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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2004
 
Q59. Not including blood donations, which of these would you say was the main reason for your last HIV test?
Denominator is respondents who have been tested for HIV.

Categories It was required




Someone suggested
you should
be tested

You thought
you may have
gotten HIV
through sex
or drug use
You just wanted
to find out
whether you
had HIV
You were worried
that you could
give HIV to
someone
You were pregnant



It was done
as part of
a routine
medical checkup
Some other
reason



Unk/Ref




Total
% % % % % % % % % N
Age Group: 9.6 3.3 1.9 17.9 0.6 32.5 20.9 11.7 1.7 168
      18-24
      25-34 14.5 2.1 0.8 18.5 0.4 28.4 20.4 14.6 0.3 581
      35-44 20.2 0.9 1.9 15.7 0.1 17.4 25.0 18.1 0.5 523
      45-54 20.8 3.8 4.0 14.0 1.3 2.3 28.2 24.2 1.4 331
      55-64 13.8 3.4 3.0 15.7 0.0 0.0 35.7 27.5 0.9 169
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 5
Sex: 23.0 2.7 2.2 21.3 0.5 0.0 29.9 19.7 0.7 612
      Male
      Female 11.1 2.0 1.8 13.2 0.4 35.0 19.7 15.9 1.0 1,165
Race/Ethnicity: 17.9 2.4 2.2 15.2 0.3 20.6 23.0 17.6 0.8 1,426
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 9.4 2.8 0.0 26.4 0.3 13.2 26.3 21.0 0.6 173
      Other/Multiracial,
      Non-Hispanic      
12.7 0.0 2.4 19.7 0.0 24.0 24.4 14.3 2.6 81
      Hispanic 9.9 2.0 1.9 19.3 2.7 20.1 33.5 10.5 0.0 87
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 10
Income Group: 10.4 3.3 4.1 20.9 0.3 19.5 24.2 17.3 0.0 181
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 13.5 0.9 2.1 16.0 0.1 22.4 26.6 18.0 0.4 276
      $25-$49,999 13.5 2.0 1.6 20.8 0.6 19.0 22.6 18.9 1.1 535
      $50-$74,999 20.9 4.0 1.6 13.5 0.7 21.5 22.2 15.1 0.5 325
      >=$75,000 22.4 1.8 1.8 11.1 0.6 17.9 24.4 19.2 0.8 334
      Unk/Ref 14.6 2.5 1.7 17.4 0.0 19.8 27.6 13.6 2.8 126
Education Level: 9.6 2.8 2.9 20.3 0.6 24.0 25.5 12.4 1.9 167
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 11.9 2.0 2.0 17.8 0.0 21.6 23.4 20.0 1.2 556
      Some College/Tech
      School
19.1 2.3 2.4 15.2 0.7 16.0 25.3 18.7 0.2 498
      College Graduate 21.7 2.4 1.2 15.0 0.7 19.7 23.2 15.7 0.5 555
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 1
Marital Status: 19.9 2.4 1.2 10.5 0.3 23.5 23.1 18.4 0.7 925
      Married
      Unmarried 11.3 2.1 3.0 24.6 0.7 15.3 25.5 16.4 1.1 846
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 6
Employment Status: 18.5 2.5 1.5 16.9 0.6 16.1 24.8 18.4 0.7 1,272
      Employed
      Not Employed 10.6 2.6 4.2 24.5 0.0 21.7 19.8 16.3 0.3 99
      Student/Homemaker 9.8 1.0 1.5 11.3 0.0 45.2 20.2 9.7 1.3 222
      Retired/Unable to
      Work
12.2 2.7 4.7 15.8 0.3 12.5 27.7 22.3 1.8 178
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 6
Grand Totals 16.2 2.3 2.0 16.7 0.5 19.9 24.1 17.5 0.8 1,777

SOURCE: 2004 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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