BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	411	57	13.8	10.4-18.0	354	86.2	82.0-89.6
GENDER
Male	158	22	14.1	9.0-21.4	136	85.9	78.6-91.0
Female	253	35	13.4	9.5-18.6	218	86.6	81.4-90.5
RACE
White	313	43	13.9	10.1-19.0	270	86.1	81.0-89.9
Other	96	14	13.4	7.6-22.5	82	86.6	77.5-92.4
AGE
18-44	144	21	13.5	8.4-21.0	123	86.5	79.0-91.6
45+	264	36	14.0	9.8-19.6	228	86.0	80.4-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	207	26	12.0	7.9-17.8	181	88.0	82.2-92.1
Some College +	203	30	15.4	10.4-22.2	173	84.6	77.8-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	32	12.8	8.8-18.3	206	87.2	81.7-91.2
$50,000+	78	8	11.5	5.3-23.1	70	88.5	76.9-94.7

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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	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	411	57	13.8	10.4-18.0	354	86.2	82.0-89.6
GENDER
Male	158	22	14.1	9.0-21.4	136	85.9	78.6-91.0
Female	253	35	13.4	9.5-18.6	218	86.6	81.4-90.5
RACE
White	313	43	13.9	10.1-19.0	270	86.1	81.0-89.9
Other	96	14	13.4	7.6-22.5	82	86.6	77.5-92.4
AGE
18-44	144	21	13.5	8.4-21.0	123	86.5	79.0-91.6
45+	264	36	14.0	9.8-19.6	228	86.0	80.4-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	207	26	12.0	7.9-17.8	181	88.0	82.2-92.1
Some College +	203	30	15.4	10.4-22.2	173	84.6	77.8-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	238	32	12.8	8.8-18.3	206	87.2	81.7-91.2
$50,000+	78	8	11.5	5.3-23.1	70	88.5	76.9-94.7

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