BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	422	76	18.8	14.9-23.5	346	81.2	76.5-85.1
GENDER
Male	174	25	15.3	10.2-22.4	149	84.7	77.6-89.8
Female	248	51	22.6	17.1-29.2	197	77.4	70.8-82.9
RACE
White	368	66	18.0	13.9-22.9	302	82.0	77.1-86.1
Other	54	10	25.1	13.6-41.6	44	74.9	58.4-86.4
AGE
18-44	175	42	23.9	17.4-31.8	133	76.1	68.2-82.6
45+	247	34	14.5	10.2-20.3	213	85.5	79.7-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	218	32	15.2	10.4-21.6	186	84.8	78.4-89.6
Some College +	203	44	22.7	16.8-30.0	159	77.3	70.0-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	41	17.9	12.9-24.3	194	82.1	75.7-87.1
$50,000+	98	23	25.3	16.7-36.4	75	74.7	63.6-83.3

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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	422	76	18.8	14.9-23.5	346	81.2	76.5-85.1
GENDER
Male	174	25	15.3	10.2-22.4	149	84.7	77.6-89.8
Female	248	51	22.6	17.1-29.2	197	77.4	70.8-82.9
RACE
White	368	66	18.0	13.9-22.9	302	82.0	77.1-86.1
Other	54	10	25.1	13.6-41.6	44	74.9	58.4-86.4
AGE
18-44	175	42	23.9	17.4-31.8	133	76.1	68.2-82.6
45+	247	34	14.5	10.2-20.3	213	85.5	79.7-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	218	32	15.2	10.4-21.6	186	84.8	78.4-89.6
Some College +	203	44	22.7	16.8-30.0	159	77.3	70.0-83.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	41	17.9	12.9-24.3	194	82.1	75.7-87.1
$50,000+	98	23	25.3	16.7-36.4	75	74.7	63.6-83.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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?