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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

Physical Activity

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%)
North Carolina 7,080 6,295 88.6 87.3-89.8 192 2.6 2.0- 3.3 593 8.8 7.8-10.0
-Mountain AHEC 916 824 86.6 79.9-91.4 25 1.9 1.1- 3.2 67 11.4 6.8-18.5
GENDER
Male 346 305 80.9 68.4-89.2 7 1.2 0.4- 3.3 34 17.9 9.7-30.7
Female 570 519 92.5 89.4-94.8 18 2.6 1.5- 4.8 33 4.8 3.0- 7.5
RACE
White 802 735 89.4 82.0-94.0 17 1.6 0.8- 2.9 50 9.0 4.6-16.9
Other 113 89 66.2 46.5-81.5 8 4.5 1.6-12.0 16 29.3 14.4-50.5
AGE
18-44 437 398 83.6 71.7-91.1 12 1.5 0.7- 3.3 27 14.9 7.5-27.2
45+ 479 426 90.4 86.4-93.4 13 2.4 1.2- 4.8 40 7.1 4.6-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 384 320 76.9 64.7-85.8 12 2.3 1.1- 4.7 52 20.8 12.0-33.5
Some College + 531 503 95.4 92.1-97.4 13 1.5 0.7- 3.4 15 3.1 1.4- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 532 477 86.7 80.3-91.2 14 2.1 1.0- 4.2 41 11.2 6.9-17.8
$50,000+ 227 219 97.5 93.3-99.1 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 4 2.0 0.6- 6.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 314 289 91.8 86.8-95.0 7 2.5 1.0- 5.8 18 5.7 3.1-10.4
Guilford 341 314 92.4 88.5-95.1 8 2.8 1.2- 6.3 19 4.8 2.9- 7.7
Mecklenburg 360 332 90.4 85.6-93.8 6 1.6 0.6- 4.0 22 8.0 4.9-12.7
Orange 372 358 95.0 91.4-97.2 6 1.5 0.6- 3.4 8 3.5 1.7- 7.0
Wake 385 364 92.2 87.5-95.2 0 0.0 . - . 21 7.8 4.8-12.5
Chatham/Lee 288 254 85.7 79.4-90.3 8 3.5 1.5- 8.4 26 10.7 6.9-16.4
Nash/Wilson 287 251 86.9 81.1-91.0 14 5.2 2.9- 9.2 22 7.9 4.7-13.2
Craven/Pamlico 313 275 89.3 84.9-92.6 12 3.4 1.9- 6.3 26 7.2 4.6-11.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 321 279 87.4 82.6-91.0 10 2.9 1.4- 5.7 32 9.8 6.6-14.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 337 300 88.9 83.7-92.5 6 1.8 0.8- 4.3 31 9.3 6.0-14.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 373 318 82.3 75.5-87.5 16 7.1 3.7-13.3 39 10.6 7.1-15.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 311 275 74.4 53.7-87.9 12 3.2 1.6- 6.5 24 22.4 9.3-45.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 375 324 84.3 79.1-88.4 8 2.9 1.4- 6.1 43 12.8 9.1-17.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 309 261 86.6 82.0-90.1 12 3.5 1.8- 6.4 36 10.0 7.0-14.0
Northeast NC I 333 283 85.8 81.0-89.5 18 4.7 2.8- 7.9 32 9.5 6.5-13.6
Northeast NC II 370 321 87.8 83.3-91.2 9 3.6 1.6- 7.8 40 8.6 6.0-12.1
Northeastern Partnership 703 604 87.1 83.8-89.8 27 4.0 2.4- 6.6 72 8.9 6.9-11.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,467 2,140 88.2 86.0-90.1 77 2.3 1.6- 3.2 250 9.5 7.8-11.6
Piedmont 3,124 2,826 89.5 87.8-91.0 77 2.6 1.8- 3.6 221 7.9 6.6- 9.4
Western NC 1,489 1,329 85.6 81.0-89.2 38 3.2 1.8- 5.4 122 11.2 7.9-15.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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