BRFSS 2004 - Durham 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
-Durham County	405	49	12.6	9.1-17.3	356	87.4	82.7-90.9
GENDER
Male	147	16	12.0	6.9-20.2	131	88.0	79.8-93.1
Female	258	33	13.2	8.9-19.1	225	86.8	80.9-91.1
RACE
White	229	25	9.8	6.4-14.6	204	90.2	85.4-93.6
Other	170	23	15.8	9.7-24.6	147	84.2	75.4-90.3
AGE
18-44	198	24	14.1	8.7-21.9	174	85.9	78.1-91.3
45+	205	25	11.1	7.4-16.4	180	88.9	83.6-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	8	6.6	3.2-13.0	105	93.4	87.0-96.8
Some College +	292	41	15.5	10.8-21.7	251	84.5	78.3-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	186	26	14.8	9.2-23.1	160	85.2	76.9-90.8
$50,000+	142	15	11.1	6.5-18.1	127	88.9	81.9-93.5

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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
-Durham County	405	49	12.6	9.1-17.3	356	87.4	82.7-90.9
GENDER
Male	147	16	12.0	6.9-20.2	131	88.0	79.8-93.1
Female	258	33	13.2	8.9-19.1	225	86.8	80.9-91.1
RACE
White	229	25	9.8	6.4-14.6	204	90.2	85.4-93.6
Other	170	23	15.8	9.7-24.6	147	84.2	75.4-90.3
AGE
18-44	198	24	14.1	8.7-21.9	174	85.9	78.1-91.3
45+	205	25	11.1	7.4-16.4	180	88.9	83.6-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	8	6.6	3.2-13.0	105	93.4	87.0-96.8
Some College +	292	41	15.5	10.8-21.7	251	84.5	78.3-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	186	26	14.8	9.2-23.1	160	85.2	76.9-90.8
$50,000+	142	15	11.1	6.5-18.1	127	88.9	81.9-93.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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?