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%)
North Carolina 4,557 1,807 40.4 38.6-42.2 2,750 59.6 57.8-61.4
-FEMALES 2,433 951 40.9 38.4-43.5 1,482 59.1 56.5-61.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,510 455 31.9 28.9-35.0 1,055 68.1 65.0-71.1
Non-Hispanic Black 503 278 60.0 54.5-65.2 225 40.0 34.8-45.5
Other 392 209 54.1 47.4-60.6 183 45.9 39.4-52.6
AGE
18-34 467 243 50.2 44.6-55.7 224 49.8 44.3-55.4
35-44 372 247 64.3 57.7-70.4 125 35.7 29.6-42.3
45-54 355 182 50.5 44.3-56.6 173 49.5 43.4-55.7
55-64 433 154 35.2 29.9-40.9 279 64.8 59.1-70.1
65-74 455 81 19.3 13.9-26.1 374 80.7 73.9-86.1
75+ 296 30 8.0 4.9-12.7 266 92.0 87.3-95.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 212 94 42.4 33.8-51.4 118 57.6 48.6-66.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 518 181 36.3 31.1-41.8 337 63.7 58.2-68.9
Some Post-H.S. 674 267 41.4 36.8-46.2 407 58.6 53.8-63.2
College Graduate 1,022 407 43.5 39.9-47.1 615 56.5 52.9-60.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 171 77 53.9 44.2-63.3 94 46.1 36.7-55.8
$15,000- 24,999 257 113 51.3 43.4-59.1 144 48.7 40.9-56.6
$25,000- 34,999 270 130 46.0 38.2-53.9 140 54.0 46.1-61.8
$35,000- 49,999 233 104 46.9 38.5-55.5 129 53.1 44.5-61.5
$50,000- 74,999 277 99 35.1 28.3-42.5 178 64.9 57.5-71.7
$75,000+ 658 259 42.8 38.3-47.3 399 57.2 52.7-61.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 815 295 38.2 33.9-42.8 520 61.8 57.2-66.1
No 1,601 648 42.1 39.0-45.2 953 57.9 54.8-61.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,348 896 40.1 37.5-42.7 1,452 59.9 57.3-62.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 720 314 45.4 41.0-49.8 406 54.6 50.2-59.0
Regional City or Suburban County 651 257 39.0 34.6-43.6 394 61.0 56.4-65.4
Rural 1,062 380 38.5 34.4-42.8 682 61.5 57.2-65.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,187 564 47.6 44.1-51.2 623 52.4 48.8-55.9
Unemployed 132 80 63.9 53.4-73.2 52 36.1 26.8-46.6
Retired 691 101 15.3 11.6-19.9 590 84.7 80.1-88.4
Unable to Work 177 97 57.3 48.0-66.1 80 42.7 33.9-52.0
Other not in Labor Force 228 102 40.8 32.8-49.3 126 59.2 50.7-67.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 222 104 51.8 43.3-60.2 118 48.2 39.8-56.7
101% to 150% 235 113 49.3 41.2-57.3 122 50.7 42.7-58.8
151% to 200% 210 102 50.8 41.9-59.7 108 49.2 40.3-58.1
More than 200% 1,121 423 39.9 36.4-43.6 698 60.1 56.4-63.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 716 276 39.8 34.7-45.0 440 60.2 55.0-65.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 946 355 40.8 36.8-45.1 591 59.2 54.9-63.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 771 320 41.8 37.8-45.9 451 58.2 54.1-62.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 712 259 37.2 32.8-41.8 453 62.8 58.2-67.2
2nd Quartile 617 247 42.9 38.3-47.7 370 57.1 52.3-61.7
3rd Quartile 697 306 43.7 39.0-48.4 391 56.3 51.6-61.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 407 139 38.8 31.7-46.4 268 61.2 53.6-68.3

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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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