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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 289 124 42.6 36.2-49.2 61 21.9 17.0-27.9 104 35.5 29.6-41.9
GENDER
Male 115 49 42.3 32.6-52.7 30 28.4 20.1-38.3 36 29.3 21.2-39.0
Female 174 75 42.8 35.1-50.9 31 15.2 10.5-21.5 68 42.0 34.3-50.1
RACE
White 219 95 42.8 35.8-50.2 45 20.7 15.4-27.4 79 36.4 29.7-43.7
Other 68 27 40.6 27.2-55.5 16 26.0 15.4-40.4 25 33.4 22.2-47.0
AGE
18-44 141 62 44.6 35.5-54.2 31 24.2 16.9-33.4 48 31.2 23.6-40.0
45+ 148 62 40.5 32.1-49.6 30 19.7 13.5-27.7 56 39.8 31.4-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 134 58 41.6 32.3-51.5 27 20.7 13.8-29.8 49 37.7 29.0-47.4
Some College + 154 66 43.6 35.2-52.5 34 23.2 16.5-31.4 54 33.2 25.7-41.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 72 43.2 34.6-52.1 35 23.1 16.4-31.6 54 33.7 26.0-42.3
$50,000+ 67 29 41.9 29.7-55.1 15 23.6 14.1-36.7 23 34.6 23.4-47.8

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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 (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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