2024 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 3,930 1,481 38.3 36.5-40.1 2,449 61.7 59.9-63.5
GENDER
Male 1,799 662 38.7 36.1-41.4 1,137 61.3 58.6-63.9
Female 2,131 819 37.9 35.4-40.4 1,312 62.1 59.6-64.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,477 786 33.3 31.1-35.5 1,691 66.7 64.5-68.9
Non-Hispanic Black 675 364 52.5 48.0-57.0 311 47.5 43.0-52.0
Non-Hispanic Other 211 85 36.0 28.7-44.0 126 64.0 56.0-71.3
Hispanic 530 231 42.0 37.4-46.8 299 58.0 53.2-62.6
AGE
18-34 871 357 40.1 36.4-44.0 514 59.9 56.0-63.6
35-44 606 321 52.9 48.4-57.4 285 47.1 42.6-51.6
45-54 625 324 51.8 47.2-56.3 301 48.2 43.7-52.8
55-64 650 269 39.6 35.3-44.2 381 60.4 55.8-64.7
65-74 598 134 21.0 17.4-25.1 464 79.0 74.9-82.6
75+ 516 53 11.5 8.3-15.7 463 88.5 84.3-91.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 365 123 32.3 26.9-38.1 242 67.7 61.9-73.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 853 312 36.8 33.0-40.7 541 63.2 59.3-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,035 407 40.5 37.1-44.0 628 59.5 56.0-62.9
College Graduate 1,663 631 39.2 36.6-42.0 1,032 60.8 58.0-63.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,213 473 40.0 36.6-43.4 740 60.0 56.6-63.4
No 2,675 994 37.6 35.5-39.8 1,681 62.4 60.2-64.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 457 234 56.2 50.9-61.4 223 43.8 38.6-49.1
Non-Veteran 3,470 1,246 35.8 33.9-37.7 2,224 64.2 62.3-66.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,150 964 44.8 42.4-47.3 1,186 55.2 52.7-57.6
Unemployed 182 89 48.8 40.1-57.5 93 51.2 42.5-59.9
Retired 1,055 191 18.5 15.8-21.5 864 81.5 78.5-84.2
Unable to Work 237 125 52.5 45.0-60.0 112 47.5 40.0-55.0
Other not in Labor Force 269 101 32.9 26.7-39.8 168 67.1 60.2-73.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 72 48.1 38.2-58.2 66 51.9 41.8-61.8
$15,000- 24,999 260 98 38.7 31.7-46.2 162 61.3 53.8-68.3
$25,000- 34,999 321 129 40.7 34.3-47.5 192 59.3 52.5-65.7
$35,000- 49,999 488 210 44.2 38.9-49.6 278 55.8 50.4-61.1
$50,000-74,999 462 194 43.2 37.9-48.6 268 56.8 51.4-62.1
$75,000-100,000 436 158 37.3 32.1-42.9 278 62.7 57.1-67.9
$100,000-150,000 416 181 45.9 40.4-51.5 235 54.1 48.5-59.6
$150,000+ 472 180 39.3 34.5-44.4 292 60.7 55.6-65.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 937 259 27.0 23.7-30.6 678 73.0 69.4-76.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 244 114 44.1 36.9-51.5 130 55.9 48.5-63.1
101% to 150% 399 162 43.4 37.4-49.6 237 56.6 50.4-62.6
151% to 200% 197 90 47.9 39.5-56.4 107 52.1 43.6-60.5
More than 200% 2,026 787 40.2 37.7-42.8 1,239 59.8 57.2-62.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 937 259 27.0 23.7-30.6 678 73.0 69.4-76.3
HOUSING
Own 2,410 825 37.4 35.1-39.7 1,585 62.6 60.3-64.9
Rent 1,218 564 45.5 42.3-48.8 654 54.5 51.2-57.7
Other arrangement 273 88 26.8 21.3-33.2 185 73.2 66.8-78.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,367 546 38.8 35.9-41.9 821 61.2 58.1-64.1
Regional City or Suburban County 1,142 475 41.1 37.7-44.6 667 58.9 55.4-62.3
Rural 1,421 460 35.4 32.3-38.5 961 64.6 61.5-67.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 821 340 43.0 39.0-47.2 481 57.0 52.8-61.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,243 427 35.5 32.4-38.8 816 64.5 61.2-67.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,866 714 38.0 35.5-40.6 1,152 62.0 59.4-64.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,366 471 35.2 32.3-38.3 895 64.8 61.7-67.7
2nd Quartile 1,246 490 38.8 35.6-42.1 756 61.2 57.9-64.4
3rd Quartile 958 383 41.4 37.8-45.2 575 58.6 54.8-62.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 360 137 38.2 32.3-44.5 223 61.8 55.5-67.7

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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