2023 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 3,725 1,425 40.0 37.8-42.3 2,300 60.0 57.7-62.2
GENDER
Male 1,642 627 38.7 35.5-42.1 1,015 61.3 57.9-64.5
Female 2,083 798 41.2 38.2-44.2 1,285 58.8 55.8-61.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,216 740 34.6 32.0-37.3 1,476 65.4 62.7-68.0
Non-Hispanic Black 655 331 51.6 46.3-56.8 324 48.4 43.2-53.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 309 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 345 155 42.7 36.3-49.3 190 57.3 50.7-63.7
AGE
18-34 746 332 42.9 38.3-47.7 414 57.1 52.3-61.7
35-44 539 302 56.2 50.5-61.7 237 43.8 38.3-49.5
45-54 587 293 46.5 41.0-52.2 294 53.5 47.8-59.0
55-64 686 263 39.3 34.0-44.8 423 60.7 55.2-66.0
65-74 648 156 27.3 22.3-32.8 492 72.7 67.2-77.7
75+ 472 64 14.0 10.0-19.4 408 86.0 80.6-90.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 289 110 38.1 30.3-46.5 179 61.9 53.5-69.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 799 312 39.6 35.0-44.4 487 60.4 55.6-65.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,040 413 42.6 38.5-46.8 627 57.4 53.2-61.5
College Graduate 1,582 583 38.4 35.3-41.5 999 61.6 58.5-64.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,228 487 44.5 40.5-48.6 741 55.5 51.4-59.5
No 2,468 927 37.9 35.2-40.6 1,541 62.1 59.4-64.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 478 244 53.8 47.7-59.8 234 46.2 40.2-52.3
Non-Veteran 3,241 1,177 38.0 35.6-40.4 2,064 62.0 59.6-64.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,007 897 43.9 41.0-46.9 1,110 56.1 53.1-59.0
Unemployed 171 92 54.6 44.2-64.7 79 45.4 35.3-55.8
Retired 1,036 215 22.8 19.3-26.9 821 77.2 73.1-80.7
Unable to Work 265 122 48.2 39.0-57.4 143 51.8 42.6-61.0
Other not in Labor Force 215 88 40.4 32.3-49.1 127 59.6 50.9-67.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 252 104 41.1 31.8-51.1 148 58.9 48.9-68.2
$25,000- 34,999 349 150 47.0 39.1-55.0 199 53.0 45.0-60.9
$35,000- 49,999 460 184 42.8 36.8-49.0 276 57.2 51.0-63.2
$50,000-74,999 498 206 42.3 36.2-48.8 292 57.7 51.2-63.8
$75,000-100,000 394 141 35.9 29.6-42.8 253 64.1 57.2-70.4
$100,000-150,000 436 171 37.0 31.4-43.0 265 63.0 57.0-68.6
$150,000+ 388 161 44.5 38.2-50.9 227 55.5 49.1-61.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 794 242 34.8 30.1-39.8 552 65.2 60.2-69.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 288 140 50.5 42.3-58.7 148 49.5 41.3-57.7
101% to 150% 238 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 283 111 40.5 32.7-48.9 172 59.5 51.1-67.3
More than 200% 2,036 783 39.2 36.3-42.1 1,253 60.8 57.9-63.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 794 242 34.8 30.1-39.8 552 65.2 60.2-69.9
HOUSING
Own 2,446 831 37.6 34.8-40.5 1,615 62.4 59.5-65.2
Rent 998 478 47.8 43.8-51.8 520 52.2 48.2-56.2
Other arrangement 243 104 38.7 31.3-46.7 139 61.3 53.3-68.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,149 470 41.7 38.1-45.4 679 58.3 54.6-61.9
Regional City or Suburban County 934 387 43.3 38.9-47.8 547 56.7 52.2-61.1
Rural 1,642 568 35.8 32.2-39.5 1,074 64.2 60.5-67.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,196 472 40.9 36.7-45.3 724 59.1 54.7-63.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,044 378 38.1 34.0-42.4 666 61.9 57.6-66.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,485 575 40.8 37.5-44.2 910 59.2 55.8-62.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,136 407 38.0 34.3-41.8 729 62.0 58.2-65.7
2nd Quartile 987 387 39.5 35.4-43.8 600 60.5 56.2-64.6
3rd Quartile 950 380 41.7 37.6-45.8 570 58.3 54.2-62.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 652 251 43.9 36.7-51.3 401 56.1 48.7-63.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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