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%)
North Carolina 3,725 1,425 40.0 37.8-42.3 2,300 60.0 57.7-62.2
Non-Hispanic White 2,216 740 34.6 32.0-37.3 1,476 65.4 62.7-68.0
GENDER
Male 985 342 35.3 31.3-39.5 643 64.7 60.5-68.7
Female 1,231 398 33.9 30.5-37.5 833 66.1 62.5-69.5
AGE
18-34 397 169 41.0 35.1-47.2 228 59.0 52.8-64.9
35-44 266 138 52.3 45.1-59.4 128 47.7 40.6-54.9
45-54 321 157 45.8 38.6-53.2 164 54.2 46.8-61.4
55-64 398 139 32.9 26.7-39.7 259 67.1 60.3-73.3
65-74 433 83 19.9 15.1-25.8 350 80.1 74.2-84.9
75+ 375 48 12.6 8.4-18.3 327 87.4 81.7-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 417 144 36.8 31.2-42.7 273 63.2 57.3-68.8
Some Post-H.S. 622 219 37.0 32.2-42.1 403 63.0 57.9-67.8
College Graduate 1,096 354 31.8 28.6-35.2 742 68.2 64.8-71.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 237 78 34.5 27.0-42.8 159 65.5 57.2-73.0
$50,000- 74,999 304 116 34.5 28.4-41.1 188 65.5 58.9-71.6
$75,000+ 873 307 35.7 31.8-39.9 566 64.3 60.1-68.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 722 254 40.1 35.1-45.4 468 59.9 54.6-64.9
No 1,473 479 32.0 29.1-35.1 994 68.0 64.9-70.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 311 145 49.4 42.3-56.4 166 50.6 43.6-57.7
Non-Veteran 1,903 593 32.3 29.4-35.2 1,310 67.7 64.8-70.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 643 218 34.2 29.8-38.8 425 65.8 61.2-70.2
Regional City or Suburban County 624 237 41.2 36.0-46.6 387 58.8 53.4-64.0
Rural 949 285 29.5 25.7-33.6 664 70.5 66.4-74.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,129 462 39.7 36.1-43.4 667 60.3 56.6-63.9
Unemployed 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 764 134 18.3 14.7-22.6 630 81.7 77.4-85.3
Unable to Work 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 160 54 35.3 26.6-45.0 106 64.7 55.0-73.4
More than 200% 1,380 476 34.3 31.2-37.5 904 65.7 62.5-68.8
HOUSING
Own 1,625 484 31.8 28.7-34.9 1,141 68.2 65.1-71.3
Rent 453 204 46.3 40.7-52.1 249 53.7 47.9-59.3
Other arrangement 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 546 199 36.1 30.9-41.7 347 63.9 58.3-69.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 719 227 31.3 27.0-35.9 492 68.7 64.1-73.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 951 314 36.3 32.2-40.6 637 63.7 59.4-67.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 825 266 34.5 30.2-39.1 559 65.5 60.9-69.8
2nd Quartile 623 214 34.0 29.3-39.1 409 66.0 60.9-70.7
3rd Quartile 571 189 35.5 30.5-40.9 382 64.5 59.1-69.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 197 71 34.2 25.6-43.9 126 65.8 56.1-74.4

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

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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