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Selected respondent characteristics by exposure zone |
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| High Exposure Zone % (95%CI) |
Medium Exposure Zone % (95%CI) |
Low Exposure Zone % (95%CI) |
Total % (95%CI) |
New South Wales % (95%CI) |
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| General Healtha |
84.7 |
76.7 |
81.5 |
80.5 |
80.7 |
| (80.5 – 89.0) |
(70.7 – 82.7) |
(77.8 – 85.2) |
(77.6 – 83.4) |
(79.7–81.7) |
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| Psychological Distressb |
9.2 |
15.2 |
13.2 |
13.3 |
12.2 |
| (5.8–12.7) |
(9.6–20.7) |
(9.7–16.7) |
(10.6–16.1) |
(11.4–13.1) |
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| Current Asthmac |
6.8 |
9.9 |
11.6 |
10.8 |
10.6 |
| (4.0–9.7) |
(4.8–15.0) |
(8.1–15.1) |
(8.1–13.4) |
(9.8–11.3) |
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| Environmental Worry (very worried) |
15.8 |
13.7 |
11.8 |
12.6 |
N/A |
| (11.1–20.4) |
(9.8–17.7) |
(8.4–15.2) |
(10.1–15.1) |
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| Exposure Time (most time spent at address) |
49.1 |
51.5 |
49.6 |
50.1 |
N/A |
| (41.2–57.0) |
(44.5–58.5) |
(44.3–54.9) |
(46.1–54.1) |
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| Foreign odour detected in past few days or past week |
29.2 |
24.2 |
23.4 |
24.1 |
N/A |
| (21.6–36.9) |
(17.7–30.7) |
(19.2–27.7) |
(20.8–27.4) |
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| Awareness of survey link to M5 stack |
12.6 |
10.8 |
2.2 |
5.2 |
N/A |
| (8.8–16.5) |
(7.4–14.2) |
(1.0–3.3) |
(4.0–6.4) |
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| Unflued gas or solid fuel heater |
27.1 |
25.9 |
28.4 |
27.6 |
22.6 |
| (20.3–33.9) |
(19.7–32.0) |
(23.4–33.4) |
(23.9–31.3) |
(20.6–24.7) |
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| Personal Smoking (daily or occasionally) |
17.9 |
24.8 |
26.6 |
25.4 |
21.4 |
| (12.2–23.7) |
(18.5–31.1) |
(21.9–31.3) |
(21.9–28.9) |
(20.3–22.4) |
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| Smoke Free Households |
82.0 |
85.5 |
78.9 |
80.8 |
81.0 |
| (76.3–87.8) |
(80.5–90.4) |
(74.5–83.3) |
(77.6–84.0) |
(80.0–82.0) |
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| Garage with direct access to home |
11.3 |
8.4 |
11.8 |
10.9 |
22.2 |
| (6.1–16.5) |
(5.0–11.8) |
(8.2–15.3) |
(8.4–13.5) |
(20.0–24.3) |
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| Diagnosed Chemical Sensitivity |
1.4 |
3.6 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
| (0.3–2.6) |
(0.4–6.8) |
(0.7–4.0) |
(1.2–4.0) |
(2.5–3.4) |
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| Any Teeth and/or Gums soreness |
18.5 |
20.1 |
19.0 |
19.2 |
N/A |
| (12.5–24.5) |
(14.8–25.4) |
(14.6–23.5) |
(16.0–22.5) |
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CI = Confidence interval aGeneral health rated as excellent, very good or good bKessler 6 scored at high or very high psychological distress. cBeen told by a doctor or at a hospital that they had asthma AND had symptoms of asthma or taken treatment for asthma in the past 12 months. | |||||
Capon et al. Environmental Health 2008 7:46 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-46 |
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