2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 3,930 1,481 38.3 36.5-40.1 2,449 61.7 59.9-63.5
Eastern NC 1,081 445 43.9 40.4-47.4 636 56.1 52.6-59.6
GENDER
Male 486 203 47.0 41.8-52.2 283 53.0 47.8-58.2
Female 595 242 40.9 36.3-45.7 353 59.1 54.3-63.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 674 242 39.2 34.9-43.7 432 60.8 56.3-65.1
Non-Hispanic Black 226 124 55.2 47.5-62.6 102 44.8 37.4-52.5
Other 167 74 42.7 33.6-52.4 93 57.3 47.6-66.4
AGE
18-34 218 108 47.7 40.3-55.2 110 52.3 44.8-59.7
35-44 162 88 55.4 46.5-64.0 74 44.6 36.0-53.5
45-54 164 98 63.6 55.0-71.4 66 36.4 28.6-45.0
55-64 200 87 43.4 35.8-51.4 113 56.6 48.6-64.2
65-74 190 43 23.9 17.3-32.0 147 76.1 68.0-82.7
75+ 135 19 20.7 12.7-32.1 116 79.3 67.9-87.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 30 27.2 18.4-38.2 68 72.8 61.8-81.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 287 116 44.0 37.5-50.8 171 56.0 49.2-62.5
Some Post-H.S. 296 132 47.4 40.9-54.0 164 52.6 46.0-59.1
College Graduate 396 165 45.3 39.5-51.1 231 54.7 48.9-60.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 357 151 44.8 38.7-51.0 206 55.2 49.0-61.3
No 717 291 43.5 39.3-47.8 426 56.5 52.2-60.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 207 133 70.2 62.9-76.7 74 29.8 23.3-37.1
Non-Veteran 873 312 36.9 33.1-40.8 561 63.1 59.2-66.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 566 277 50.6 45.8-55.4 289 49.4 44.6-54.2
Unemployed 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 313 64 21.5 16.4-27.6 249 78.5 72.4-83.6
Unable to Work 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 136 70 55.3 45.2-65.0 66 44.7 35.0-54.8
$50,000- 74,999 153 70 46.2 37.2-55.4 83 53.8 44.6-62.8
$75,000+ 335 148 47.8 41.7-53.9 187 52.2 46.1-58.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 245 65 29.8 23.1-37.6 180 70.2 62.4-76.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 558 246 47.3 42.5-52.1 312 52.7 47.9-57.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 245 65 29.8 23.1-37.6 180 70.2 62.4-76.9
HOUSING
Own 701 268 43.6 39.3-48.0 433 56.4 52.0-60.7
Rent 291 142 47.7 41.1-54.4 149 52.3 45.6-58.9
Other arrangement 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 356 185 52.6 46.5-58.6 171 47.4 41.4-53.5
Rural 636 229 38.9 34.4-43.6 407 61.1 56.4-65.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 658 295 47.1 42.5-51.7 363 52.9 48.3-57.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 317 110 36.3 30.3-42.6 207 63.7 57.4-69.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 214 64 33.7 26.6-41.6 150 66.3 58.4-73.4
2nd Quartile 203 98 48.4 40.6-56.4 105 51.6 43.6-59.4
3rd Quartile 351 158 48.1 41.9-54.3 193 51.9 45.7-58.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 313 125 41.7 35.2-48.5 188 58.3 51.5-64.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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