BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	408	59	14.6	11.1-18.9	349	85.4	81.1-88.9
GENDER
Male	156	19	13.1	8.2-20.4	137	86.9	79.6-91.8
Female	252	40	16.0	11.6-21.7	212	84.0	78.3-88.4
RACE
White	309	41	14.0	10.1-19.2	268	86.0	80.8-89.9
Other	97	18	16.5	9.9-26.2	79	83.5	73.8-90.1
AGE
18-44	141	25	18.0	11.9-26.2	116	82.0	73.8-88.1
45+	264	34	12.6	8.6-18.0	230	87.4	82.0-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	205	23	10.1	6.5-15.5	182	89.9	84.5-93.5
Some College +	202	36	19.2	13.6-26.5	166	80.8	73.5-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	31	13.3	9.1-18.9	204	86.7	81.1-90.9
$50,000+	77	14	18.7	10.6-30.8	63	81.3	69.2-89.4

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	408	59	14.6	11.1-18.9	349	85.4	81.1-88.9
GENDER
Male	156	19	13.1	8.2-20.4	137	86.9	79.6-91.8
Female	252	40	16.0	11.6-21.7	212	84.0	78.3-88.4
RACE
White	309	41	14.0	10.1-19.2	268	86.0	80.8-89.9
Other	97	18	16.5	9.9-26.2	79	83.5	73.8-90.1
AGE
18-44	141	25	18.0	11.9-26.2	116	82.0	73.8-88.1
45+	264	34	12.6	8.6-18.0	230	87.4	82.0-91.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	205	23	10.1	6.5-15.5	182	89.9	84.5-93.5
Some College +	202	36	19.2	13.6-26.5	166	80.8	73.5-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	31	13.3	9.1-18.9	204	86.7	81.1-90.9
$50,000+	77	14	18.7	10.6-30.8	63	81.3	69.2-89.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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?