2024 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 3,930 1,481 38.3 36.5-40.1 2,449 61.7 59.9-63.5
Western 667 197 32.8 28.4-37.5 470 67.2 62.5-71.6
GENDER
Male 303 102 35.1 28.9-41.8 201 64.9 58.2-71.1
Female 364 95 30.5 24.5-37.2 269 69.5 62.8-75.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 546 147 30.8 26.2-36.0 399 69.2 64.0-73.8
Non-Hispanic Black 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 114 39 31.8 22.7-42.6 75 68.2 57.4-77.3
65-74 126 29 23.3 15.6-33.5 97 76.7 66.5-84.4
75+ 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 143 40 29.8 21.6-39.5 103 70.2 60.5-78.4
Some Post-H.S. 188 54 35.3 27.2-44.3 134 64.7 55.7-72.8
College Graduate 263 81 33.8 27.3-41.0 182 66.2 59.0-72.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 270 84 34.8 28.0-42.4 186 65.2 57.6-72.0
No 388 109 30.6 25.1-36.8 279 69.4 63.2-74.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 608 174 31.1 26.6-35.9 434 68.9 64.1-73.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 294 109 36.6 30.2-43.4 185 63.4 56.6-69.8
Unemployed 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 261 36 17.3 11.8-24.6 225 82.7 75.4-88.2
Unable to Work 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 191 68 37.8 29.8-46.4 123 62.2 53.6-70.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 167 37 26.9 18.5-37.3 130 73.1 62.7-81.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 323 101 33.0 27.0-39.7 222 67.0 60.3-73.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 167 37 26.9 18.5-37.3 130 73.1 62.7-81.5
HOUSING
Own 474 128 32.6 27.5-38.1 346 67.4 61.9-72.5
Rent 155 *** *** *** 93 57.5 47.0-67.3
Other arrangement 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 214 75 39.0 31.1-47.6 139 61.0 52.4-68.9
Rural 453 122 30.1 24.9-35.8 331 69.9 64.2-75.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 368 101 30.4 24.7-36.8 267 69.6 63.2-75.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 214 75 39.0 31.1-47.6 139 61.0 52.4-68.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 390 125 35.3 29.6-41.5 265 64.7 58.5-70.4
2nd Quartile 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 158 37 28.3 19.9-38.5 121 71.7 61.5-80.1

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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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