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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 336 211 60.6 54.4-66.5 45 16.1 11.7-21.6 80 23.3 18.6-28.8
GENDER
Male 128 69 55.7 46.0-65.0 23 20.8 13.6-30.6 36 23.5 16.8-31.9
Female 208 142 64.9 57.0-72.1 22 11.9 7.5-18.2 44 23.2 17.0-30.8
RACE
White 267 177 66.3 59.7-72.3 30 12.4 8.5-17.8 60 21.3 16.4-27.2
Other 67 33 41.0 28.7-54.5 15 29.0 17.0-44.9 19 30.0 18.9-44.2
AGE
18-44 196 116 57.8 49.6-65.6 32 20.1 13.9-28.2 48 22.1 16.3-29.1
45+ 140 95 64.8 55.4-73.2 13 10.0 5.5-17.3 32 25.2 17.8-34.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 20 27.5 17.2-40.9 15 35.3 21.8-51.6 23 37.2 24.6-51.9
Some College + 278 191 68.5 61.9-74.4 30 11.5 7.7-16.8 57 20.0 15.3-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 116 66 54.9 44.2-65.1 22 23.0 14.8-34.0 28 22.1 14.9-31.6
$50,000+ 154 108 68.1 59.4-75.7 16 12.2 7.3-19.6 30 19.8 13.8-27.6

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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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