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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 414 200 47.8 42.3-53.4 88 21.6 17.3-26.6 126 30.6 25.7-35.9
GENDER
Male 155 65 43.0 34.5-52.1 35 21.6 15.2-29.8 55 35.3 27.4-44.2
Female 259 135 52.5 45.7-59.2 53 21.6 16.4-27.9 71 25.9 20.5-32.2
RACE
White 258 115 44.1 37.2-51.2 58 24.0 18.4-30.7 85 31.9 25.8-38.7
Other 155 84 53.8 44.6-62.8 30 17.7 12.0-25.4 41 28.5 20.7-37.8
AGE
18-44 204 115 53.6 45.6-61.4 43 22.8 16.7-30.3 46 23.6 17.5-31.1
45+ 210 85 42.3 34.8-50.2 45 20.5 14.9-27.6 80 37.1 29.9-44.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 90 43.1 35.6-50.8 45 20.3 14.8-27.0 80 36.7 29.6-44.4
Some College + 199 110 53.9 45.8-61.8 43 23.4 17.0-31.2 46 22.7 16.7-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 256 124 47.3 40.2-54.5 63 25.1 19.4-31.8 69 27.6 21.6-34.6
$50,000+ 95 47 48.6 37.6-59.8 17 17.2 10.2-27.5 31 34.2 24.5-45.6

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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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