2023 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 3,725 1,425 40.0 37.8-42.3 2,300 60.0 57.7-62.2
Western 480 149 30.9 25.3-37.0 331 69.1 63.0-74.7
GENDER
Male 208 65 26.1 19.5-34.0 143 73.9 66.0-80.5
Female 272 84 35.4 27.2-44.5 188 64.6 55.5-72.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 402 115 27.8 22.3-34.0 287 72.2 66.0-77.7
Non-Hispanic Black 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 103 26 18.0 10.7-28.6 77 82.0 71.4-89.3
75+ 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 159 51 29.8 21.5-39.5 108 70.2 60.5-78.5
College Graduate 195 57 28.4 21.1-36.9 138 71.6 63.1-78.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 299 92 28.7 22.3-36.1 207 71.3 63.9-77.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 424 128 29.8 23.9-36.4 296 70.2 63.6-76.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 213 80 33.4 26.1-41.5 133 66.6 58.5-73.9
Unemployed 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 177 35 15.9 10.5-23.4 142 84.1 76.6-89.5
Unable to Work 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 134 37 26.3 18.0-36.7 97 73.7 63.3-82.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 107 21 19.6 11.7-30.8 86 80.4 69.2-88.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 250 75 26.1 19.9-33.4 175 73.9 66.6-80.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 107 21 19.6 11.7-30.8 86 80.4 69.2-88.3
HOUSING
Own 349 96 26.5 20.7-33.3 253 73.5 66.7-79.3
Rent 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 139 50 40.4 30.8-50.8 89 59.6 49.2-69.2
Rural 341 99 27.3 20.9-34.9 242 72.7 65.1-79.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 214 64 30.3 21.8-40.3 150 69.7 59.7-78.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 150 53 39.5 30.3-49.5 97 60.5 50.5-69.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 249 83 34.6 27.4-42.4 166 65.4 57.6-72.6
2nd Quartile 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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