BRFSS 2004 - Wake 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
-Wake County	589	99	15.5	12.6-19.0	490	84.5	81.0-87.4
GENDER
Male	227	30	12.5	8.7-17.8	197	87.5	82.2-91.3
Female	362	69	18.4	14.4-23.3	293	81.6	76.7-85.6
RACE
White	428	76	17.5	13.8-21.8	352	82.5	78.2-86.2
Other	154	23	12.1	7.7-18.7	131	87.9	81.3-92.3
AGE
18-44	321	58	16.6	12.6-21.5	263	83.4	78.5-87.4
45+	263	41	14.4	10.4-19.8	222	85.6	80.2-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	26	14.1	9.3-20.8	131	85.9	79.2-90.7
Some College +	431	73	16.1	12.6-20.3	358	83.9	79.7-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	41	16.5	11.8-22.5	168	83.5	77.5-88.2
$50,000+	244	36	14.4	10.3-19.9	208	85.6	80.1-89.7

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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
-Wake County	589	99	15.5	12.6-19.0	490	84.5	81.0-87.4
GENDER
Male	227	30	12.5	8.7-17.8	197	87.5	82.2-91.3
Female	362	69	18.4	14.4-23.3	293	81.6	76.7-85.6
RACE
White	428	76	17.5	13.8-21.8	352	82.5	78.2-86.2
Other	154	23	12.1	7.7-18.7	131	87.9	81.3-92.3
AGE
18-44	321	58	16.6	12.6-21.5	263	83.4	78.5-87.4
45+	263	41	14.4	10.4-19.8	222	85.6	80.2-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	26	14.1	9.3-20.8	131	85.9	79.2-90.7
Some College +	431	73	16.1	12.6-20.3	358	83.9	79.7-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	41	16.5	11.8-22.5	168	83.5	77.5-88.2
$50,000+	244	36	14.4	10.3-19.9	208	85.6	80.1-89.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?