BRFSS 2004 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	418	44	9.5	6.8-13.2	374	90.5	86.8-93.2
GENDER
Male	173	15	6.9	3.9-11.9	158	93.1	88.1-96.1
Female	245	29	12.4	8.2-18.3	216	87.6	81.7-91.8
RACE
White	290	29	9.0	6.1-13.1	261	91.0	86.9-93.9
Other	126	15	10.8	5.8-19.2	111	89.2	80.8-94.2
AGE
18-44	146	12	7.6	4.0-13.9	134	92.4	86.1-96.0
45+	268	32	10.9	7.3-15.9	236	89.1	84.1-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	14	12.1	6.8-20.7	126	87.9	79.3-93.2
Some College +	277	30	8.2	5.5-12.0	247	91.8	88.0-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	195	25	11.7	7.3-18.2	170	88.3	81.8-92.7
$50,000+	141	15	9.7	5.6-16.1	126	90.3	83.9-94.4

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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
-Guilford County	418	44	9.5	6.8-13.2	374	90.5	86.8-93.2
GENDER
Male	173	15	6.9	3.9-11.9	158	93.1	88.1-96.1
Female	245	29	12.4	8.2-18.3	216	87.6	81.7-91.8
RACE
White	290	29	9.0	6.1-13.1	261	91.0	86.9-93.9
Other	126	15	10.8	5.8-19.2	111	89.2	80.8-94.2
AGE
18-44	146	12	7.6	4.0-13.9	134	92.4	86.1-96.0
45+	268	32	10.9	7.3-15.9	236	89.1	84.1-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	14	12.1	6.8-20.7	126	87.9	79.3-93.2
Some College +	277	30	8.2	5.5-12.0	247	91.8	88.0-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	195	25	11.7	7.3-18.2	170	88.3	81.8-92.7
$50,000+	141	15	9.7	5.6-16.1	126	90.3	83.9-94.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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?