BRFSS 2004 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	426	56	12.1	9.0-16.1	370	87.9	83.9-91.0
GENDER
Male	161	14	8.8	4.8-15.4	147	91.2	84.6-95.2
Female	265	42	15.3	11.1-20.7	223	84.7	79.3-88.9
RACE
White	357	46	11.0	8.0-14.8	311	89.0	85.2-92.0
Other	66	10	17.5	8.7-32.0	56	82.5	68.0-91.3
AGE
18-44	179	21	11.4	7.1-17.7	158	88.6	82.3-92.9
45+	246	35	12.7	8.7-18.3	211	87.3	81.7-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	200	22	10.1	6.3-15.6	178	89.9	84.4-93.7
Some College +	225	33	13.7	9.2-19.8	192	86.3	80.2-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	22	11.0	6.6-17.6	185	89.0	82.4-93.4
$50,000+	115	16	13.0	7.6-21.2	99	87.0	78.8-92.4

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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	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Cabarrus County	426	56	12.1	9.0-16.1	370	87.9	83.9-91.0
GENDER
Male	161	14	8.8	4.8-15.4	147	91.2	84.6-95.2
Female	265	42	15.3	11.1-20.7	223	84.7	79.3-88.9
RACE
White	357	46	11.0	8.0-14.8	311	89.0	85.2-92.0
Other	66	10	17.5	8.7-32.0	56	82.5	68.0-91.3
AGE
18-44	179	21	11.4	7.1-17.7	158	88.6	82.3-92.9
45+	246	35	12.7	8.7-18.3	211	87.3	81.7-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	200	22	10.1	6.3-15.6	178	89.9	84.4-93.7
Some College +	225	33	13.7	9.2-19.8	192	86.3	80.2-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	22	11.0	6.6-17.6	185	89.0	82.4-93.4
$50,000+	115	16	13.0	7.6-21.2	99	87.0	78.8-92.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus 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?