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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.
There are medical treatments available that are intended to help a person who is infected with HIV to live longer.*

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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 11,275 9,849 86.0 85.1-86.8 302 3.0 2.6- 3.4 1,124 11.0 10.3-11.8
-Mountain AHEC 664 561 80.2 75.6-84.1 20 3.1 1.8- 5.3 83 16.7 13.1-21.2
GENDER
Male 242 194 73.8 65.8-80.4 7 3.4 1.5- 7.8 41 22.8 16.5-30.6
Female 422 367 85.8 80.7-89.7 13 2.8 1.4- 5.4 42 11.5 7.9-16.4
RACE
White 562 485 83.0 78.4-86.7 11 1.8 0.9- 3.6 66 15.2 11.6-19.7
African American 36 30 83.1 64.4-93.0 4 11.8 3.8-30.9 2 5.2 1.2-19.1
Other Minorities 3 2 68.4 15.9-96.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.6 3.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 49 39 73.1 55.2-85.7 3 11.7 3.8-30.4 7 15.3 6.6-31.3
25-34 124 109 82.4 68.9-90.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 12 16.6 8.3-30.4
35-44 153 141 89.4 79.8-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 10.6 5.3-20.2
45-54 181 151 81.3 72.4-87.8 8 3.6 1.5- 8.3 22 15.1 9.2-23.9
55-64 157 121 70.9 60.8-79.3 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3 30 25.2 17.2-35.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 48 47.4 34.2-61.0 9 7.7 3.1-18.1 29 44.9 31.5-59.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 182 145 77.6 68.7-84.5 7 5.4 2.4-11.7 30 17.0 11.0-25.4
Some Post-H.S. 184 165 86.2 77.6-91.8 3 1.1 0.3- 3.2 16 12.8 7.3-21.4
College Graduate 211 202 94.0 88.4-97.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 8 5.6 2.7-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 76 56 67.8 50.0-81.5 2 1.2 0.2- 7.0 18 31.1 17.4-49.0
$15,000- 24,999 118 92 66.0 53.0-76.9 8 7.2 3.0-16.1 18 26.8 16.6-40.3
$25,000- 34,999 94 83 89.1 77.5-95.1 2 1.2 0.2- 6.3 9 9.7 4.1-21.6
$35,000- 49,999 102 89 84.6 73.3-91.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 12 14.7 7.8-26.1
$50,000-74,999 92 88 91.5 76.5-97.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.5 2.7-23.5
$75,000+ 77 73 95.5 88.1-98.4 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3 2 2.6 0.6-10.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 196 158 72.4 62.5-80.5 9 4.3 2.0- 9.1 29 23.3 15.6-33.3
No 454 395 84.4 79.3-88.5 9 1.9 0.8- 4.3 50 13.7 9.8-18.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 49 77.8 59.9-89.1 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 11 21.9 10.6-39.8
Non-Veteran 599 508 80.4 75.6-84.4 19 3.4 2.0- 5.8 72 16.2 12.4-20.9
Currently Serving 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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