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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

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
Western NC 437 219 52.7 47.4-58.0 94 20.8 16.9-25.3 124 26.4 22.1-31.3
GENDER
Male 168 79 52.4 44.0-60.6 47 24.1 17.9-31.5 42 23.6 17.3-31.3
Female 269 140 53.1 46.6-59.5 47 17.6 13.2-23.1 82 29.2 23.8-35.4
RACE
White 408 201 52.4 46.9-57.8 90 21.1 17.1-25.7 117 26.5 22.0-31.4
Other 28 17 56.4 35.2-75.6 4 17.1 5.5-42.4 7 26.5 12.2-48.3
AGE
18-44 217 112 54.5 47.1-61.8 54 23.5 17.9-30.2 51 21.9 16.5-28.5
45+ 220 107 50.8 43.3-58.3 40 17.8 12.9-24.0 73 31.5 25.0-38.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 105 47.5 40.2-54.9 56 24.4 18.7-31.1 65 28.2 22.0-35.3
Some College + 209 114 59.0 51.5-66.1 37 16.5 11.8-22.7 58 24.5 18.8-31.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 151 53.3 46.9-59.5 61 20.0 15.5-25.5 88 26.7 21.7-32.4
$50,000+ 87 50 55.1 43.4-66.4 18 20.8 13.0-31.7 19 24.0 15.0-36.1
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
Onslow 377 175 45.8 38.5-53.3 96 27.7 21.8-34.5 106 26.5 20.1-34.2
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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