BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	638	117	18.3	15.1-21.8	521	81.7	78.2-84.9
GENDER
Male	247	33	13.7	9.6-19.1	214	86.3	80.9-90.4
Female	391	84	22.6	18.3-27.7	307	77.4	72.3-81.7
RACE
White	440	82	18.3	14.6-22.6	358	81.7	77.4-85.4
Other	194	35	18.5	13.0-25.6	159	81.5	74.4-87.0
AGE
18-44	320	70	20.3	15.9-25.6	250	79.7	74.4-84.1
45+	316	47	16.0	11.9-21.2	269	84.0	78.8-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	180	31	16.9	11.5-24.1	149	83.1	75.9-88.5
Some College +	457	86	18.9	15.3-23.2	371	81.1	76.8-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	54	19.0	14.2-24.9	211	81.0	75.1-85.8
$50,000+	243	42	18.0	13.3-24.0	201	82.0	76.0-86.7

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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
-Mecklenburg County	638	117	18.3	15.1-21.8	521	81.7	78.2-84.9
GENDER
Male	247	33	13.7	9.6-19.1	214	86.3	80.9-90.4
Female	391	84	22.6	18.3-27.7	307	77.4	72.3-81.7
RACE
White	440	82	18.3	14.6-22.6	358	81.7	77.4-85.4
Other	194	35	18.5	13.0-25.6	159	81.5	74.4-87.0
AGE
18-44	320	70	20.3	15.9-25.6	250	79.7	74.4-84.1
45+	316	47	16.0	11.9-21.2	269	84.0	78.8-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	180	31	16.9	11.5-24.1	149	83.1	75.9-88.5
Some College +	457	86	18.9	15.3-23.2	371	81.1	76.8-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	54	19.0	14.2-24.9	211	81.0	75.1-85.8
$50,000+	243	42	18.0	13.3-24.0	201	82.0	76.0-86.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?