The number of new AIDS cases in North Carolina has risen dramatically since 1999 (according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services).
True
False
Which populations show a growing number of people living with and at risk for contracting AIDS (according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services)?
Minorities
The poor
People in rural areas
People in Western North Carolina
A, B, C
A, B
A, B, D
True or False: There is a decrease in infections among college students in North Carolina (according to researchers at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine) who are studying HIV outbreaks on college campuses).
True.
False
What is the percent of new cases by gender (according to the State Department of Health and Human Services)?
50% men and 50% women
25% men and 75% women
72% men and 28% women
North Carolina was the first, fifth, or tenth state in the country to use Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) testing. RNA testing detects HIV significantly earlier than other tests.
1st
5th
10th
Scientists and institutions in the Triangle receive the least federal funding compared to other metro areas in the country (according to Family Health International).
True
False
Only gay men and women contract AIDS.
True.
False.
How much higher is the rate of infection for black women than for white women (according to the State Department of Health and Human Services)?
12 times higher for black women.
25 times higher for black women.
To qualify for drug assistance, you must make what annual salary or below (according to North Carolina's AIDS Drug Assistance Program)?
$30,000
$20,000
$16,000
$12,000
After a person is infected with AIDS, how long is it before the body's immune system begins to attack the virus with antibodies? This window of time is the most infectious period of AIDS, because you are infected, but you don't yet know it. It is almost impossible to test for AIDS using the standard antibody test because of this. (Information provided by UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine)
