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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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
-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
GENDER
Male 564 494 80.1 71.6-86.5 13 3.7 1.6- 8.3 57 16.2 10.2-24.8
Female 925 835 91.1 88.3-93.3 25 2.7 1.5- 4.8 65 6.2 4.5- 8.5
RACE
White 1,338 1,211 87.9 83.2-91.4 28 3.0 1.6- 5.6 99 9.1 5.9-13.6
African American 57 51 85.7 65.1-95.1 2 4.4 0.8-19.9 4 9.9 2.6-31.3
Other Minorities 89 64 53.2 32.0-73.2 8 4.6 1.8-11.1 17 42.3 22.2-65.3
AGE
18-24 135 123 93.1 87.1-96.5 5 2.2 0.7- 6.2 7 4.7 2.1-10.4
25-34 282 249 75.5 59.0-86.8 10 6.7 2.4-17.3 23 17.9 7.8-36.0
35-44 341 307 83.0 72.2-90.2 6 0.9 0.4- 2.2 28 16.1 9.0-27.1
45-54 381 346 92.6 88.1-95.5 9 2.8 1.0- 7.7 26 4.7 2.8- 7.5
55-64 350 304 85.5 78.5-90.5 8 3.3 1.2- 9.0 38 11.2 7.0-17.5
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 176 133 59.9 42.5-75.1 8 2.8 1.2- 6.8 35 37.3 22.0-55.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 482 405 85.4 80.0-89.5 13 4.0 1.7- 9.4 64 10.6 7.5-14.6
Some Post-H.S. 419 391 90.1 82.8-94.5 12 4.0 1.5-10.5 16 5.9 2.8-12.0
College Graduate 410 398 97.5 94.8-98.8 5 1.0 0.4- 2.8 7 1.5 0.6- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 149 83.2 73.1-90.1 5 5.3 1.6-16.0 18 11.5 6.4-19.7
$15,000- 24,999 283 234 76.8 65.1-85.5 11 2.6 1.2- 5.5 38 20.6 12.1-32.7
$25,000- 34,999 204 190 87.9 74.8-94.7 4 5.5 1.2-22.7 10 6.5 2.8-14.6
$35,000- 49,999 221 213 97.3 93.4-98.9 4 1.0 0.4- 3.0 4 1.7 0.5- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 188 181 96.4 91.5-98.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 6 3.5 1.4- 8.4
$75,000+ 170 161 93.9 83.8-97.9 4 3.4 0.7-15.5 5 2.7 0.8- 9.1
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
Mountain AHEC 916 824 86.6 79.9-91.4 25 1.9 1.1- 3.2 67 11.4 6.8-18.5
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

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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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