BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Things like dust, mold, smoke, and chemicals inside the home or office can cause poor indoor air quality. In the past 12 months have you had an illness or symptom that you think was caused by something in the air inside a home, office, or other building?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,812	2,446	16.4	15.6-17.1	12,366	83.6	82.9-84.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	356	75	19.1	15.0-24.0	281	80.9	76.0-85.0
GENDER
Male	133	24	14.7	9.5-22.1	109	85.3	77.9-90.5
Female	223	51	23.6	18.0-30.4	172	76.4	69.6-82.0
RACE
White	337	69	19.0	14.9-24.0	268	81.0	76.0-85.1
Other	18	6	20.2	6.9-46.2	12	79.8	53.8-93.1
AGE
18-44	131	40	28.1	20.6-37.1	91	71.9	62.9-79.4
45+	225	35	13.7	9.4-19.5	190	86.3	80.5-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	34	15.6	10.7-22.1	161	84.4	77.9-89.3
Some College +	161	41	24.0	17.6-31.9	120	76.0	68.1-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	220	46	18.9	13.7-25.4	174	81.1	74.6-86.3
$50,000+	62	16	24.6	15.1-37.4	46	75.4	62.6-84.9

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^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,812	2,446	16.4	15.6-17.1	12,366	83.6	82.9-84.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	356	75	19.1	15.0-24.0	281	80.9	76.0-85.0
GENDER
Male	133	24	14.7	9.5-22.1	109	85.3	77.9-90.5
Female	223	51	23.6	18.0-30.4	172	76.4	69.6-82.0
RACE
White	337	69	19.0	14.9-24.0	268	81.0	76.0-85.1
Other	18	6	20.2	6.9-46.2	12	79.8	53.8-93.1
AGE
18-44	131	40	28.1	20.6-37.1	91	71.9	62.9-79.4
45+	225	35	13.7	9.4-19.5	190	86.3	80.5-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	34	15.6	10.7-22.1	161	84.4	77.9-89.3
Some College +	161	41	24.0	17.6-31.9	120	76.0	68.1-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	220	46	18.9	13.7-25.4	174	81.1	74.6-86.3
$50,000+	62	16	24.6	15.1-37.4	46	75.4	62.6-84.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Environmental Factors

Things like dust, mold, smoke, and chemicals inside the home or office can cause poor indoor air quality. In the past 12 months have you had an illness or symptom that you think was caused by something in the air inside a home, office, or other building?