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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged >18 Years Who Reported
Ever Being Tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),* by Sex and
Race/Ethnicity --- National Health Interview Survey, United States,
2006†
* Based on responses to the following question: "Except for tests you may have had as part of blood donations, have you ever been tested for HIV?"
† Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population.
§ Total includes non-Hispanics of other races or multiple races.
¶ 95% confidence interval.
Among both men and women, non-Hispanic blacks (51.6% of men and 53.5% of women) were more likely to
report ever being tested for HIV than Hispanics (35.7% of men and 46.1% of women) and non-Hispanic whites (30.5%
of men and 33.5% of women). Overall, women (37.8%) were more likely than men (33.7%) to report ever being
tested for HIV.
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