BRFSS 2004 - Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	467	52	9.4	6.9-12.6	415	90.6	87.4-93.1
GENDER
Male	167	10	4.6	2.2- 9.1	157	95.4	90.9-97.8
Female	300	42	13.7	9.9-18.7	258	86.3	81.3-90.1
RACE
White	309	30	8.2	5.4-12.1	279	91.8	87.9-94.6
Other	155	21	11.4	7.0-17.9	134	88.6	82.1-93.0
AGE
18-44	198	22	9.2	5.8-14.4	176	90.8	85.6-94.2
45+	269	30	9.5	6.3-14.0	239	90.5	86.0-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	28	8.7	5.8-13.0	249	91.3	87.0-94.2
Some College +	189	24	10.5	6.6-16.2	165	89.5	83.8-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	30	10.3	6.9-15.1	256	89.7	84.9-93.1
$50,000+	87	7	6.1	2.7-13.0	80	93.9	87.0-97.3

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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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	467	52	9.4	6.9-12.6	415	90.6	87.4-93.1
GENDER
Male	167	10	4.6	2.2- 9.1	157	95.4	90.9-97.8
Female	300	42	13.7	9.9-18.7	258	86.3	81.3-90.1
RACE
White	309	30	8.2	5.4-12.1	279	91.8	87.9-94.6
Other	155	21	11.4	7.0-17.9	134	88.6	82.1-93.0
AGE
18-44	198	22	9.2	5.8-14.4	176	90.8	85.6-94.2
45+	269	30	9.5	6.3-14.0	239	90.5	86.0-93.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	28	8.7	5.8-13.0	249	91.3	87.0-94.2
Some College +	189	24	10.5	6.6-16.2	165	89.5	83.8-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	30	10.3	6.9-15.1	256	89.7	84.9-93.1
$50,000+	87	7	6.1	2.7-13.0	80	93.9	87.0-97.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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?