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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.
There are medical treatments available that are intended to help a person who is infected with HIV to live longer.*

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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 5,197 4,554 85.1 83.4-86.6 153 3.6 2.7- 4.6 490 11.4 10.0-12.9
GENDER
Male 2,079 1,803 85.4 82.8-87.7 64 3.1 2.0- 4.8 212 11.4 9.4-13.8
Female 3,118 2,751 84.7 82.4-86.8 89 4.0 2.9- 5.4 278 11.3 9.6-13.3
RACE
White 3,836 3,471 88.3 86.5-89.9 84 2.6 2.0- 3.5 281 9.1 7.6-10.7
African American 857 710 80.9 76.3-84.8 39 4.1 2.2- 7.5 108 14.9 11.6-19.1
Asian 67 50 77.2 61.6-87.7 5 8.4 2.9-21.7 12 14.4 6.6-28.6
Native American 152 118 84.4 74.8-90.8 7 6.9 2.5-17.6 27 8.7 5.3-14.0
Other Minorities 256 180 64.9 55.1-73.5 18 9.9 4.6-20.2 58 25.2 18.2-33.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 274 190 66.0 56.6-74.3 17 9.0 4.2-18.5 67 25.0 18.2-33.2
-English Speaking 106 80 71.8 57.7-82.7 10 12.6 5.2-27.4 16 15.5 8.4-27.0
-Spanish Speaking 168 110 63.9 52.0-74.3 7 7.7 2.5-21.5 51 28.3 19.7-39.0
Non-Hispanic 4,916 4,357 86.7 85.0-88.2 136 3.1 2.4- 4.0 423 10.2 8.9-11.7
AGE
18-24 478 392 77.1 70.1-82.8 27 6.6 3.5-12.2 59 16.3 11.5-22.5
25-34 1,131 1,007 88.1 85.0-90.6 36 3.6 2.3- 5.6 88 8.3 6.2-11.0
35-44 1,306 1,176 88.2 85.2-90.7 30 2.6 1.5- 4.4 100 9.1 7.0-11.9
45-54 1,315 1,165 86.1 83.0-88.8 32 2.4 1.5- 3.8 118 11.4 8.9-14.5
55-64 967 814 82.3 78.4-85.7 28 3.3 1.9- 5.7 125 14.4 11.4-18.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 635 435 62.2 55.5-68.5 41 9.3 5.5-15.1 159 28.5 22.9-34.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,521 1,265 82.9 80.0-85.4 64 3.6 2.6- 5.1 192 13.5 11.2-16.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,295 1,192 92.1 89.5-94.0 26 2.5 1.4- 4.3 77 5.5 3.9- 7.6
College Graduate 1,740 1,658 94.0 91.9-95.6 21 1.2 0.7- 2.2 61 4.8 3.3- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 436 336 78.7 72.1-84.0 30 6.0 3.5-10.1 70 15.3 10.8-21.4
$15,000- 24,999 803 656 76.8 71.3-81.6 43 7.2 4.4-11.7 104 15.9 12.1-20.7
$25,000- 34,999 638 572 86.8 82.0-90.5 19 4.7 2.6- 8.3 47 8.5 5.7-12.7
$35,000- 49,999 776 714 90.5 86.8-93.3 11 1.1 0.5- 2.4 51 8.4 5.7-12.0
$50,000-74,999 689 652 93.6 90.4-95.9 6 0.9 0.3- 2.6 31 5.4 3.4- 8.6
$75,000+ 820 789 94.7 91.6-96.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.3 27 4.9 3.0- 8.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 310 284 90.6 86.0-93.9 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 20 7.3 4.5-11.7
Forsyth 369 332 86.3 80.9-90.3 9 3.2 1.4- 6.9 28 10.6 7.1-15.5
Guilford 317 287 90.1 85.2-93.6 6 2.2 0.9- 5.5 24 7.6 4.7-12.2
Henderson/Transylvania 303 269 86.7 80.9-91.0 10 3.8 1.9- 7.3 24 9.5 5.8-15.0
Mecklenburg 362 327 86.8 81.2-91.0 8 3.2 1.5- 6.7 27 9.9 6.3-15.3
Orange 366 344 93.1 88.9-95.8 6 2.3 0.9- 5.6 16 4.6 2.5- 8.1
Pitt 359 317 86.1 80.4-90.4 11 3.1 1.6- 6.0 31 10.8 7.0-16.3
Randolph 322 280 83.7 74.3-90.1 8 2.2 0.9- 5.1 34 14.1 8.0-23.7
Robeson 343 259 75.5 69.4-80.7 23 6.3 3.8-10.0 61 18.3 13.7-23.9
Wake 374 341 88.3 83.1-92.0 8 1.6 0.8- 3.4 25 10.1 6.6-15.2
Western NC 485 415 84.2 79.8-87.9 13 2.6 1.4- 4.7 57 13.2 9.8-17.5
Piedmont NC 676 585 84.5 80.4-87.8 20 3.8 2.2- 6.6 71 11.7 8.8-15.3
Eastern NC 611 514 82.8 78.6-86.4 25 4.8 2.9- 8.0 72 12.3 9.5-15.9

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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, 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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