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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Onslow County

HIV/AIDS

I'm going to read two statements about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After I read each one, please tell me whether you think it is true or false, or if you don't know.
A pregnant woman with HIV can get treatment to help reduce the chances that she w ill pass the virus on to her baby.*

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  Total
Respond.#
True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,875 2,538 50.9 48.8-53.0 984 21.0 19.2-22.9 1,353 28.1 26.2-30.1
Onslow County 377 175 45.8 38.5-53.3 96 27.7 21.8-34.5 106 26.5 20.1-34.2
GENDER
Male 154 61 40.4 29.1-52.8 51 33.4 23.8-44.7 42 26.1 16.3-39.1
Female 223 114 52.6 45.3-59.8 45 20.4 15.0-27.0 64 27.0 21.0-33.9
RACE
White 289 133 47.2 38.5-56.1 72 24.4 18.5-31.4 84 28.3 20.5-37.8
Other 79 37 40.4 27.7-54.6 21 37.8 23.3-54.9 21 21.8 13.0-34.2
AGE
18-44 263 126 46.6 37.6-56.0 69 28.1 21.0-36.4 68 25.3 17.3-35.3
45+ 114 49 43.4 33.1-54.3 27 26.6 17.8-37.7 38 30.0 21.6-40.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 69 40.1 31.7-49.1 48 32.4 23.5-42.7 55 27.6 20.7-35.6
Some College + 205 106 50.8 39.3-62.3 48 23.6 16.5-32.5 51 25.6 15.7-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 111 47.9 38.0-57.9 61 24.8 18.2-32.7 63 27.3 18.5-38.4
$50,000+ 86 39 47.3 35.6-59.3 20 25.7 16.5-37.7 27 27.0 18.4-37.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 334 168 52.1 45.9-58.2 62 17.7 13.5-22.8 104 30.2 24.9-36.1
Cumberland 340 183 52.2 45.6-58.7 65 20.3 15.8-25.8 92 27.5 21.9-33.8
Durham 319 213 68.2 61.6-74.2 46 14.0 10.0-19.4 60 17.7 13.3-23.2
Forsyth 340 179 51.8 45.4-58.1 71 22.7 17.6-28.8 90 25.5 20.5-31.2
Gaston 354 169 48.6 42.7-54.5 73 20.7 16.3-26.0 112 30.7 25.6-36.4
Guilford 320 171 53.0 46.6-59.3 60 19.6 15.0-25.3 89 27.4 22.0-33.5
Mecklenburg 358 182 53.2 47.4-59.0 74 20.6 16.3-25.7 102 26.1 21.5-31.4
New Hanover 328 171 51.6 45.4-57.8 77 23.9 18.9-29.7 80 24.5 19.6-30.2
Wake 369 215 57.5 51.5-63.2 62 17.5 13.2-22.9 92 25.0 20.3-30.4
Western NC 437 219 52.7 47.4-58.0 94 20.8 16.9-25.3 124 26.4 22.1-31.3
Piedmont NC 523 256 46.5 41.5-51.6 97 21.2 17.1-26.1 170 32.2 27.6-37.2
Eastern NC 476 237 49.5 43.9-55.0 107 22.9 18.6-27.8 132 27.6 22.9-32.9

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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