2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 4,039 1,559 39.4 37.4-41.5 2,480 60.6 58.5-62.6
Western 461 167 39.5 33.6-45.7 294 60.5 54.3-66.4
GENDER
Male 214 77 39.1 30.6-48.3 137 60.9 51.7-69.4
Female 247 90 39.9 32.0-48.3 157 60.1 51.7-68.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 395 141 38.6 32.5-45.1 254 61.4 54.9-67.5
Non-Hispanic Black 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 194 69 32.9 25.5-41.2 125 67.1 58.8-74.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 295 106 36.9 30.2-44.1 189 63.1 55.9-69.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 402 138 37.1 30.8-43.9 264 62.9 56.1-69.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 238 105 43.5 35.8-51.6 133 56.5 48.4-64.2
Unemployed 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 157 32 20.8 14.0-29.6 125 79.2 70.4-86.0
Unable to Work 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 132 41 29.8 21.2-40.1 91 70.2 59.9-78.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 264 93 38.4 30.9-46.5 171 61.6 53.5-69.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 348 111 36.6 29.8-44.0 237 63.4 56.0-70.2
Rent 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 171 80 47.0 38.1-56.0 91 53.0 44.0-61.9
Rural 290 87 36.0 28.4-44.3 203 64.0 55.7-71.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 163 43 27.9 20.3-37.1 120 72.1 62.9-79.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 181 86 48.1 39.1-57.3 95 51.9 42.7-60.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 269 106 38.7 31.8-46.1 163 61.3 53.9-68.2
2nd Quartile 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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