BRFSS 2004 - Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	528	62	11.0	8.3-14.4	466	89.0	85.6-91.7
GENDER
Male	196	14	7.1	4.0-12.4	182	92.9	87.6-96.0
Female	332	48	14.7	10.8-19.6	284	85.3	80.4-89.2
RACE
White	345	35	9.4	6.5-13.4	310	90.6	86.6-93.5
Other	181	26	13.6	8.8-20.4	155	86.4	79.6-91.2
AGE
18-44	205	23	10.2	6.5-15.6	182	89.8	84.4-93.5
45+	320	38	11.4	8.0-16.2	282	88.6	83.8-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	292	33	10.6	7.3-15.2	259	89.4	84.8-92.7
Some College +	234	28	11.3	7.3-16.9	206	88.7	83.1-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	39	12.3	8.7-17.1	269	87.7	82.9-91.3
$50,000+	107	10	8.5	4.1-16.6	97	91.5	83.4-95.9

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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	14,801	1,863	12.0	11.4-12.7	12,938	88.0	87.3-88.6
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	528	62	11.0	8.3-14.4	466	89.0	85.6-91.7
GENDER
Male	196	14	7.1	4.0-12.4	182	92.9	87.6-96.0
Female	332	48	14.7	10.8-19.6	284	85.3	80.4-89.2
RACE
White	345	35	9.4	6.5-13.4	310	90.6	86.6-93.5
Other	181	26	13.6	8.8-20.4	155	86.4	79.6-91.2
AGE
18-44	205	23	10.2	6.5-15.6	182	89.8	84.4-93.5
45+	320	38	11.4	8.0-16.2	282	88.6	83.8-92.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	292	33	10.6	7.3-15.2	259	89.4	84.8-92.7
Some College +	234	28	11.3	7.3-16.9	206	88.7	83.1-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	39	12.3	8.7-17.1	269	87.7	82.9-91.3
$50,000+	107	10	8.5	4.1-16.6	97	91.5	83.4-95.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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?