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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,090 1,105 51.2 48.5-53.9 446 22.8 20.6-25.2 539 26.0 23.7-28.4
GENDER
Male 699 322 45.0 40.6-49.5 194 28.8 24.9-33.1 183 26.2 22.4-30.3
Female 1,391 783 56.1 52.9-59.3 252 18.1 15.7-20.7 356 25.8 23.0-28.7
AGE
18-24 174 93 41.9 33.2-51.2 48 35.8 26.9-45.7 33 22.3 14.8-32.2
25-34 460 268 56.8 51.1-62.3 98 22.1 17.8-27.1 94 21.1 16.7-26.3
35-44 520 269 51.9 46.4-57.4 119 24.0 19.7-29.0 132 24.0 19.8-28.8
45-54 515 261 50.1 44.8-55.4 107 19.7 15.8-24.2 147 30.2 25.5-35.4
55-64 421 214 49.9 44.0-55.8 74 19.2 14.7-24.8 133 30.9 25.8-36.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 164 47.0 40.4-53.7 72 26.6 20.8-33.5 89 26.4 20.9-32.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 761 368 47.2 42.7-51.7 193 27.5 23.6-31.7 200 25.3 21.6-29.3
Some Post-H.S. 583 307 49.9 44.8-54.9 125 22.3 18.2-27.0 151 27.9 23.5-32.7
College Graduate 419 266 63.5 57.6-69.1 56 12.8 9.4-17.0 97 23.7 18.9-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 376 205 55.6 49.4-61.7 79 19.9 15.5-25.2 92 24.5 19.6-30.2
$15,000- 24,999 473 257 51.4 45.4-57.4 106 25.0 20.0-30.9 110 23.5 19.0-28.7
$25,000- 34,999 296 163 53.5 46.6-60.2 68 23.4 18.1-29.6 65 23.2 17.8-29.6
$35,000- 49,999 279 151 50.6 43.7-57.5 59 25.0 19.2-31.9 69 24.4 19.0-30.8
$50,000-74,999 180 94 48.9 40.2-57.7 31 17.2 11.7-24.7 55 33.9 26.0-42.8
$75,000+ 137 82 61.7 51.9-70.7 25 19.1 12.3-28.4 30 19.2 12.9-27.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 648 331 48.8 44.2-53.6 154 25.8 21.7-30.2 163 25.4 21.4-29.8
No 1,381 743 51.9 48.6-55.2 278 21.9 19.2-24.8 360 26.2 23.4-29.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 229 113 45.8 38.2-53.5 51 23.6 17.4-31.2 65 30.6 23.7-38.5
Non-Veteran 1,825 969 51.9 49.0-54.8 388 22.7 20.3-25.3 468 25.4 23.0-28.0
Currently Serving 36 23 55.2 35.4-73.5 7 24.4 10.8-46.2 6 20.4 8.5-41.5

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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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