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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.
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%)
All Participants 191366 170955 89.0 88.7-89.3 5,007 3.2 3.0- 3.4 15,404 7.8 7.6- 8.0
Alabama 2,358 2,096 88.0 86.3-89.6 117 5.8 4.6- 7.2 145 6.2 5.1- 7.4
Alaska 2,348 2,083 89.3 87.1-91.1 70 3.4 2.3- 4.9 195 7.4 5.9- 9.2
Arizona 2,324 2,054 87.3 84.9-89.4 81 4.6 3.3- 6.4 189 8.1 6.5-10.0
Arkansas 2,884 2,482 86.2 84.6-87.6 81 3.2 2.5- 4.1 321 10.6 9.4-12.0
California 3,342 3,107 91.4 90.1-92.6 113 4.0 3.2- 4.9 122 4.6 3.7- 5.7
Colorado 3,320 3,024 89.9 88.6-91.1 75 2.7 2.1- 3.5 221 7.3 6.3- 8.5
Connecticut 4,268 3,932 90.8 89.6-91.9 70 1.8 1.3- 2.4 266 7.4 6.4- 8.6
Delaware 3,052 2,832 94.0 92.8-95.0 133 3.9 3.0- 5.0 87 2.2 1.7- 2.8
District of Columbia 1,908 1,804 93.1 91.1-94.7 26 1.8 1.1- 2.8 78 5.2 3.8- 7.0
Florida 4,450 4,024 89.3 88.0-90.4 108 3.0 2.3- 3.8 318 7.7 6.8- 8.8
Georgia 4,048 3,473 85.7 84.1-87.1 147 4.1 3.3- 5.0 428 10.2 9.0-11.6
Hawaii 4,700 3,966 83.4 81.9-84.9 151 3.4 2.7- 4.2 583 13.2 11.9-14.6
Idaho 3,872 3,436 89.4 88.2-90.4 63 1.5 1.1- 2.0 373 9.1 8.1-10.2
Illinois 4,189 3,836 90.7 89.6-91.8 111 3.4 2.7- 4.2 242 5.9 5.1- 6.8
Indiana 4,541 4,055 88.9 87.8-90.0 108 2.8 2.2- 3.4 378 8.3 7.4- 9.3
Iowa 2,699 2,438 89.9 88.5-91.2 55 2.2 1.6- 3.0 206 7.8 6.7- 9.1
Kansas 3,618 3,328 91.9 90.8-92.9 56 1.5 1.1- 2.0 234 6.6 5.8- 7.6
Kentucky 4,893 4,070 84.6 82.9-86.1 190 4.2 3.3- 5.3 633 11.2 9.9-12.6
Louisiana 3,897 3,314 83.9 82.4-85.3 194 6.2 5.3- 7.4 389 9.9 8.8-11.0
Maine 1,905 1,735 90.7 89.2-92.1 29 1.8 1.2- 2.6 141 7.5 6.2- 8.9
Maryland 3,510 3,232 92.0 90.7-93.1 56 1.7 1.2- 2.3 222 6.3 5.3- 7.5
Massachusetts 5,778 5,307 91.4 90.4-92.4 114 2.3 1.8- 2.9 357 6.3 5.5- 7.2
Michigan 4,694 4,304 90.2 88.9-91.4 115 2.8 2.2- 3.6 275 7.0 6.0- 8.1
Minnesota 3,533 3,269 92.3 91.2-93.3 41 1.3 0.9- 1.8 223 6.4 5.5- 7.5
Mississippi 3,083 2,488 80.5 78.6-82.2 124 4.2 3.4- 5.2 471 15.3 13.7-17.0
Missouri 3,501 3,095 89.4 87.9-90.7 98 3.1 2.4- 3.9 308 7.5 6.5- 8.8
Montana 3,107 2,728 88.3 86.6-89.9 82 2.4 1.8- 3.3 297 9.2 7.9-10.8
Nebraska 3,136 2,824 90.2 88.9-91.3 76 2.6 2.0- 3.4 236 7.3 6.3- 8.4
Nevada 2,518 2,253 86.5 83.7-88.8 59 2.9 2.1- 4.2 206 10.6 8.4-13.2
New Hampshire 4,005 3,684 91.8 90.7-92.8 71 1.9 1.5- 2.5 250 6.2 5.4- 7.2
New Jersey 4,627 4,240 87.7 85.1-89.9 106 3.3 2.3- 4.8 281 9.0 7.0-11.4
New Mexico 3,546 3,096 86.9 85.5-88.3 119 3.7 3.0- 4.6 331 9.3 8.2-10.6
New York 3,493 3,187 89.8 88.4-91.0 74 2.9 2.2- 3.8 232 7.4 6.4- 8.5
North Carolina 5,197 4,554 85.1 83.4-86.6 153 3.5 2.7- 4.6 490 11.4 10.0-12.9
North Dakota 2,288 2,022 88.1 86.4-89.6 57 2.6 1.9- 3.4 209 9.4 8.0-10.9
Ohio 3,216 2,896 89.6 88.3-90.8 94 3.1 2.4- 3.9 226 7.3 6.3- 8.4
Oklahoma 5,026 4,350 86.1 84.9-87.3 153 3.2 2.7- 3.9 523 10.6 9.6-11.8
Oregon 2,392 2,160 89.1 87.4-90.6 45 2.0 1.4- 2.8 187 9.0 7.6-10.6
Pennsylvania 10,134 9,193 90.9 90.1-91.7 175 1.8 1.5- 2.2 766 7.3 6.6- 8.0
Rhode Island 2,974 2,716 90.9 89.6-92.1 50 1.8 1.3- 2.5 208 7.2 6.2- 8.5
South Carolina 3,455 3,003 86.8 85.1-88.3 95 3.0 2.2- 4.2 357 10.2 8.9-11.7
South Dakota 3,542 3,203 90.0 88.6-91.2 98 3.7 2.9- 4.8 241 6.3 5.5- 7.2
Tennessee 2,476 2,086 83.3 81.4-85.0 109 4.6 3.7- 5.7 281 12.1 10.6-13.8
Texas 4,887 4,284 86.1 84.7-87.4 159 4.1 3.3- 5.2 444 9.8 8.8-10.9
Utah 3,348 2,998 89.3 87.6-90.8 81 2.8 2.1- 3.7 269 7.9 6.7- 9.4
Vermont 3,332 3,035 90.7 89.5-91.8 55 1.9 1.4- 2.6 242 7.4 6.4- 8.4
Virginia 3,461 3,069 88.8 87.1-90.4 95 2.8 2.2- 3.7 297 8.3 6.9- 9.9
Washington 3,922 3,679 93.0 91.7-94.0 59 2.3 1.6- 3.3 184 4.7 4.0- 5.6
West Virginia 2,473 2,190 88.2 86.6-89.6 73 3.1 2.4- 4.0 210 8.7 7.5-10.1
Wisconsin 3,380 3,006 89.2 87.8-90.4 90 2.6 2.0- 3.3 284 8.2 7.2- 9.4
Wyoming 2,803 2,518 89.5 88.1-90.8 47 2.0 1.4- 2.7 238 8.5 7.4- 9.8
Guam 769 584 74.9 71.1-78.4 63 8.4 6.3-11.1 122 16.7 13.7-20.0
Puerto Rico 3,229 2,985 92.5 91.2-93.6 80 2.4 1.8- 3.2 164 5.1 4.2- 6.2
Virgin Islands 1,915 1,628 84.5 82.4-86.5 63 3.7 2.7- 4.9 224 11.8 10.1-13.7

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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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