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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE Partnership I 291 127 45.6 38.1-53.3 69 24.3 18.8-30.8 95 30.1 24.2-36.7
GENDER
Male 101 43 48.3 35.5-61.3 26 26.0 17.0-37.6 32 25.7 17.3-36.5
Female 190 84 43.2 35.4-51.4 43 22.8 16.8-30.1 63 34.0 26.7-42.1
RACE
White 114 47 39.9 30.3-50.4 26 27.6 18.7-38.6 41 32.5 23.9-42.5
Other 172 78 49.2 39.0-59.5 42 22.2 15.6-30.5 52 28.6 21.0-37.7
AGE
18-44 134 58 46.8 35.2-58.7 32 23.8 16.0-34.0 44 29.4 21.0-39.5
45+ 157 69 44.4 35.6-53.5 37 24.8 17.9-33.4 51 30.8 23.3-39.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 68 44.4 34.0-55.3 45 26.7 19.2-35.7 58 28.9 21.3-38.0
Some College + 120 59 47.5 37.6-57.7 24 20.7 13.4-30.6 37 31.8 23.3-41.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 83 46.9 36.9-57.0 49 27.5 20.1-36.4 55 25.6 18.9-33.8
$50,000+ 44 23 49.7 34.3-65.2 11 26.0 14.6-41.8 10 24.3 13.0-40.8

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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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