2021 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 4,557 1,807 40.4 38.6-42.2 2,750 59.6 57.8-61.4
-Piedmont NC 2,271 915 41.2 38.7-43.6 1,356 58.8 56.4-61.3
GENDER
Male 1,090 440 40.3 36.8-43.9 650 59.7 56.1-63.2
Female 1,181 475 41.9 38.6-45.3 706 58.1 54.7-61.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,442 495 34.6 31.8-37.6 947 65.4 62.4-68.2
Non-Hispanic Black 414 240 58.5 52.7-64.0 174 41.5 36.0-47.3
Other 374 166 42.3 36.2-48.6 208 57.7 51.4-63.8
AGE
18-34 549 251 45.5 40.5-50.5 298 54.5 49.5-59.5
35-44 394 230 57.9 51.9-63.6 164 42.1 36.4-48.1
45-54 364 181 50.2 44.2-56.1 183 49.8 43.9-55.8
55-64 348 144 37.8 32.1-43.8 204 62.2 56.2-67.9
65-74 340 71 22.1 17.3-27.7 269 77.9 72.3-82.7
75+ 222 23 10.3 6.3-16.2 199 89.7 83.8-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 190 75 39.1 31.3-47.6 115 60.9 52.4-68.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 467 173 38.5 33.4-43.9 294 61.5 56.1-66.6
Some Post-H.S. 571 239 41.1 36.5-45.9 332 58.9 54.1-63.5
College Graduate 1,037 426 44.0 40.7-47.4 611 56.0 52.6-59.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 608 237 39.0 34.5-43.7 371 61.0 56.3-65.5
No 1,649 674 42.1 39.3-45.0 975 57.9 55.0-60.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 249 119 52.0 44.6-59.3 130 48.0 40.7-55.4
Non-Veteran 2,018 795 40.1 37.5-42.6 1,223 59.9 57.4-62.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,341 619 46.4 43.3-49.6 722 53.6 50.4-56.7
Unemployed 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 515 92 19.5 15.6-24.1 423 80.5 75.9-84.4
Unable to Work 121 71 56.7 46.2-66.7 50 43.3 33.3-53.8
Other not in Labor Force 159 58 31.5 23.4-40.9 101 68.5 59.1-76.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 177 92 56.2 47.3-64.7 85 43.8 35.3-52.7
$25,000- 34,999 218 94 37.8 30.7-45.4 124 62.2 54.6-69.3
$35,000- 49,999 229 94 42.1 34.2-50.3 135 57.9 49.7-65.8
$50,000- 74,999 276 105 40.6 34.0-47.6 171 59.4 52.4-66.0
$75,000+ 787 315 42.2 38.2-46.3 472 57.8 53.7-61.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 466 158 33.2 28.3-38.6 308 66.8 61.4-71.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 171 81 49.0 39.5-58.5 90 51.0 41.5-60.5
101% to 150% 173 81 42.5 34.3-51.1 92 57.5 48.9-65.7
151% to 200% 176 74 42.9 34.5-51.6 102 57.1 48.4-65.5
More than 200% 1,216 484 41.7 38.5-45.0 732 58.3 55.0-61.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 466 158 33.2 28.3-38.6 308 66.8 61.4-71.7
HOUSING
Own 1,420 508 38.6 35.6-41.7 912 61.4 58.3-64.4
Rent 674 338 50.4 45.9-55.0 336 49.6 45.0-54.1
Other arrangement 152 62 36.6 28.1-46.1 90 63.4 53.9-71.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,274 554 43.9 40.7-47.2 720 56.1 52.8-59.3
Regional City or Suburban County 575 208 37.2 32.6-42.0 367 62.8 58.0-67.4
Rural 422 153 39.1 33.5-45.0 269 60.9 55.0-66.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 191 76 42.1 33.8-51.0 115 57.9 49.0-66.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 851 330 39.5 35.6-43.5 521 60.5 56.5-64.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,229 509 42.0 38.8-45.3 720 58.0 54.7-61.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 763 298 38.7 34.8-42.9 465 61.3 57.1-65.2
2nd Quartile 871 341 40.9 37.1-44.9 530 59.1 55.1-62.9
3rd Quartile 569 251 45.7 40.6-50.8 318 54.3 49.2-59.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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