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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 266 133 51.0 44.2-57.7 44 16.0 11.7-21.4 89 33.0 27.0-39.7
GENDER
Male 105 42 43.6 33.5-54.1 21 18.8 12.2-27.9 42 37.6 28.1-48.2
Female 161 91 57.8 49.1-66.0 23 13.3 8.5-20.3 47 28.9 21.7-37.2
RACE
White 221 107 48.4 41.0-55.8 37 16.5 11.8-22.6 77 35.1 28.3-42.6
Other 45 26 62.1 46.1-75.8 7 13.8 6.1-28.4 12 24.1 13.5-39.3
AGE
18-44 138 76 55.6 46.3-64.5 21 15.0 9.6-22.5 41 29.5 21.8-38.5
45+ 128 57 45.7 36.1-55.6 23 17.2 11.0-25.7 48 37.2 28.2-47.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 52 42.7 33.4-52.6 26 20.7 13.9-29.6 47 36.6 27.9-46.3
Some College + 141 81 58.7 49.3-67.6 18 11.6 7.0-18.5 42 29.7 21.7-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 73 48.3 39.5-57.3 27 17.3 11.6-25.0 54 34.3 26.3-43.4
$50,000+ 69 41 58.3 45.3-70.2 4 6.1 2.2-15.8 24 35.6 24.4-48.7

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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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