BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (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 II	476	62	13.0	10.0-16.8	414	87.0	83.2-90.0
GENDER
Male	157	16	10.0	6.0-16.3	141	90.0	83.7-94.0
Female	319	46	15.4	11.4-20.5	273	84.6	79.5-88.6
RACE
White	304	33	10.6	7.4-15.0	271	89.4	85.0-92.6
Other	171	29	16.5	11.1-23.7	142	83.5	76.3-88.9
AGE
18-44	138	21	13.9	8.8-21.4	117	86.1	78.6-91.2
45+	337	41	12.5	9.0-17.1	296	87.5	82.9-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	262	36	13.8	9.7-19.3	226	86.2	80.7-90.3
Some College +	214	26	12.1	8.1-17.6	188	87.9	82.4-91.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	290	46	16.5	12.1-21.9	244	83.5	78.1-87.9
$50,000+	87	7	8.4	3.9-17.1	80	91.6	82.9-96.1

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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 II	476	62	13.0	10.0-16.8	414	87.0	83.2-90.0
GENDER
Male	157	16	10.0	6.0-16.3	141	90.0	83.7-94.0
Female	319	46	15.4	11.4-20.5	273	84.6	79.5-88.6
RACE
White	304	33	10.6	7.4-15.0	271	89.4	85.0-92.6
Other	171	29	16.5	11.1-23.7	142	83.5	76.3-88.9
AGE
18-44	138	21	13.9	8.8-21.4	117	86.1	78.6-91.2
45+	337	41	12.5	9.0-17.1	296	87.5	82.9-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	262	36	13.8	9.7-19.3	226	86.2	80.7-90.3
Some College +	214	26	12.1	8.1-17.6	188	87.9	82.4-91.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	290	46	16.5	12.1-21.9	244	83.5	78.1-87.9
$50,000+	87	7	8.4	3.9-17.1	80	91.6	82.9-96.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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?