BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	361	69	19.2	15.1-24.1	292	80.8	75.9-84.9
GENDER
Male	137	20	14.4	9.2-21.9	117	85.6	78.1-90.8
Female	224	49	23.6	17.9-30.5	175	76.4	69.5-82.1
RACE
White	319	59	18.3	14.1-23.5	260	81.7	76.5-85.9
Other	40	10	25.7	13.5-43.4	30	74.3	56.6-86.5
AGE
18-44	133	27	19.3	13.1-27.5	106	80.7	72.5-86.9
45+	228	42	19.1	13.9-25.5	186	80.9	74.5-86.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	21	16.2	10.2-24.6	110	83.8	75.4-89.8
Some College +	230	48	21.0	15.8-27.3	182	79.0	72.7-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	36	16.8	11.9-23.2	171	83.2	76.8-88.1
$50,000+	86	17	22.5	14.1-34.0	69	77.5	66.0-85.9

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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	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Buncombe County	361	69	19.2	15.1-24.1	292	80.8	75.9-84.9
GENDER
Male	137	20	14.4	9.2-21.9	117	85.6	78.1-90.8
Female	224	49	23.6	17.9-30.5	175	76.4	69.5-82.1
RACE
White	319	59	18.3	14.1-23.5	260	81.7	76.5-85.9
Other	40	10	25.7	13.5-43.4	30	74.3	56.6-86.5
AGE
18-44	133	27	19.3	13.1-27.5	106	80.7	72.5-86.9
45+	228	42	19.1	13.9-25.5	186	80.9	74.5-86.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	21	16.2	10.2-24.6	110	83.8	75.4-89.8
Some College +	230	48	21.0	15.8-27.3	182	79.0	72.7-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	36	16.8	11.9-23.2	171	83.2	76.8-88.1
$50,000+	86	17	22.5	14.1-34.0	69	77.5	66.0-85.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?