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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 311 147 47.4 41.2-53.7 77 26.2 21.0-32.1 87 26.5 21.4-32.2
GENDER
Male 121 55 44.9 35.4-54.7 34 29.3 21.1-39.1 32 25.8 18.3-35.1
Female 190 92 50.0 42.3-57.6 43 23.0 17.1-30.0 55 27.1 20.9-34.3
RACE
White 232 104 44.0 37.1-51.2 56 25.9 20.0-32.8 72 30.1 24.0-37.0
Other 77 42 57.0 44.1-69.1 21 27.6 17.7-40.4 14 15.4 8.7-25.8
AGE
18-44 187 90 48.9 40.9-56.9 54 30.7 23.7-38.8 43 20.4 15.1-27.0
45+ 124 57 44.9 35.4-54.7 23 18.2 12.0-26.8 44 36.9 27.8-47.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 55 45.9 36.7-55.4 28 20.4 14.1-28.7 49 33.7 25.7-42.7
Some College + 178 92 48.7 40.5-57.1 49 30.8 23.4-39.3 37 20.5 14.4-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 93 50.3 42.2-58.3 46 24.9 18.7-32.4 49 24.8 18.5-32.4
$50,000+ 76 37 47.2 35.3-59.6 17 25.4 15.5-38.9 22 27.3 18.0-39.2

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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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