BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Things like smog, automobile exhaust, and chemicals can cause outdoor air pollution. In the past 12 months have you had an illness or symptom that you think was caused by pollution in the air outdoors?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	359	43	13.4	8.5-20.4	316	86.6	79.6-91.5
GENDER
Male	135	9	10.1	3.5-25.9	126	89.9	74.1-96.5
Female	224	34	16.8	11.9-23.3	190	83.2	76.7-88.1
RACE
White	340	39	10.9	7.8-15.1	301	89.1	84.9-92.2
Other	18	4	35.7	9.3-75.0	14	64.3	25.0-90.7
AGE
18-44	131	13	9.8	5.6-16.8	118	90.2	83.2-94.4
45+	228	30	15.5	8.7-26.1	198	84.5	73.9-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	26	16.4	9.1-27.8	171	83.6	72.2-90.9
Some College +	162	17	9.1	5.5-14.8	145	90.9	85.2-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	223	27	16.1	9.2-26.7	196	83.9	73.3-90.8
$50,000+	62	7	9.8	4.5-20.3	55	90.2	79.7-95.5

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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	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	359	43	13.4	8.5-20.4	316	86.6	79.6-91.5
GENDER
Male	135	9	10.1	3.5-25.9	126	89.9	74.1-96.5
Female	224	34	16.8	11.9-23.3	190	83.2	76.7-88.1
RACE
White	340	39	10.9	7.8-15.1	301	89.1	84.9-92.2
Other	18	4	35.7	9.3-75.0	14	64.3	25.0-90.7
AGE
18-44	131	13	9.8	5.6-16.8	118	90.2	83.2-94.4
45+	228	30	15.5	8.7-26.1	198	84.5	73.9-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	26	16.4	9.1-27.8	171	83.6	72.2-90.9
Some College +	162	17	9.1	5.5-14.8	145	90.9	85.2-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	223	27	16.1	9.2-26.7	196	83.9	73.3-90.8
$50,000+	62	7	9.8	4.5-20.3	55	90.2	79.7-95.5

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

Environmental Factors

Things like smog, automobile exhaust, and chemicals can cause outdoor air pollution. In the past 12 months have you had an illness or symptom that you think was caused by pollution in the air outdoors?