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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 267 133 48.9 42.1-55.8 46 17.1 12.6-22.7 88 34.0 27.7-40.9
GENDER
Male 104 49 48.3 37.6-59.1 22 19.1 12.4-28.3 33 32.6 23.2-43.6
Female 163 84 49.5 40.9-58.1 24 15.1 9.9-22.5 55 35.4 27.5-44.2
RACE
White 213 112 50.7 43.2-58.2 36 17.0 12.1-23.4 65 32.2 25.5-39.8
Other 51 19 41.4 25.6-59.1 10 17.8 9.0-32.2 22 40.8 25.8-57.8
AGE
18-44 140 76 52.4 42.8-61.9 24 15.9 10.3-23.6 40 31.7 23.2-41.6
45+ 127 57 44.3 34.9-54.1 22 18.6 12.2-27.5 48 37.0 28.3-46.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 29 45.7 32.8-59.1 16 21.3 12.6-33.5 28 33.1 22.4-45.9
Some College + 194 104 50.4 42.4-58.4 30 15.1 10.4-21.4 60 34.5 27.0-42.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 58 43.0 33.4-53.1 23 19.2 12.5-28.4 45 37.8 28.3-48.4
$50,000+ 87 49 54.6 43.4-65.4 16 19.3 11.8-29.7 22 26.1 17.6-36.9

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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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