BRFSS 2004 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	360	43	11.2	8.0-15.4	317	88.8	84.6-92.0
GENDER
Male	133	14	11.1	6.5-18.4	119	88.9	81.6-93.5
Female	227	29	11.3	7.6-16.4	198	88.7	83.6-92.4
RACE
White	219	25	10.9	7.1-16.5	194	89.1	83.5-92.9
Other	139	18	11.7	6.9-19.0	121	88.3	81.0-93.1
AGE
18-44	134	18	11.6	7.0-18.5	116	88.4	81.5-93.0
45+	224	25	11.0	7.1-16.8	199	89.0	83.2-92.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	201	21	8.3	5.1-13.1	180	91.7	86.9-94.9
Some College +	158	22	14.9	9.5-22.6	136	85.1	77.4-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	202	24	11.6	7.4-17.7	178	88.4	82.3-92.6
$50,000+	71	10	11.4	5.6-21.8	61	88.6	78.2-94.4

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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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	360	43	11.2	8.0-15.4	317	88.8	84.6-92.0
GENDER
Male	133	14	11.1	6.5-18.4	119	88.9	81.6-93.5
Female	227	29	11.3	7.6-16.4	198	88.7	83.6-92.4
RACE
White	219	25	10.9	7.1-16.5	194	89.1	83.5-92.9
Other	139	18	11.7	6.9-19.0	121	88.3	81.0-93.1
AGE
18-44	134	18	11.6	7.0-18.5	116	88.4	81.5-93.0
45+	224	25	11.0	7.1-16.8	199	89.0	83.2-92.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	201	21	8.3	5.1-13.1	180	91.7	86.9-94.9
Some College +	158	22	14.9	9.5-22.6	136	85.1	77.4-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	202	24	11.6	7.4-17.7	178	88.4	82.3-92.6
$50,000+	71	10	11.4	5.6-21.8	61	88.6	78.2-94.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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?