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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 361 65 17.7 13.8-22.4 296 82.3 77.6-86.2
GENDER
Male 132 20 13.2 8.3-20.2 112 86.8 79.8-91.7
Female 229 45 21.6 16.1-28.2 184 78.4 71.8-83.9
RACE
White 309 58 19.2 14.8-24.5 251 80.8 75.5-85.2
Other 48 7 9.6 4.0-21.1 41 90.4 78.9-96.0
AGE
18-44 142 30 19.0 13.2-26.6 112 81.0 73.4-86.8
45+ 218 35 16.8 11.9-23.1 183 83.2 76.9-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 33 14.9 10.3-21.1 177 85.1 78.9-89.7
Some College + 151 32 21.4 15.2-29.3 119 78.6 70.7-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 39 17.3 12.4-23.7 167 82.7 76.3-87.6
$50,000+ 75 12 17.3 9.8-28.6 63 82.7 71.4-90.2

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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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