BRFSS 2004 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	358	54	15.2	11.5-20.0	304	84.8	80.0-88.5
GENDER
Male	130	18	14.3	8.8-22.4	112	85.7	77.6-91.2
Female	228	36	16.0	11.4-22.1	192	84.0	77.9-88.6
RACE
White	305	45	14.3	10.5-19.1	260	85.7	80.9-89.5
Other	49	9	23.0	11.2-41.5	40	77.0	58.5-88.8
AGE
18-44	139	23	17.6	11.4-26.2	116	82.4	73.8-88.6
45+	218	31	13.6	9.3-19.3	187	86.4	80.7-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	38	17.9	12.8-24.5	172	82.1	75.5-87.2
Some College +	148	16	11.5	6.7-19.0	132	88.5	81.0-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	203	34	17.1	11.8-24.1	169	82.9	75.9-88.2
$50,000+	75	6	9.7	4.3-20.5	69	90.3	79.5-95.7

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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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	358	54	15.2	11.5-20.0	304	84.8	80.0-88.5
GENDER
Male	130	18	14.3	8.8-22.4	112	85.7	77.6-91.2
Female	228	36	16.0	11.4-22.1	192	84.0	77.9-88.6
RACE
White	305	45	14.3	10.5-19.1	260	85.7	80.9-89.5
Other	49	9	23.0	11.2-41.5	40	77.0	58.5-88.8
AGE
18-44	139	23	17.6	11.4-26.2	116	82.4	73.8-88.6
45+	218	31	13.6	9.3-19.3	187	86.4	80.7-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	38	17.9	12.8-24.5	172	82.1	75.5-87.2
Some College +	148	16	11.5	6.7-19.0	132	88.5	81.0-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	203	34	17.1	11.8-24.1	169	82.9	75.9-88.2
$50,000+	75	6	9.7	4.3-20.5	69	90.3	79.5-95.7

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