56.4-63.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,222 500 40.7 37.4-44.1 722 59.3 55.9-62.6
College Graduate 1,840 714 41.3 38.7-43.9 1,126 58.7 56.1-61.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,410 547 38.9 35.6-42.2 863 61.1 57.8-64.4
No 3,117 1,248 41.1 38.9-43.3 1,869 58.9 56.7-61.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 599 324 55.8 51.0-60.5 275 44.2 39.5-49.0
Non-Veteran 3,948 1,481 38.3 36.4-40.3 2,467 61.7 59.7-63.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,488 1,131 45.5 43.1-47.9 1,357 54.5 52.1-56.9
Unemployed 234 133 55.6 47.6-63.3 101 44.4 36.7-52.4
Retired 1,199 235 20.3 17.3-23.6 964 79.7 76.4-82.7
Unable to Work 312 179 55.4 48.0-62.5 133 44.6 37.5-52.0
Other not in Labor Force 288 118 36.4 29.6-43.8 170 63.6 56.2-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 256 119 48.5 40.2-56.8 137 51.5 43.2-59.8
$15,000- 24,999 426 195 49.9 43.6-56.1 231 50.1 43.9-56.4
$25,000- 34,999 482 211 41.5 35.9-47.2 271 58.5 52.8-64.1
$35,000- 49,999 485 209 44.5 39.0-50.2 276 55.5 49.8-61.0
$50,000-74,999 566 217 38.4 33.5-43.5 349 61.6 56.5-66.5
$75,000-100,000 459 187 45.8 40.3-51.3 272 54.2 48.7-59.7
$100,000-150,000 495 187 39.8 34.8-45.0 308 60.2 55.0-65.2
$150,000+ 406 160 40.7 35.1-46.6 246 59.3 53.4-64.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 982 322 31.3 27.8-35.1 660 68.7 64.9-72.2
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 368 168 46.4 39.6-53.3 200 53.6 46.7-60.4
101% to 150% 392 187 46.3 40.1-52.7 205 53.7 47.3-59.9
151% to 200% 383 167 44.9 38.6-51.4 216 55.1 48.6-61.4
More than 200% 2,302 899 40.8 38.4-43.3 1,403 59.2 56.7-61.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 982 322 31.3 27.8-35.1 660 68.7 64.9-72.2
HOUSING
Own 2,941 1,033 38.0 35.8-40.3 1,908 62.0 59.7-64.2
Rent 1,258 629 49.4 46.0-52.8 629 50.6 47.2-54.0
Other arrangement 315 133 36.8 30.5-43.7 182 63.2 56.3-69.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,411 599 43.0 39.9-46.2 812 57.0 53.8-60.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,219 521 41.6 38.3-45.0 698 58.4 55.0-61.7
Rural 1,927 687 37.0 34.2-40.0 1,240 63.0 60.0-65.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,242 507 41.8 38.1-45.7 735 58.2 54.3-61.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,810 691 39.2 36.4-42.1 1,119 60.8 57.9-63.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,505 609 40.7 37.8-43.7 896 59.3 56.3-62.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,393 501 36.6 33.5-39.8 892 63.4 60.2-66.5
2nd Quartile 1,197 482 41.1 37.8-44.5 715 58.9 55.5-62.2
3rd Quartile 1,292 580 44.5 41.2-48.0 712 55.5 52.0-58.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 675 244 38.9 33.8-44.4 431 61.1 55.6-66.2

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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