BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	364	47	13.4	9.8-18.1	317	86.6	81.9-90.2
GENDER
Male	142	14	11.1	6.1-19.1	128	88.9	80.9-93.9
Female	222	33	15.6	11.0-21.9	189	84.4	78.1-89.0
RACE
White	301	37	11.3	8.0-15.8	264	88.7	84.2-92.0
Other	61	10	23.0	11.9-39.9	51	77.0	60.1-88.1
AGE
18-44	139	19	13.3	8.0-21.4	120	86.7	78.6-92.0
45+	224	28	13.5	9.0-19.8	196	86.5	80.2-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	13	12.9	6.9-22.9	97	87.1	77.1-93.1
Some College +	253	34	13.7	9.5-19.3	219	86.3	80.7-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	168	21	13.6	8.4-21.2	147	86.4	78.8-91.6
$50,000+	105	11	8.9	4.8-16.0	94	91.1	84.0-95.2

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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
-New Hanover County	364	47	13.4	9.8-18.1	317	86.6	81.9-90.2
GENDER
Male	142	14	11.1	6.1-19.1	128	88.9	80.9-93.9
Female	222	33	15.6	11.0-21.9	189	84.4	78.1-89.0
RACE
White	301	37	11.3	8.0-15.8	264	88.7	84.2-92.0
Other	61	10	23.0	11.9-39.9	51	77.0	60.1-88.1
AGE
18-44	139	19	13.3	8.0-21.4	120	86.7	78.6-92.0
45+	224	28	13.5	9.0-19.8	196	86.5	80.2-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	110	13	12.9	6.9-22.9	97	87.1	77.1-93.1
Some College +	253	34	13.7	9.5-19.3	219	86.3	80.7-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	168	21	13.6	8.4-21.2	147	86.4	78.8-91.6
$50,000+	105	11	8.9	4.8-16.0	94	91.1	84.0-95.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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?