BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (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
-NE Partnership I	393	64	15.7	12.0-20.2	329	84.3	79.8-88.0
GENDER
Male	135	20	12.9	8.0-20.3	115	87.1	79.7-92.0
Female	258	44	18.1	13.3-24.1	214	81.9	75.9-86.7
RACE
White	170	21	11.6	7.4-17.7	149	88.4	82.3-92.6
Other	220	42	17.9	12.7-24.5	178	82.1	75.5-87.3
AGE
18-44	132	20	11.9	7.3-18.8	112	88.1	81.2-92.7
45+	261	44	18.4	13.5-24.7	217	81.6	75.3-86.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	249	44	16.3	11.7-22.2	205	83.7	77.8-88.3
Some College +	144	20	14.6	9.2-22.4	124	85.4	77.6-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	250	45	17.1	12.3-23.2	205	82.9	76.8-87.7
$50,000+	46	5	8.1	3.2-18.9	41	91.9	81.1-96.8

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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
-NE Partnership I	393	64	15.7	12.0-20.2	329	84.3	79.8-88.0
GENDER
Male	135	20	12.9	8.0-20.3	115	87.1	79.7-92.0
Female	258	44	18.1	13.3-24.1	214	81.9	75.9-86.7
RACE
White	170	21	11.6	7.4-17.7	149	88.4	82.3-92.6
Other	220	42	17.9	12.7-24.5	178	82.1	75.5-87.3
AGE
18-44	132	20	11.9	7.3-18.8	112	88.1	81.2-92.7
45+	261	44	18.4	13.5-24.7	217	81.6	75.3-86.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	249	44	16.3	11.7-22.2	205	83.7	77.8-88.3
Some College +	144	20	14.6	9.2-22.4	124	85.4	77.6-90.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	250	45	17.1	12.3-23.2	205	82.9	76.8-87.7
$50,000+	46	5	8.1	3.2-18.9	41	91.9	81.1-96.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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?