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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 344 176 50.1 43.8-56.3 64 19.5 15.1-24.8 104 30.5 25.2-36.3
GENDER
Male 106 43 40.7 30.4-52.0 28 27.9 19.2-38.5 35 31.4 22.6-41.7
Female 238 133 55.9 48.5-63.1 36 14.2 10.0-19.7 69 29.9 23.5-37.1
RACE
White 290 148 50.7 44.0-57.4 51 18.6 13.9-24.4 91 30.7 25.1-36.9
Other 53 28 49.1 34.0-64.4 13 23.9 13.2-39.4 12 26.9 14.7-44.0
AGE
18-44 188 93 47.5 39.3-55.8 42 23.8 17.3-31.6 53 28.8 21.8-36.9
45+ 156 83 53.3 44.0-62.4 22 14.1 9.0-21.2 51 32.6 24.8-41.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 53 42.7 33.0-52.9 28 24.3 16.5-34.3 40 33.1 24.4-43.0
Some College + 223 123 54.4 46.5-62.0 36 16.7 11.8-23.1 64 29.0 22.5-36.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 73 53.3 43.5-62.8 21 18.0 11.2-27.7 40 28.7 21.0-37.9
$50,000+ 160 81 49.7 40.5-59.0 31 19.4 13.4-27.2 48 30.9 23.1-40.0

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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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