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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.
There are medical treatments available that are intended to help a person who is infected with HIV to live longer.*

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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 11,275 9,849 86.0 85.1-86.8 302 3.0 2.6- 3.4 1,124 11.0 10.3-11.8
-Western NC 1,166 1,000 82.8 79.6-85.5 28 2.4 1.5- 3.8 138 14.9 12.3-17.9
GENDER
Male 448 370 78.5 73.1-83.0 11 2.6 1.3- 5.2 67 19.0 14.7-24.1
Female 718 630 86.9 83.4-89.8 17 2.2 1.2- 3.8 71 10.9 8.2-14.3
RACE
White 1,025 898 85.4 82.3-88.0 19 1.7 1.0- 2.9 108 13.0 10.5-15.9
African American 53 43 82.2 67.3-91.2 4 8.5 2.8-23.4 6 9.2 3.7-21.3
Other Minorities 3 2 68.4 15.9-96.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.6 3.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 89 73 75.1 62.3-84.6 5 9.3 3.8-21.2 11 15.6 8.4-27.2
25-34 206 181 83.8 74.5-90.1 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3 22 15.6 9.3-25.0
35-44 292 264 90.6 85.1-94.2 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 24 8.7 5.2-14.2
45-54 306 264 84.2 78.1-88.9 9 2.4 1.1- 5.3 33 13.4 9.0-19.4
55-64 273 218 74.9 67.6-81.0 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 48 22.6 16.7-29.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 118 61.0 51.5-69.8 11 4.5 2.0-10.0 49 34.5 25.9-44.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 350 290 81.8 76.1-86.4 7 3.0 1.3- 6.6 53 15.2 11.0-20.6
Some Post-H.S. 320 286 86.6 80.7-90.9 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5 27 11.5 7.4-17.3
College Graduate 317 305 95.2 91.2-97.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 9 4.1 2.0- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 95 73.0 59.9-83.0 4 1.7 0.5- 5.2 25 25.3 15.5-38.5
$15,000- 24,999 219 176 72.7 63.8-80.1 9 4.2 1.8- 9.3 34 23.1 16.1-32.0
$25,000- 34,999 173 153 88.0 80.3-92.9 2 0.7 0.1- 3.6 18 11.3 6.5-19.1
$35,000- 49,999 181 165 88.9 81.4-93.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 14 10.3 5.7-17.8
$50,000-74,999 152 144 92.0 82.6-96.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 7 7.5 3.1-17.1
$75,000+ 124 118 95.9 90.8-98.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 363 304 80.0 73.8-85.1 10 2.4 1.2- 5.0 49 17.5 12.7-23.7
No 787 687 84.8 81.1-87.9 16 1.9 1.0- 3.5 84 13.3 10.3-16.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 105 89 84.9 72.7-92.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 14 14.6 7.4-26.9
Non-Veteran 1,056 906 82.5 79.1-85.3 26 2.6 1.6- 4.1 124 14.9 12.2-18.1
Currently Serving 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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