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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 268 136 48.9 41.9-55.9 43 17.4 12.6-23.5 89 33.7 27.4-40.7
GENDER
Male 99 37 37.3 27.2-48.6 24 25.4 16.8-36.3 38 37.3 27.3-48.5
Female 169 99 59.8 51.1-67.9 19 9.9 6.2-15.3 51 30.3 22.9-39.0
RACE
White 161 84 54.7 46.0-63.1 25 14.6 9.7-21.3 52 30.8 23.4-39.2
Other 106 51 40.0 29.8-51.3 18 21.6 13.1-33.6 37 38.3 27.7-50.2
AGE
18-44 131 74 54.6 44.8-64.0 21 15.4 9.7-23.7 36 30.0 21.9-39.6
45+ 137 62 43.8 34.2-53.9 22 19.2 12.2-28.7 53 37.1 27.9-47.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 65 42.2 33.1-51.9 25 21.6 14.3-31.4 51 36.1 27.3-46.0
Some College + 126 71 56.8 46.7-66.3 18 12.6 7.8-19.8 37 30.6 22.1-40.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 71 43.7 34.8-53.0 25 20.2 13.3-29.6 50 36.1 27.3-45.8
$50,000+ 64 39 63.8 50.2-75.5 7 9.0 4.1-18.3 18 27.2 17.0-40.6

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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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