Figure
10.3. Age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who hadever been tested for
HIV, by race/ethnicity: United States, 2001
NOTES: The analysis
excluded 1,288 adults with unknown HIV test status. Estimates are
age-sex-adjusted to a year 2000 standard population using five age groups:
18-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-64 years, and 65 years and over.
DATA SOURCE: Sample
Adult Core component of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey.
Of
the three racial/ethnic groups, black non-Hispanic persons were most
likely to have ever had an HIV test. The age-sex-adjusted percents of
people who ever had an HIV test were 31.2% for white non-Hispanic persons,
32.9% for Hispanic persons, and 46.0% for black non-Hispanic persons.
Of
the three racial/ethnic groups, black non-Hispanic persons were most
likely to have ever had an HIV test. The age-sex-adjusted percents of
people who ever had an HIV test were 31.2% for white non-Hispanic persons,
32.9% for Hispanic persons, and 46.0% for black non-Hispanic persons.
