BRFSS 2004 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	402	40	8.6	6.2-11.9	362	91.4	88.1-93.8
GENDER
Male	136	9	5.9	2.9-11.6	127	94.1	88.4-97.1
Female	266	31	10.7	7.4-15.2	235	89.3	84.8-92.6
RACE
White	252	21	7.8	4.9-12.3	231	92.2	87.7-95.1
Other	149	19	9.9	6.2-15.4	130	90.1	84.6-93.8
AGE
18-44	161	18	9.4	5.8-14.8	143	90.6	85.2-94.2
45+	238	22	8.0	5.1-12.5	216	92.0	87.5-94.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	223	22	7.6	4.9-11.7	201	92.4	88.3-95.1
Some College +	179	18	9.9	6.0-15.8	161	90.1	84.2-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	229	28	10.7	7.2-15.5	201	89.3	84.5-92.8
$50,000+	86	3	3.7	1.1-11.8	83	96.3	88.2-98.9

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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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	402	40	8.6	6.2-11.9	362	91.4	88.1-93.8
GENDER
Male	136	9	5.9	2.9-11.6	127	94.1	88.4-97.1
Female	266	31	10.7	7.4-15.2	235	89.3	84.8-92.6
RACE
White	252	21	7.8	4.9-12.3	231	92.2	87.7-95.1
Other	149	19	9.9	6.2-15.4	130	90.1	84.6-93.8
AGE
18-44	161	18	9.4	5.8-14.8	143	90.6	85.2-94.2
45+	238	22	8.0	5.1-12.5	216	92.0	87.5-94.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	223	22	7.6	4.9-11.7	201	92.4	88.3-95.1
Some College +	179	18	9.9	6.0-15.8	161	90.1	84.2-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	229	28	10.7	7.2-15.5	201	89.3	84.5-92.8
$50,000+	86	3	3.7	1.1-11.8	83	96.3	88.2-98.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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?