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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 664 324 45.9 41.2-50.6 115 18.6 15.1-22.7 225 35.5 31.1-40.3
GENDER
Male 241 98 38.0 31.0-45.7 41 19.6 14.1-26.6 102 42.3 34.9-50.1
Female 423 226 52.7 46.8-58.5 74 17.7 13.6-22.7 123 29.7 24.6-35.3
RACE
White 563 280 46.5 41.5-51.5 94 18.8 15.1-23.2 189 34.7 30.1-39.6
African American 35 21 61.2 41.7-77.7 7 22.4 10.2-42.3 7 16.4 7.0-33.7
Other Minorities 3 1 44.7 6.8-90.0 1 23.7 2.7-77.6 1 31.6 3.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 49 22 41.7 26.9-58.2 13 25.2 13.6-41.8 14 33.1 19.6-50.2
25-34 123 66 47.4 35.9-59.2 17 18.4 10.8-29.7 40 34.2 23.7-46.4
35-44 153 72 48.2 38.9-57.6 27 16.2 10.5-24.3 54 35.6 27.0-45.1
45-54 181 92 49.3 40.3-58.4 32 20.1 13.3-29.1 57 30.6 22.9-39.6
55-64 158 72 40.3 31.5-49.8 26 16.8 10.7-25.3 60 42.9 33.7-52.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 85 31 35.8 24.0-49.6 17 13.6 7.4-23.6 37 50.6 37.0-64.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 183 82 41.9 33.4-50.9 42 27.6 20.0-36.7 59 30.6 23.1-39.2
Some Post-H.S. 184 81 43.9 35.3-52.8 37 19.7 13.7-27.5 66 36.4 28.4-45.2
College Graduate 211 129 56.9 48.5-65.0 19 11.4 6.6-18.9 63 31.7 24.5-39.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 30 41.4 27.3-57.0 15 14.2 7.3-25.8 30 44.4 29.3-60.6
$15,000- 24,999 119 58 43.0 32.1-54.6 22 16.5 9.7-26.7 39 40.5 29.4-52.6
$25,000- 34,999 94 42 39.8 28.9-51.8 29 39.7 28.3-52.4 23 20.5 12.9-31.0
$35,000- 49,999 102 51 43.9 32.9-55.6 14 15.2 8.5-25.6 37 40.9 29.9-52.9
$50,000-74,999 92 49 51.5 39.6-63.3 9 10.2 4.8-20.2 34 38.3 27.3-50.7
$75,000+ 77 52 61.9 48.3-73.9 10 13.8 6.7-26.1 15 24.3 14.3-38.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 196 92 46.8 38.1-55.8 33 14.7 9.9-21.2 71 38.5 30.0-47.8
No 454 228 46.1 40.5-51.8 80 20.4 15.9-25.6 146 33.6 28.4-39.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 29 42.1 27.7-57.9 11 23.5 12.3-40.0 21 34.5 20.7-51.4
Non-Veteran 599 293 46.1 41.2-51.1 104 18.1 14.5-22.4 202 35.7 31.1-40.7
Currently Serving 4 2 83.1 37.1-97.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.9 2.4-62.9

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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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