BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	422	56	14.5	10.9-19.0	366	85.5	81.0-89.1
GENDER
Male	171	17	11.2	6.8-17.9	154	88.8	82.1-93.2
Female	251	39	17.8	12.7-24.4	212	82.2	75.6-87.3
RACE
White	369	46	13.9	10.1-18.7	323	86.1	81.3-89.9
Other	53	10	19.4	10.0-34.4	43	80.6	65.6-90.0
AGE
18-44	174	25	15.6	10.1-23.2	149	84.4	76.8-89.9
45+	248	31	13.6	9.4-19.3	217	86.4	80.7-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	219	29	14.2	9.5-20.6	190	85.8	79.4-90.5
Some College +	202	27	14.9	9.9-21.7	175	85.1	78.3-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	237	33	13.4	9.2-19.1	204	86.6	80.9-90.8
$50,000+	96	11	12.9	6.7-23.2	85	87.1	76.8-93.3

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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	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	422	56	14.5	10.9-19.0	366	85.5	81.0-89.1
GENDER
Male	171	17	11.2	6.8-17.9	154	88.8	82.1-93.2
Female	251	39	17.8	12.7-24.4	212	82.2	75.6-87.3
RACE
White	369	46	13.9	10.1-18.7	323	86.1	81.3-89.9
Other	53	10	19.4	10.0-34.4	43	80.6	65.6-90.0
AGE
18-44	174	25	15.6	10.1-23.2	149	84.4	76.8-89.9
45+	248	31	13.6	9.4-19.3	217	86.4	80.7-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	219	29	14.2	9.5-20.6	190	85.8	79.4-90.5
Some College +	202	27	14.9	9.9-21.7	175	85.1	78.3-90.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	237	33	13.4	9.2-19.1	204	86.6	80.9-90.8
$50,000+	96	11	12.9	6.7-23.2	85	87.1	76.8-93.3

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