BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	399	69	17.3	13.4-22.0	330	82.7	78.0-86.6
GENDER
Male	123	17	13.7	8.1-22.3	106	86.3	77.7-91.9
Female	276	52	19.9	15.1-25.8	224	80.1	74.2-84.9
RACE
White	310	53	17.2	12.8-22.6	257	82.8	77.4-87.2
Other	87	15	16.3	9.4-26.9	72	83.7	73.1-90.6
AGE
18-44	143	28	17.1	11.5-24.5	115	82.9	75.5-88.5
45+	255	40	17.2	12.1-23.7	215	82.8	76.3-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	32	15.7	10.9-22.1	167	84.3	77.9-89.1
Some College +	199	37	18.9	13.2-26.3	162	81.1	73.7-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	49	19.3	14.4-25.5	197	80.7	74.5-85.6
$50,000+	80	14	17.2	9.3-29.8	66	82.8	70.2-90.7

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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
-Alamance County	399	69	17.3	13.4-22.0	330	82.7	78.0-86.6
GENDER
Male	123	17	13.7	8.1-22.3	106	86.3	77.7-91.9
Female	276	52	19.9	15.1-25.8	224	80.1	74.2-84.9
RACE
White	310	53	17.2	12.8-22.6	257	82.8	77.4-87.2
Other	87	15	16.3	9.4-26.9	72	83.7	73.1-90.6
AGE
18-44	143	28	17.1	11.5-24.5	115	82.9	75.5-88.5
45+	255	40	17.2	12.1-23.7	215	82.8	76.3-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	199	32	15.7	10.9-22.1	167	84.3	77.9-89.1
Some College +	199	37	18.9	13.2-26.3	162	81.1	73.7-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	49	19.3	14.4-25.5	197	80.7	74.5-85.6
$50,000+	80	14	17.2	9.3-29.8	66	82.8	70.2-90.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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?