BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	581	110	19.5	15.7-24.0	471	80.5	76.0-84.3
GENDER
Male	213	28	17.3	11.7-24.8	185	82.7	75.2-88.3
Female	368	82	21.5	16.8-27.2	286	78.5	72.8-83.2
RACE
White	489	91	18.8	15.0-23.2	398	81.2	76.8-85.0
Other	89	19	26.2	12.9-46.1	70	73.8	53.9-87.1
AGE
18-44	198	50	27.8	20.5-36.6	148	72.2	63.4-79.5
45+	378	59	14.3	10.6-19.1	319	85.7	80.9-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	278	44	16.3	11.2-23.0	234	83.7	77.0-88.8
Some College +	299	66	22.7	17.4-29.0	233	77.3	71.0-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	332	61	20.3	15.0-26.9	271	79.7	73.1-85.0
$50,000+	121	27	21.6	14.4-31.0	94	78.4	69.0-85.6

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	581	110	19.5	15.7-24.0	471	80.5	76.0-84.3
GENDER
Male	213	28	17.3	11.7-24.8	185	82.7	75.2-88.3
Female	368	82	21.5	16.8-27.2	286	78.5	72.8-83.2
RACE
White	489	91	18.8	15.0-23.2	398	81.2	76.8-85.0
Other	89	19	26.2	12.9-46.1	70	73.8	53.9-87.1
AGE
18-44	198	50	27.8	20.5-36.6	148	72.2	63.4-79.5
45+	378	59	14.3	10.6-19.1	319	85.7	80.9-89.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	278	44	16.3	11.2-23.0	234	83.7	77.0-88.8
Some College +	299	66	22.7	17.4-29.0	233	77.3	71.0-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	332	61	20.3	15.0-26.9	271	79.7	73.1-85.0
$50,000+	121	27	21.6	14.4-31.0	94	78.4	69.0-85.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?