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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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%)
North Carolina 11,268 5,585 47.9 46.8-49.1 2,162 20.2 19.2-21.1 3,521 31.9 30.8-33.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 248 111 41.1 34.0-48.7 53 27.0 19.6-36.0 84 31.8 25.4-39.1
GENDER
Male 97 37 31.6 22.1-43.0 30 36.8 24.6-51.1 30 31.6 21.6-43.5
Female 151 74 51.4 42.8-60.0 23 16.4 10.8-24.2 54 32.1 24.9-40.4
RACE
White 231 103 41.1 34.3-48.3 48 24.6 18.4-32.0 80 34.3 27.7-41.6
Other 16 7 39.7 13.8-73.0 5 46.8 15.2-81.2 4 13.5 3.5-39.9
AGE
18-44 127 58 41.9 32.7-51.8 31 29.6 20.8-40.2 38 28.5 20.5-38.0
45+ 121 53 40.4 30.0-51.8 22 24.5 13.6-40.2 46 35.1 25.3-46.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 44 34.7 25.3-45.5 30 29.4 18.6-43.1 50 35.9 26.3-46.8
Some College + 124 67 49.3 39.5-59.2 23 24.0 15.6-35.2 34 26.6 18.9-36.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 68 40.1 31.0-49.9 35 29.0 19.1-41.3 52 31.0 23.0-40.3
$50,000+ 50 28 58.1 43.2-71.6 7 13.8 6.6-26.7 15 28.1 16.8-43.1

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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 (MAHEC): 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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