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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS--WHITE Respondents Only

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 3,836 3,471 88.3 86.5-89.9 84 2.6 2.0- 3.5 281 9.1 7.6-10.7
GENDER
Male 1,529 1,371 89.1 86.4-91.3 31 1.6 1.0- 2.7 127 9.3 7.2-11.9
Female 2,307 2,100 87.5 85.1-89.7 53 3.6 2.5- 5.1 154 8.9 7.1-11.1
AGE
18-24 323 282 84.1 75.8-89.9 12 3.0 1.3- 6.5 29 13.0 7.6-21.3
25-34 798 737 92.2 89.1-94.5 19 2.8 1.6- 5.0 42 5.0 3.2- 7.7
35-44 938 866 89.4 85.9-92.2 16 2.3 1.1- 4.7 56 8.2 5.9-11.5
45-54 1,005 916 88.9 85.5-91.6 19 2.2 1.2- 3.8 70 8.9 6.5-12.2
55-64 772 670 84.5 80.3-87.9 18 3.1 1.7- 5.7 84 12.4 9.4-16.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 342 248 67.7 58.6-75.6 21 7.7 4.3-13.2 73 24.6 17.2-33.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,087 928 84.2 80.9-87.0 39 3.6 2.3- 5.5 120 12.2 9.7-15.3
Some Post-H.S. 958 902 94.1 91.6-95.8 13 1.6 0.8- 3.1 43 4.3 2.8- 6.6
College Graduate 1,446 1,391 95.4 93.3-96.9 11 0.6 0.3- 1.3 44 4.0 2.6- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 258 212 85.1 77.9-90.3 13 6.8 3.2-13.9 33 8.0 5.0-12.7
$15,000- 24,999 456 388 78.2 70.8-84.1 23 7.9 4.5-13.5 45 14.0 9.2-20.7
$25,000- 34,999 440 399 89.9 84.9-93.4 14 3.9 2.0- 7.3 27 6.2 3.5-10.7
$35,000- 49,999 610 568 92.0 88.3-94.6 7 0.8 0.3- 2.2 35 7.2 4.8-10.8
$50,000-74,999 597 565 93.6 90.1-96.0 4 0.8 0.2- 2.9 28 5.5 3.4- 8.9
$75,000+ 717 692 94.4 90.9-96.6 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 21 5.1 2.9- 8.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 275 253 91.3 86.5-94.5 6 2.3 1.0- 5.3 16 6.4 3.7-10.9
Forsyth 268 249 89.6 83.2-93.8 5 2.5 0.8- 7.8 14 7.8 4.4-13.7
Guilford 193 182 93.5 86.7-96.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 9 6.0 2.6-12.9
Henderson/Transylvania 270 244 87.2 80.6-91.8 9 4.3 2.1- 8.5 17 8.5 4.7-14.9
Mecklenburg 201 194 96.0 90.6-98.3 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8 5 2.2 0.8- 6.1
Orange 293 283 96.7 93.1-98.4 2 1.2 0.2- 5.6 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4
Pitt 252 231 92.1 87.8-95.0 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6 17 6.5 3.9-10.7
Randolph 290 257 85.3 74.8-91.9 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9 29 13.8 7.3-24.5
Robeson 120 94 77.2 66.5-85.3 7 6.2 2.6-14.1 19 16.5 9.7-26.7
Wake 263 248 93.1 87.8-96.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 11 5.7 2.8-11.1
Western NC 449 386 84.6 80.0-88.3 11 2.4 1.2- 4.5 52 13.0 9.6-17.5
Piedmont NC 544 489 87.7 83.4-91.0 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 43 9.7 6.7-13.9
Eastern NC 418 361 85.8 81.4-89.3 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6 41 10.3 7.2-14.3

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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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