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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 299 150 47.3 40.8-53.9 50 19.0 14.3-24.7 99 33.8 27.9-40.2
GENDER
Male 131 52 40.1 30.8-50.2 31 24.5 17.1-33.8 48 35.4 26.8-45.1
Female 168 98 55.5 47.0-63.8 19 12.6 8.0-19.2 51 31.9 24.4-40.4
RACE
White 190 93 46.1 38.3-54.1 30 17.7 12.4-24.7 67 36.2 28.8-44.3
Other 107 56 48.9 37.6-60.3 19 20.6 12.7-31.7 32 30.5 21.4-41.5
AGE
18-44 143 67 44.1 34.7-53.8 28 22.5 15.4-31.7 48 33.4 25.2-42.8
45+ 156 83 50.6 41.8-59.4 22 15.2 9.9-22.7 51 34.2 26.1-43.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 39 47.2 34.6-60.1 14 20.0 11.6-32.2 32 32.9 22.6-45.0
Some College + 214 111 47.3 39.9-54.8 36 18.5 13.2-25.3 67 34.2 27.2-41.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 70 49.0 38.7-59.3 21 18.4 11.5-28.0 42 32.7 24.0-42.7
$50,000+ 121 60 47.8 38.3-57.4 20 18.3 11.9-27.0 41 33.9 25.4-43.6

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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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