BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,812	2,446	16.4	15.6-17.1	12,366	83.6	82.9-84.4
-Gaston County	369	61	18.1	13.9-23.2	308	81.9	76.8-86.1
GENDER
Male	134	18	14.8	9.3-22.7	116	85.2	77.3-90.7
Female	235	43	20.8	15.2-27.9	192	79.2	72.1-84.8
RACE
White	306	51	18.5	13.8-24.3	255	81.5	75.7-86.2
Other	62	10	16.9	9.1-29.3	52	83.1	70.7-90.9
AGE
18-44	138	36	28.1	20.4-37.4	102	71.9	62.6-79.6
45+	227	23	9.9	6.2-15.3	204	90.1	84.7-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	31	17.1	11.7-24.2	171	82.9	75.8-88.3
Some College +	166	29	18.9	12.9-26.8	137	81.1	73.2-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	222	36	18.4	13.0-25.4	186	81.6	74.6-87.0
$50,000+	74	13	21.3	12.5-33.8	61	78.7	66.2-87.5

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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	14,812	2,446	16.4	15.6-17.1	12,366	83.6	82.9-84.4
-Gaston County	369	61	18.1	13.9-23.2	308	81.9	76.8-86.1
GENDER
Male	134	18	14.8	9.3-22.7	116	85.2	77.3-90.7
Female	235	43	20.8	15.2-27.9	192	79.2	72.1-84.8
RACE
White	306	51	18.5	13.8-24.3	255	81.5	75.7-86.2
Other	62	10	16.9	9.1-29.3	52	83.1	70.7-90.9
AGE
18-44	138	36	28.1	20.4-37.4	102	71.9	62.6-79.6
45+	227	23	9.9	6.2-15.3	204	90.1	84.7-93.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	31	17.1	11.7-24.2	171	82.9	75.8-88.3
Some College +	166	29	18.9	12.9-26.8	137	81.1	73.2-87.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	222	36	18.4	13.0-25.4	186	81.6	74.6-87.0
$50,000+	74	13	21.3	12.5-33.8	61	78.7	66.2-87.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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?