BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	398	58	15.5	11.8-20.2	340	84.5	79.8-88.2
GENDER
Male	122	14	11.6	6.4-20.1	108	88.4	79.9-93.6
Female	276	44	18.4	13.6-24.4	232	81.6	75.6-86.4
RACE
White	309	48	17.3	12.8-23.0	261	82.7	77.0-87.2
Other	87	8	8.2	3.6-17.3	79	91.8	82.7-96.4
AGE
18-44	140	17	13.0	7.9-20.6	123	87.0	79.4-92.1
45+	257	40	17.0	12.1-23.4	217	83.0	76.6-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	198	31	16.4	11.3-23.2	167	83.6	76.8-88.7
Some College +	199	27	14.7	9.6-21.9	172	85.3	78.1-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	39	16.2	11.6-22.3	205	83.8	77.7-88.4
$50,000+	81	13	17.3	9.4-29.9	68	82.7	70.1-90.6

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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
-Alamance County	398	58	15.5	11.8-20.2	340	84.5	79.8-88.2
GENDER
Male	122	14	11.6	6.4-20.1	108	88.4	79.9-93.6
Female	276	44	18.4	13.6-24.4	232	81.6	75.6-86.4
RACE
White	309	48	17.3	12.8-23.0	261	82.7	77.0-87.2
Other	87	8	8.2	3.6-17.3	79	91.8	82.7-96.4
AGE
18-44	140	17	13.0	7.9-20.6	123	87.0	79.4-92.1
45+	257	40	17.0	12.1-23.4	217	83.0	76.6-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	198	31	16.4	11.3-23.2	167	83.6	76.8-88.7
Some College +	199	27	14.7	9.6-21.9	172	85.3	78.1-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	244	39	16.2	11.6-22.3	205	83.8	77.7-88.4
$50,000+	81	13	17.3	9.4-29.9	68	82.7	70.1-90.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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?