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. 2018 Feb 2;15(2):252. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15020252

Table A2.

High annoyance (%) due to air pollution * per demographics and health problems of people in Ida-Viru County and the control regions (Lääne-Viru and Tartu), and regional comparisons.

Ida-Viru County Lääne-Viru County Tartu Chi2 p Value
Total 22.4 14.9 11.8 36.70 0.000
Gender
 Male 22.4 14.9 11.8 36.70 0.000
 Female 25.5 15.6 13.2 28.25 0.006
Age
 18–27 19.5 20.0 13.3 2.24 0.327
 28–37 24.5 11.1 11.0 12.68 0.002
 38–47 18.4 9.1 10.1 7.15 0.028
 48–57 24.5 15.6 46.2 5.28 0.071
 58–67 24.3 20.0 22.2 0.31 0.855
 68+ 17.5 14.3 0 0.65 0.721
Ethnicity
 Estonian 18.5 13.7 10.0 13.70 0.001
 Non-Estonian 24.2 17.9 21.9 0.85 0.655
Monthly average net income during the last 12 months per family member
 Under 100 € 26.5 50.0 21.1 0.85 0.655
 100–299 € 22.3 10.3 15.4 4.08 0.130
 300–499 € 22.8 15.3 15.0 5.93 0.052
 500–799 € 15.2 12.5 9.0 3.95 0.139
 800–999 € 28.8 25.0 9.5 11.92 0.003
 Over 1000 € 28.6 16.7 8.2 11.62 0.003
Education
 Elementary or basic 25.4 13.3 16.7 2.00 0.369
 Secondary 20.9 14.2 13.1 10.70 0.005
 Applied or higher 24.2 17.9 10.3 24.59 0.000
Self-assessed health status
 Very good 14.3 23.1 6.1 6.17 0.046
 Good 17.3 7.2 10.1 9.70 0.008
 Average 21.5 16.2 17.2 1.74 0.420
 Bad 37.9 10.9 27.0 1.37 0.504
 Very bad 20.0 0 0 35.50 0.000
During the last 12 months
 Chest tightness 36.6 27.0 22.9 8.46 0.015
 Shortage of breath 38.4 34.8 28.8 2.49 0.288
 Asthma attack 33.3 40.0 21.4 2.27 0.321
 Ever had
 Wheezing 34.0 22.9 21.7 7.80 0.020
 Long-term cough 28.9 25.0 19.8 4.82 0.090
 Allergic rhinitis 25.8 18.8) 15.3 6.54 0.038
 Asthma 31.7 36.4 12.3 8.02 0.018
 COPD 30.0 33.3 30.0 0.01 0.993

* Respondents who rated 7–10 on a 10-point scale, ranging from no annoyance (1) to very high annoyance (10).