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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.
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%)
TOTAL 2,092 1,767 84.1 82.0-86.1 106 5.8 4.6- 7.2 219 10.1 8.6-11.8
GENDER
Male 700 590 83.1 79.4-86.3 34 5.9 4.0- 8.5 76 11.0 8.5-14.2
Female 1,392 1,177 84.9 82.4-87.1 72 5.7 4.2- 7.6 143 9.4 7.7-11.4
AGE
18-24 174 139 78.5 69.3-85.5 16 10.5 5.8-18.1 19 11.0 6.1-19.2
25-34 461 402 84.0 78.8-88.2 18 5.0 2.8- 8.7 41 11.0 7.5-15.7
35-44 520 461 90.4 87.3-92.9 21 3.7 2.2- 6.1 38 5.9 4.1- 8.3
45-54 515 426 83.2 78.8-86.9 29 5.5 3.5- 8.4 60 11.3 8.2-15.2
55-64 422 339 80.1 74.9-84.4 22 7.2 4.3-11.8 61 12.7 9.6-16.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 232 70.5 63.9-76.4 31 10.0 6.6-14.9 63 19.5 14.4-25.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 761 628 82.6 79.0-85.7 48 7.9 5.6-11.0 85 9.5 7.4-12.1
Some Post-H.S. 584 519 88.1 84.0-91.2 16 3.2 1.7- 6.1 49 8.7 6.1-12.2
College Graduate 419 388 92.4 88.5-95.0 11 2.3 1.1- 4.6 20 5.3 3.1- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 377 306 78.9 73.0-83.8 22 7.2 4.3-11.8 49 13.9 9.9-19.1
$15,000- 24,999 472 390 80.3 74.9-84.8 26 5.9 3.7- 9.4 56 13.7 9.9-18.8
$25,000- 34,999 297 262 87.5 81.8-91.7 11 4.8 2.2- 9.9 24 7.7 4.8-12.2
$35,000- 49,999 280 249 89.0 83.6-92.7 11 3.3 1.7- 6.6 20 7.7 4.5-12.7
$50,000-74,999 180 171 95.6 91.4-97.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 8 3.8 1.8- 7.6
$75,000+ 137 122 90.6 83.8-94.8 6 4.2 1.7-10.1 9 5.2 2.4-10.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 650 517 79.0 74.8-82.7 42 7.9 5.5-11.3 91 13.1 10.3-16.4
No 1,382 1,202 86.7 84.2-88.9 59 4.9 3.6- 6.7 121 8.4 6.7-10.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 230 201 82.9 75.2-88.6 8 5.9 2.6-12.6 21 11.2 6.8-17.8
Non-Veteran 1,826 1,532 84.2 81.9-86.2 97 5.8 4.5- 7.3 197 10.1 8.5-11.9
Currently Serving 36 34 92.6 74.3-98.2 1 4.3 0.6-25.1 1 3.1 0.4-19.0

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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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