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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 5,194 2,693 50.1 48.0-52.2 962 20.0 18.4-21.8 1,539 29.8 27.9-31.8
GENDER
Male 2,079 993 46.6 43.3-50.0 477 24.4 21.7-27.4 609 28.9 26.0-32.0
Female 3,115 1,700 53.6 50.9-56.2 485 15.7 13.8-17.7 930 30.8 28.3-33.3
RACE
White 3,834 2,006 50.4 47.9-52.8 686 19.7 17.7-21.7 1,142 30.0 27.8-32.2
African American 857 447 51.5 46.4-56.6 174 22.1 18.1-26.6 236 26.4 22.1-31.2
Asian 66 32 34.7 21.1-51.4 16 38.1 22.3-56.8 18 27.2 15.2-43.7
Native American 152 70 49.7 36.2-63.3 37 23.1 13.3-37.1 45 27.2 16.3-41.8
Other Minorities 256 118 46.2 36.9-55.7 48 15.6 10.6-22.4 90 38.2 29.4-47.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 274 133 51.1 41.7-60.4 46 12.4 8.3-18.2 95 36.5 27.9-46.2
-English Speaking 106 55 54.7 41.1-67.7 29 25.2 15.3-38.7 22 20.1 11.6-32.4
-Spanish Speaking 168 78 49.7 38.1-61.5 17 7.8 4.2-14.0 73 42.5 31.3-54.4
Non-Hispanic 4,913 2,555 50.0 47.9-52.2 915 20.7 19.0-22.6 1,443 29.3 27.4-31.2
AGE
18-24 477 271 53.1 45.9-60.2 97 22.0 16.8-28.3 109 24.9 19.2-31.6
25-34 1,131 659 57.6 53.3-61.8 195 18.5 15.4-22.0 277 23.9 20.4-27.8
35-44 1,306 628 44.5 40.6-48.5 268 21.6 18.5-25.1 410 33.9 30.2-37.7
45-54 1,314 659 48.4 44.3-52.4 256 19.8 16.7-23.4 399 31.8 28.0-35.8
55-64 966 476 46.9 42.4-51.5 146 18.1 14.6-22.2 344 35.0 30.8-39.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 635 252 40.0 33.7-46.6 131 21.1 16.6-26.5 252 38.9 32.9-45.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,520 673 44.2 40.5-47.9 329 20.6 17.8-23.7 518 35.2 31.7-38.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,294 670 52.0 47.7-56.3 247 21.8 18.3-25.7 377 26.2 22.8-30.0
College Graduate 1,739 1,095 61.4 57.9-64.8 254 17.1 14.4-20.1 390 21.5 18.9-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 436 219 52.6 44.9-60.2 78 18.2 13.1-24.8 139 29.2 23.0-36.3
$15,000- 24,999 802 378 47.5 41.8-53.3 158 20.6 16.5-25.3 266 31.9 26.9-37.4
$25,000- 34,999 638 335 51.0 45.0-57.1 144 21.0 16.7-26.1 159 28.0 22.4-34.3
$35,000- 49,999 775 410 49.7 44.4-55.0 151 22.5 18.0-27.7 214 27.8 23.3-32.9
$50,000-74,999 690 385 55.9 50.1-61.5 114 17.8 13.8-22.5 191 26.4 21.9-31.4
$75,000+ 820 476 55.5 50.6-60.2 125 17.5 13.9-21.7 219 27.0 23.0-31.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 310 156 46.4 40.0-53.0 70 23.7 18.6-29.8 84 29.8 23.8-36.6
Forsyth 369 201 57.2 51.2-63.0 67 17.2 13.2-22.2 101 25.6 20.9-31.0
Guilford 317 182 56.5 49.8-63.1 46 15.4 11.2-20.9 89 28.0 22.5-34.4
Henderson/Transylvania 303 143 42.3 35.5-49.4 57 21.5 16.3-27.8 103 36.2 28.9-44.2
Mecklenburg 362 204 57.3 50.4-63.8 59 18.9 13.7-25.5 99 23.8 19.1-29.3
Orange 366 242 61.3 52.2-69.6 50 18.7 10.6-30.8 74 20.0 15.4-25.6
Pitt 359 212 59.2 52.9-65.2 64 20.7 16.1-26.1 83 20.1 15.8-25.2
Randolph 323 137 38.8 31.8-46.3 71 27.9 20.2-37.1 115 33.3 27.5-39.7
Robeson 343 159 46.5 39.8-53.4 71 19.0 14.3-24.6 113 34.5 28.1-41.6
Wake 374 225 59.3 53.3-65.1 54 16.4 12.1-21.9 95 24.2 19.6-29.6
Western NC 483 215 42.2 37.2-47.4 105 25.1 20.5-30.2 163 32.7 27.9-37.9
Piedmont NC 675 331 49.6 44.8-54.4 116 16.5 13.4-20.2 228 33.9 29.6-38.6
Eastern NC 610 286 46.3 41.6-51.2 132 23.8 19.9-28.3 192 29.8 25.6-34.5

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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