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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,166 551 44.1 40.7-47.7 221 20.7 17.9-23.9 394 35.1 31.8-38.6
GENDER
Male 447 175 35.8 30.7-41.1 101 24.8 20.1-30.1 171 39.5 34.1-45.1
Female 719 376 52.2 47.8-56.7 120 16.9 13.8-20.5 223 30.9 27.0-35.1
RACE
White 1,026 487 44.4 40.8-48.1 194 21.0 18.1-24.3 345 34.6 31.1-38.2
African American 52 33 66.6 50.7-79.5 8 17.0 8.0-32.5 11 16.4 8.2-30.0
Other Minorities 3 1 44.7 6.8-90.0 1 23.7 2.7-77.6 1 31.6 3.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 89 41 39.9 29.0-51.9 22 28.2 18.5-40.6 26 31.9 21.7-44.1
25-34 205 105 46.7 38.0-55.6 34 21.0 14.5-29.4 66 32.3 24.5-41.3
35-44 292 131 44.3 37.7-51.2 64 21.0 16.0-27.1 97 34.6 28.4-41.5
45-54 306 154 48.1 41.1-55.1 56 21.5 15.6-28.7 96 30.4 24.4-37.2
55-64 274 120 39.3 32.6-46.3 45 16.2 11.6-22.2 109 44.6 37.5-51.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 177 69 37.2 29.1-46.2 36 18.8 12.9-26.5 72 44.0 35.1-53.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 351 144 39.3 33.2-45.7 82 26.3 20.6-32.8 125 34.4 28.6-40.7
Some Post-H.S. 320 138 41.4 35.0-48.1 71 23.6 18.3-29.8 111 35.0 29.0-41.6
College Graduate 317 199 58.3 51.4-64.9 32 12.1 8.0-17.7 86 29.6 23.7-36.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 55 40.6 29.6-52.8 22 19.9 10.8-33.9 46 39.5 28.0-52.2
$15,000- 24,999 220 102 40.1 32.5-48.3 43 20.1 14.2-27.6 75 39.8 31.7-48.4
$25,000- 34,999 173 78 44.4 35.9-53.2 49 31.5 23.7-40.5 46 24.1 17.6-32.1
$35,000- 49,999 181 85 41.4 33.3-50.0 33 20.6 14.4-28.6 63 38.0 29.9-46.9
$50,000-74,999 152 78 50.0 40.7-59.3 18 11.2 6.7-18.3 56 38.8 29.9-48.4
$75,000+ 124 78 58.6 48.1-68.3 20 16.8 10.4-26.1 26 24.6 16.6-35.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 363 169 44.2 37.9-50.6 68 20.8 15.7-26.9 126 35.1 29.1-41.6
No 787 377 44.5 40.3-48.8 151 21.0 17.6-24.8 259 34.5 30.5-38.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 105 45 38.6 27.7-50.7 26 27.0 16.7-40.5 34 34.5 23.6-47.2
Non-Veteran 1,056 503 44.6 41.0-48.3 195 20.1 17.2-23.3 358 35.2 31.8-38.9
Currently Serving 5 3 84.8 42.9-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.2 2.3-57.1

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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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