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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 261 133 51.2 44.3-58.1 46 17.3 12.7-23.1 82 31.5 25.5-38.3
GENDER
Male 98 41 45.3 34.4-56.6 27 25.6 17.3-36.1 30 29.2 20.4-39.9
Female 163 92 56.6 48.1-64.8 19 9.7 6.0-15.2 52 33.7 26.0-42.3
RACE
White 210 109 51.9 44.4-59.3 37 17.6 12.5-24.1 64 30.5 24.0-38.0
Other 49 23 48.6 32.2-65.3 8 15.6 7.0-31.4 18 35.8 22.1-52.2
AGE
18-44 126 68 56.6 46.4-66.2 25 20.5 13.5-30.0 33 22.9 15.9-31.8
45+ 135 65 45.7 36.6-55.1 21 13.9 8.8-21.2 49 40.3 31.3-50.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 97 41 44.7 33.4-56.6 24 22.3 14.5-32.7 32 33.0 23.2-44.5
Some College + 163 91 55.7 47.2-64.0 22 13.7 8.7-21.0 50 30.6 23.3-39.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 74 56.9 47.0-66.3 23 16.2 10.2-24.6 39 26.9 19.4-36.0
$50,000+ 79 38 47.1 35.6-58.9 16 20.0 12.3-31.0 25 32.9 22.5-45.2

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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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