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%)
North Carolina 3,930 1,481 38.3 36.5-40.1 2,449 61.7 59.9-63.5
-Non-Hispanic White 2,477 786 33.3 31.1-35.5 1,691 66.7 64.5-68.9
GENDER
Male 1,147 381 34.9 31.8-38.2 766 65.1 61.8-68.2
Female 1,330 405 31.7 28.8-34.7 925 68.3 65.3-71.2
AGE
18-34 431 178 42.6 37.4-47.9 253 57.4 52.1-62.6
35-44 319 162 50.1 44.0-56.2 157 49.9 43.8-56.0
45-54 350 157 44.2 38.4-50.1 193 55.8 49.9-61.6
55-64 459 162 32.5 27.9-37.4 297 67.5 62.6-72.1
65-74 452 83 16.0 12.7-20.0 369 84.0 80.0-87.3
75+ 441 35 7.2 4.8-10.7 406 92.8 89.3-95.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 487 148 31.5 27.0-36.4 339 68.5 63.6-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 663 217 34.7 30.6-39.0 446 65.3 61.0-69.4
College Graduate 1,222 390 33.8 30.9-36.8 832 66.2 63.2-69.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 162 58 40.7 31.9-50.2 104 59.3 49.8-68.1
$35,000- 49,999 265 77 31.5 25.1-38.8 188 68.5 61.2-74.9
$50,000- 74,999 310 111 35.3 29.3-41.7 199 64.7 58.3-70.7
$75,000+ 1,004 342 35.9 32.5-39.4 662 64.1 60.6-67.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 818 274 35.0 31.1-39.1 544 65.0 60.9-68.9
No 1,632 504 32.4 29.8-35.1 1,128 67.6 64.9-70.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 319 141 51.5 45.1-57.8 178 48.5 42.2-54.9
Non-Veteran 2,155 644 30.4 28.2-32.8 1,511 69.6 67.2-71.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 721 244 34.5 30.7-38.6 477 65.5 61.4-69.3
Regional City or Suburban County 764 281 36.5 32.6-40.7 483 63.5 59.3-67.4
Rural 992 261 29.4 26.0-33.0 731 70.6 67.0-74.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,248 506 40.8 37.7-44.0 742 59.2 56.0-62.3
Unemployed 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 859 124 13.6 11.2-16.5 735 86.4 83.5-88.8
Unable to Work 131 64 49.6 39.5-59.8 67 50.4 40.2-60.5
Other not in Labor Force 135 47 34.2 25.6-43.9 88 65.8 56.1-74.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 214 75 38.0 30.4-46.2 139 62.0 53.8-69.6
151% to 200% 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,477 484 34.1 31.4-37.0 993 65.9 63.0-68.6
HOUSING
Own 1,772 510 31.9 29.4-34.5 1,262 68.1 65.5-70.6
Rent 531 226 43.9 39.1-48.9 305 56.1 51.1-60.9
Other arrangement 153 48 26.1 19.2-34.5 105 73.9 65.5-80.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 458 160 38.2 33.1-43.7 298 61.8 56.3-66.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 870 245 30.2 26.6-34.1 625 69.8 65.9-73.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,149 381 33.8 30.7-37.0 768 66.2 63.0-69.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 971 284 30.1 26.9-33.6 687 69.9 66.4-73.1
2nd Quartile 739 253 35.8 31.8-40.0 486 64.2 60.0-68.2
3rd Quartile 594 200 35.7 31.2-40.4 394 64.3 59.6-68.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 173 49 29.1 21.6-37.8 124 70.9 62.2-78.4

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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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