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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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 II 326 150 44.4 38.3-50.6 69 23.2 18.2-29.1 107 32.4 26.9-38.4
GENDER
Male 114 46 42.0 32.3-52.3 27 23.9 16.1-33.8 41 34.2 25.3-44.3
Female 212 104 46.4 39.0-53.9 42 22.7 16.7-30.1 66 30.9 24.5-38.1
RACE
White 202 98 45.1 37.6-52.8 43 24.5 18.0-32.5 61 30.4 23.8-37.9
Other 124 52 43.5 33.8-53.7 26 21.5 14.4-30.8 46 35.0 26.2-45.0
AGE
18-44 138 62 42.6 33.5-52.2 34 27.2 19.2-36.9 42 30.2 22.2-39.7
45+ 188 88 46.1 38.3-54.0 35 19.5 14.0-26.5 65 34.4 27.4-42.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 72 41.6 33.3-50.3 37 24.8 17.7-33.6 61 33.6 26.2-41.9
Some College + 156 78 47.6 38.9-56.4 32 21.4 15.0-29.5 46 31.0 23.2-40.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 95 46.8 39.0-54.7 47 24.9 18.8-32.2 57 28.3 21.9-35.8
$50,000+ 75 40 53.3 41.1-65.1 13 16.9 9.6-27.9 22 29.8 19.8-42.1

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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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