2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 2,182 839 37.6 35.2-40.0 1,343 62.4 60.0-64.8
GENDER
Male 1,010 357 36.4 33.0-40.0 653 63.6 60.0-67.0
Female 1,172 482 38.6 35.4-42.0 690 61.4 58.0-64.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,257 397 32.2 29.3-35.3 860 67.8 64.7-70.7
Non-Hispanic Black 413 222 51.3 45.6-57.0 191 48.7 43.0-54.4
Other 495 212 38.3 33.3-43.6 283 61.7 56.4-66.7
AGE
18-34 559 216 38.4 33.7-43.3 343 61.6 56.7-66.3
35-44 371 197 52.4 46.6-58.1 174 47.6 41.9-53.4
45-54 359 179 48.3 42.5-54.3 180 51.7 45.7-57.5
55-64 336 143 39.4 33.6-45.6 193 60.6 54.4-66.4
65-74 282 62 18.4 14.0-23.9 220 81.6 76.1-86.0
75+ 232 24 8.6 5.5-13.3 208 91.4 86.7-94.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 195 72 35.8 28.3-44.1 123 64.2 55.9-71.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 423 156 34.3 29.2-39.8 267 65.7 60.2-70.8
Some Post-H.S. 551 221 39.1 34.5-43.8 330 60.9 56.2-65.5
College Graduate 1,004 385 38.7 35.4-42.1 619 61.3 57.9-64.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 586 238 39.7 35.0-44.6 348 60.3 55.4-65.0
No 1,570 594 36.9 34.2-39.7 976 63.1 60.3-65.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 79 44.2 36.2-52.6 114 55.8 47.4-63.8
Non-Veteran 1,989 760 36.9 34.4-39.4 1,229 63.1 60.6-65.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,290 578 44.3 41.2-47.5 712 55.7 52.5-58.8
Unemployed 114 *** *** *** 65 58.8 48.0-68.8
Retired 481 91 17.3 13.8-21.6 390 82.7 78.4-86.2
Unable to Work 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 169 58 29.2 21.9-37.6 111 70.8 62.4-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 141 64 45.2 35.6-55.3 77 54.8 44.7-64.4
$25,000- 34,999 158 62 37.7 28.9-47.5 96 62.3 52.5-71.1
$35,000- 49,999 254 117 44.2 37.2-51.5 137 55.8 48.5-62.8
$50,000- 74,999 235 99 42.7 35.4-50.3 136 57.3 49.7-64.6
$75,000+ 798 303 39.5 35.6-43.5 495 60.5 56.5-64.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 525 157 26.6 22.5-31.2 368 73.4 68.8-77.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 67 48.4 38.5-58.4 71 51.6 41.6-61.5
101% to 150% 193 85 45.0 36.5-53.8 108 55.0 46.2-63.5
151% to 200% 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,145 440 39.0 35.8-42.3 705 61.0 57.7-64.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 525 157 26.6 22.5-31.2 368 73.4 68.8-77.5
HOUSING
Own 1,235 429 36.3 33.2-39.4 806 63.7 60.6-66.8
Rent 772 360 46.0 42.0-50.0 412 54.0 50.0-58.0
Other arrangement 160 48 24.3 17.7-32.5 112 75.7 67.5-82.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,278 515 39.2 36.1-42.3 763 60.8 57.7-63.9
Regional City or Suburban County 572 215 35.9 31.4-40.7 357 64.1 59.3-68.6
Rural 332 109 35.4 29.6-41.6 223 64.6 58.4-70.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 769 286 36.9 32.9-41.0 483 63.1 59.0-67.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,335 529 38.8 35.8-41.9 806 61.2 58.1-64.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 762 282 36.0 32.2-40.1 480 64.0 59.9-67.8
2nd Quartile 924 357 38.1 34.5-41.9 567 61.9 58.1-65.5
3rd Quartile 449 188 40.4 35.3-45.8 261 59.6 54.2-64.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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