Figure
10.2. Percent of adults aged 18 years and over who had ever beentested for HIV, by sex
and age group: United States, 2001
NOTES: The analysis
excluded 1,288 adults with unknown HIV test status. CI is confidence
interval.
DATA SOURCE: Sample
Adult Core component of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.
For
both sexes combined, the percent of persons who ever had an HIV test was
highest among adults aged 25-34 years (53.1%, 95% CI = 51.6%-54.6%) and
lowest among adults aged 65 years and over (8.1%, 95% CI = 7.3%-8.8%).
For
adults aged 18-34 years, women were more likely than men to have ever had
an HIV test, whereas for adults aged 45 and over, women were less likely
than men to have ever had an HIV test.