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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 407 188 42.9 37.1-48.9 79 21.1 16.5-26.5 140 36.0 30.4-42.0
GENDER
Male 147 52 33.1 24.7-42.7 31 23.8 16.5-33.0 64 43.2 33.8-53.0
Female 260 136 51.4 44.0-58.8 48 18.8 13.6-25.4 76 29.8 23.5-37.0
RACE
White 337 158 43.3 37.1-49.7 63 21.5 16.6-27.3 116 35.2 29.4-41.5
Other 68 30 40.7 25.0-58.6 16 18.8 8.7-36.0 22 40.5 23.5-60.1
AGE
18-44 201 96 43.6 35.4-52.3 42 23.0 16.6-31.0 63 33.3 25.6-42.1
45+ 206 92 42.1 34.2-50.5 37 19.0 13.1-26.8 77 38.8 31.0-47.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 82 38.6 30.4-47.4 41 24.0 17.2-32.5 66 37.5 29.1-46.7
Some College + 217 105 46.8 38.8-54.9 38 18.5 12.9-25.9 74 34.7 27.5-42.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 249 108 38.9 31.7-46.7 55 22.9 17.0-30.1 86 38.1 30.6-46.2
$50,000+ 94 52 51.8 40.2-63.2 12 13.1 6.9-23.3 30 35.1 24.7-47.2

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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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