BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	365	83	21.8	17.4-26.8	282	78.2	73.2-82.6
GENDER
Male	140	25	18.0	12.1-25.7	115	82.0	74.3-87.9
Female	225	58	25.4	19.5-32.4	167	74.6	67.6-80.5
RACE
White	323	73	22.3	17.6-27.8	250	77.7	72.2-82.4
Other	40	10	19.3	9.8-34.6	30	80.7	65.4-90.2
AGE
18-44	134	39	25.5	18.5-34.0	95	74.5	66.0-81.5
45+	231	44	19.2	14.0-25.8	187	80.8	74.2-86.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	23	16.0	10.3-23.9	108	84.0	76.1-89.7
Some College +	234	60	25.2	19.4-31.9	174	74.8	68.1-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	52	23.2	17.4-30.2	155	76.8	69.8-82.6
$50,000+	89	16	19.7	12.1-30.5	73	80.3	69.5-87.9

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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
-Buncombe County	365	83	21.8	17.4-26.8	282	78.2	73.2-82.6
GENDER
Male	140	25	18.0	12.1-25.7	115	82.0	74.3-87.9
Female	225	58	25.4	19.5-32.4	167	74.6	67.6-80.5
RACE
White	323	73	22.3	17.6-27.8	250	77.7	72.2-82.4
Other	40	10	19.3	9.8-34.6	30	80.7	65.4-90.2
AGE
18-44	134	39	25.5	18.5-34.0	95	74.5	66.0-81.5
45+	231	44	19.2	14.0-25.8	187	80.8	74.2-86.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	23	16.0	10.3-23.9	108	84.0	76.1-89.7
Some College +	234	60	25.2	19.4-31.9	174	74.8	68.1-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	52	23.2	17.4-30.2	155	76.8	69.8-82.6
$50,000+	89	16	19.7	12.1-30.5	73	80.3	69.5-87.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?