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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 320 150 43.7 37.6-50.0 64 20.8 16.0-26.6 106 35.5 29.6-41.9
GENDER
Male 142 50 34.1 26.0-43.1 38 27.3 19.7-36.4 54 38.7 30.1-48.0
Female 178 100 54.9 46.4-63.1 26 13.2 8.8-19.5 52 31.9 24.3-40.4
RACE
White 276 126 43.7 37.2-50.4 59 21.6 16.4-27.9 91 34.7 28.5-41.5
Other 44 24 43.6 28.0-60.5 5 14.9 5.9-33.0 15 41.5 25.6-59.4
AGE
18-44 174 85 45.0 36.7-53.6 34 20.1 14.0-27.9 55 34.9 27.1-43.6
45+ 146 65 42.0 33.3-51.2 30 21.7 14.7-30.8 51 36.3 27.8-45.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 62 38.0 29.9-46.9 38 24.8 17.7-33.5 54 37.2 28.9-46.3
Some College + 165 87 48.7 39.9-57.5 26 17.2 11.2-25.3 52 34.2 26.1-43.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 80 42.2 34.2-50.8 36 22.6 16.0-31.0 57 35.1 27.4-43.8
$50,000+ 92 44 45.8 34.6-57.4 18 18.2 10.8-29.1 30 36.0 25.6-48.0

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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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