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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 359 149 38.2 32.7-44.1 83 23.5 18.8-29.0 127 38.2 32.4-44.4
GENDER
Male 130 42 32.8 24.4-42.5 43 27.9 20.3-36.9 45 39.3 30.0-49.5
Female 229 107 43.0 36.0-50.3 40 19.7 14.2-26.8 82 37.3 30.4-44.8
RACE
White 236 94 35.9 29.4-43.0 56 23.8 18.2-30.4 86 40.3 33.3-47.8
Other 121 53 41.2 31.5-51.7 27 23.5 15.6-33.7 41 35.3 25.5-46.5
AGE
18-44 198 89 41.5 33.9-49.5 55 27.6 21.1-35.3 54 30.9 23.5-39.3
45+ 161 60 33.8 26.2-42.3 28 17.9 11.9-26.0 73 48.4 39.6-57.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 78 35.7 28.5-43.6 47 23.2 17.2-30.5 76 41.2 33.2-49.6
Some College + 158 71 42.2 33.9-51.0 36 24.1 17.1-32.7 51 33.7 25.9-42.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 92 38.7 31.5-46.3 46 22.0 16.2-29.1 81 39.4 32.0-47.3
$50,000+ 82 40 47.0 35.5-58.7 17 21.2 13.2-32.2 25 31.8 21.8-43.9

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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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