BRFSS 2004 - Orange 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
-Orange County	403	45	9.2	6.7-12.6	358	90.8	87.4-93.3
GENDER
Male	148	13	6.6	3.7-11.4	135	93.4	88.6-96.3
Female	255	32	11.6	7.8-16.7	223	88.4	83.3-92.2
RACE
White	317	35	9.5	6.6-13.5	282	90.5	86.5-93.4
Other	83	9	7.8	3.8-15.2	74	92.2	84.8-96.2
AGE
18-44	194	26	9.4	6.2-14.0	168	90.6	86.0-93.8
45+	208	19	9.1	5.4-14.7	189	90.9	85.3-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	14	14.9	8.2-25.5	69	85.1	74.5-91.8
Some College +	320	31	7.6	5.2-10.9	289	92.4	89.1-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	149	19	9.9	6.1-15.8	130	90.1	84.2-93.9
$50,000+	166	15	7.1	4.2-12.0	151	92.9	88.0-95.8

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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
-Orange County	403	45	9.2	6.7-12.6	358	90.8	87.4-93.3
GENDER
Male	148	13	6.6	3.7-11.4	135	93.4	88.6-96.3
Female	255	32	11.6	7.8-16.7	223	88.4	83.3-92.2
RACE
White	317	35	9.5	6.6-13.5	282	90.5	86.5-93.4
Other	83	9	7.8	3.8-15.2	74	92.2	84.8-96.2
AGE
18-44	194	26	9.4	6.2-14.0	168	90.6	86.0-93.8
45+	208	19	9.1	5.4-14.7	189	90.9	85.3-94.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	14	14.9	8.2-25.5	69	85.1	74.5-91.8
Some College +	320	31	7.6	5.2-10.9	289	92.4	89.1-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	149	19	9.9	6.1-15.8	130	90.1	84.2-93.9
$50,000+	166	15	7.1	4.2-12.0	151	92.9	88.0-95.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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?