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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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%)
All Participants 191393 102797 54.5 54.0-54.9 32,061 18.1 17.8-18.4 56,535 27.4 27.1-27.8
Alabama 2,361 1,332 56.1 53.7-58.5 568 25.0 22.9-27.2 461 18.9 17.2-20.8
Alaska 2,347 1,270 57.0 53.9-60.0 418 17.4 15.3-19.8 659 25.5 23.0-28.3
Arizona 2,323 1,144 50.1 47.0-53.3 441 19.3 17.0-21.8 738 30.6 27.7-33.6
Arkansas 2,886 1,430 50.2 48.1-52.4 427 15.3 13.9-16.9 1,029 34.4 32.4-36.5
California 3,344 2,048 60.2 58.2-62.2 637 20.0 18.4-21.7 659 19.7 18.2-21.4
Colorado 3,320 1,797 54.1 52.1-56.0 556 17.4 15.9-18.9 967 28.6 26.9-30.4
Connecticut 4,268 2,502 57.9 56.0-59.7 530 13.7 12.3-15.1 1,236 28.5 26.8-30.2
Delaware 3,052 1,880 62.1 59.6-64.6 831 28.0 25.7-30.4 341 9.9 8.5-11.4
District of Columbia 1,910 1,346 68.4 65.3-71.4 224 12.9 11.1-15.0 340 18.7 16.1-21.6
Florida 4,454 2,479 55.0 53.3-56.8 759 18.7 17.3-20.2 1,216 26.2 24.7-27.8
Georgia 4,044 2,259 56.4 54.3-58.4 652 17.6 16.1-19.3 1,133 26.0 24.3-27.8
Hawaii 4,699 2,418 51.3 49.5-53.2 831 17.9 16.5-19.4 1,450 30.8 29.1-32.6
Idaho 3,868 1,993 51.6 49.6-53.5 599 16.4 15.0-17.9 1,276 32.0 30.3-33.8
Illinois 4,185 2,447 58.8 57.0-60.7 676 17.0 15.6-18.6 1,062 24.1 22.7-25.7
Indiana 4,542 2,386 52.3 50.6-54.0 678 15.7 14.5-17.0 1,478 32.0 30.5-33.6
Iowa 2,699 1,339 49.6 47.4-51.8 524 19.8 18.1-21.7 836 30.5 28.5-32.6
Kansas 3,616 1,854 50.7 48.8-52.6 620 18.5 17.0-20.1 1,142 30.8 29.1-32.5
Kentucky 4,891 2,456 51.9 49.6-54.2 926 19.5 17.5-21.6 1,509 28.7 26.7-30.7
Louisiana 3,902 2,161 54.5 52.6-56.4 762 21.0 19.4-22.6 979 24.5 23.0-26.2
Maine 1,908 1,022 52.5 50.0-55.0 293 16.4 14.6-18.4 593 31.1 28.8-33.5
Maryland 3,516 2,136 62.2 60.1-64.3 463 13.1 11.8-14.6 917 24.7 22.9-26.6
Massachusetts 5,784 3,481 58.8 57.2-60.5 814 15.6 14.4-16.9 1,489 25.5 24.1-27.0
Michigan 4,692 2,424 50.2 48.3-52.0 900 21.5 19.9-23.2 1,368 28.3 26.7-30.0
Minnesota 3,535 1,606 45.3 43.3-47.2 572 17.1 15.7-18.6 1,357 37.6 35.8-39.5
Mississippi 3,085 1,467 47.1 44.9-49.3 608 21.5 19.7-23.5 1,010 31.4 29.4-33.4
Missouri 3,502 1,763 49.3 47.0-51.6 596 17.5 15.8-19.3 1,143 33.2 31.1-35.4
Montana 3,108 1,583 52.3 49.8-54.8 514 16.8 15.1-18.7 1,011 30.9 28.6-33.2
Nebraska 3,140 1,710 54.7 52.6-56.8 479 15.8 14.3-17.5 951 29.4 27.6-31.4
Nevada 2,518 1,256 49.7 46.8-52.7 430 16.9 14.8-19.1 832 33.4 30.6-36.3
New Hampshire 4,005 2,187 53.7 51.9-55.4 592 15.9 14.6-17.3 1,226 30.4 28.8-32.1
New Jersey 4,637 2,565 55.4 52.4-58.4 769 18.1 15.9-20.6 1,303 26.5 24.0-29.1
New Mexico 3,547 1,804 50.4 48.4-52.4 599 18.6 17.0-20.3 1,144 31.0 29.1-32.8
New York 3,495 2,110 58.7 56.7-60.7 449 15.1 13.6-16.7 936 26.2 24.5-28.0
North Carolina 5,194 2,693 50.1 48.0-52.2 962 20.0 18.4-21.8 1,539 29.9 28.0-31.8
North Dakota 2,290 1,109 48.1 45.8-50.4 403 18.5 16.8-20.4 778 33.4 31.2-35.6
Ohio 3,219 1,691 52.2 50.1-54.3 567 18.8 17.1-20.5 961 29.0 27.2-30.9
Oklahoma 5,030 2,528 50.3 48.6-52.0 872 18.3 17.0-19.7 1,630 31.4 29.8-33.0
Oregon 2,391 1,281 52.7 50.3-55.0 330 14.5 12.9-16.2 780 32.9 30.7-35.1
Pennsylvania 10,134 5,453 53.9 52.5-55.2 1,464 15.6 14.6-16.6 3,217 30.5 29.3-31.8
Rhode Island 2,973 1,712 56.1 53.9-58.3 409 15.0 13.4-16.6 852 28.9 26.9-31.0
South Carolina 3,464 1,849 53.0 50.7-55.2 536 15.9 14.3-17.7 1,079 31.1 29.0-33.3
South Dakota 3,540 1,747 49.3 47.4-51.3 708 21.1 19.5-22.7 1,085 29.6 27.9-31.4
Tennessee 2,472 1,318 52.7 50.3-55.0 481 20.5 18.6-22.5 673 26.9 24.9-29.0
Texas 4,871 2,550 52.2 50.5-53.9 825 18.4 17.0-19.9 1,496 29.4 27.9-30.9
Utah 3,348 1,512 45.1 42.8-47.4 665 21.8 19.6-24.0 1,171 33.1 30.9-35.4
Vermont 3,331 1,902 56.6 54.6-58.5 469 14.8 13.4-16.2 960 28.7 27.0-30.4
Virginia 3,462 1,793 51.5 48.9-54.0 600 18.6 16.6-20.9 1,069 29.9 27.8-32.2
Washington 3,922 2,269 57.0 55.0-58.9 573 16.1 14.6-17.6 1,080 27.0 25.3-28.7
West Virginia 2,473 1,204 47.8 45.5-50.0 499 21.8 19.9-23.8 770 30.5 28.4-32.5
Wisconsin 3,381 1,580 47.1 45.1-49.1 628 19.4 17.8-21.1 1,173 33.5 31.6-35.4
Wyoming 2,802 1,469 51.6 49.4-53.8 410 15.7 14.0-17.5 923 32.7 30.7-34.8
Guam 767 398 51.5 47.3-55.7 160 20.6 17.5-24.2 209 27.9 24.3-31.8
Puerto Rico 3,230 1,913 58.6 56.5-60.8 526 16.3 14.7-17.9 791 25.1 23.2-27.1
Virgin Islands 1,916 1,171 62.3 59.4-65.0 237 12.9 11.0-15.0 508 24.8 22.5-27.4

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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