BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	587	79	11.8	9.1-15.3	508	88.2	84.7-90.9
GENDER
Male	212	19	8.5	5.1-13.8	193	91.5	86.2-94.9
Female	375	60	14.8	11.0-19.7	315	85.2	80.3-89.0
RACE
White	492	66	12.5	9.5-16.3	426	87.5	83.7-90.5
Other	92	13	6.7	2.5-16.4	79	93.3	83.6-97.5
AGE
18-44	199	26	12.8	8.3-19.3	173	87.2	80.7-91.7
45+	384	53	11.4	8.2-15.7	331	88.6	84.3-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	278	36	10.1	6.8-14.8	242	89.9	85.2-93.2
Some College +	305	43	13.5	9.5-18.8	262	86.5	81.2-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	337	47	10.2	7.0-14.5	290	89.8	85.5-93.0
$50,000+	122	18	15.2	9.2-24.1	104	84.8	75.9-90.8

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	587	79	11.8	9.1-15.3	508	88.2	84.7-90.9
GENDER
Male	212	19	8.5	5.1-13.8	193	91.5	86.2-94.9
Female	375	60	14.8	11.0-19.7	315	85.2	80.3-89.0
RACE
White	492	66	12.5	9.5-16.3	426	87.5	83.7-90.5
Other	92	13	6.7	2.5-16.4	79	93.3	83.6-97.5
AGE
18-44	199	26	12.8	8.3-19.3	173	87.2	80.7-91.7
45+	384	53	11.4	8.2-15.7	331	88.6	84.3-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	278	36	10.1	6.8-14.8	242	89.9	85.2-93.2
Some College +	305	43	13.5	9.5-18.8	262	86.5	81.2-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	337	47	10.2	7.0-14.5	290	89.8	85.5-93.0
$50,000+	122	18	15.2	9.2-24.1	104	84.8	75.9-90.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?