BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	368	54	12.3	9.2-16.2	314	87.7	83.8-90.8
GENDER
Male	145	13	7.5	4.2-13.3	132	92.5	86.7-95.8
Female	223	41	16.8	12.2-22.8	182	83.2	77.2-87.8
RACE
White	301	47	13.2	9.7-17.7	254	86.8	82.3-90.3
Other	64	6	7.9	3.2-18.3	58	92.1	81.7-96.8
AGE
18-44	140	21	10.5	6.4-16.7	119	89.5	83.3-93.6
45+	227	33	13.7	9.5-19.2	194	86.3	80.8-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	10	7.2	3.7-13.6	103	92.8	86.4-96.3
Some College +	254	44	14.8	10.7-20.1	210	85.2	79.9-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	174	25	11.6	7.6-17.4	149	88.4	82.6-92.4
$50,000+	104	18	16.3	10.1-25.1	86	83.7	74.9-89.9

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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
-New Hanover County	368	54	12.3	9.2-16.2	314	87.7	83.8-90.8
GENDER
Male	145	13	7.5	4.2-13.3	132	92.5	86.7-95.8
Female	223	41	16.8	12.2-22.8	182	83.2	77.2-87.8
RACE
White	301	47	13.2	9.7-17.7	254	86.8	82.3-90.3
Other	64	6	7.9	3.2-18.3	58	92.1	81.7-96.8
AGE
18-44	140	21	10.5	6.4-16.7	119	89.5	83.3-93.6
45+	227	33	13.7	9.5-19.2	194	86.3	80.8-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	10	7.2	3.7-13.6	103	92.8	86.4-96.3
Some College +	254	44	14.8	10.7-20.1	210	85.2	79.9-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	174	25	11.6	7.6-17.4	149	88.4	82.6-92.4
$50,000+	104	18	16.3	10.1-25.1	86	83.7	74.9-89.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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?