BRFSS 2004 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	435	62	15.7	12.0-20.3	373	84.3	79.7-88.0
GENDER
Male	151	22	17.3	11.3-25.6	129	82.7	74.4-88.7
Female	284	40	14.3	10.3-19.5	244	85.7	80.5-89.7
RACE
White	362	49	13.8	10.2-18.5	313	86.2	81.5-89.8
Other	70	13	24.2	13.9-38.7	57	75.8	61.3-86.1
AGE
18-44	171	26	18.5	12.4-26.6	145	81.5	73.4-87.6
45+	263	36	13.5	9.4-18.9	227	86.5	81.1-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	235	33	15.8	10.8-22.3	202	84.2	77.7-89.2
Some College +	200	29	15.6	10.6-22.4	171	84.4	77.6-89.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	38	17.0	12.1-23.6	214	83.0	76.4-87.9
$50,000+	100	13	14.4	8.1-24.4	87	85.6	75.6-91.9

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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
-Rowan County	435	62	15.7	12.0-20.3	373	84.3	79.7-88.0
GENDER
Male	151	22	17.3	11.3-25.6	129	82.7	74.4-88.7
Female	284	40	14.3	10.3-19.5	244	85.7	80.5-89.7
RACE
White	362	49	13.8	10.2-18.5	313	86.2	81.5-89.8
Other	70	13	24.2	13.9-38.7	57	75.8	61.3-86.1
AGE
18-44	171	26	18.5	12.4-26.6	145	81.5	73.4-87.6
45+	263	36	13.5	9.4-18.9	227	86.5	81.1-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	235	33	15.8	10.8-22.3	202	84.2	77.7-89.2
Some College +	200	29	15.6	10.6-22.4	171	84.4	77.6-89.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	38	17.0	12.1-23.6	214	83.0	76.4-87.9
$50,000+	100	13	14.4	8.1-24.4	87	85.6	75.6-91.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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?