BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested physical activity)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,042	4,380	51.3	49.8-52.7	3,662	48.7	47.3-50.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	214	111	47.3	39.3-55.5	103	52.7	44.5-60.7
GENDER
Male	69	27	31.9	20.7-45.6	42	68.1	54.4-79.3
Female	145	84	57.6	48.3-66.3	61	42.4	33.7-51.7
RACE
White	203	104	46.5	38.2-54.9	99	53.5	45.1-61.8
Other	11	7	65.1	33.4-87.4	4	34.9	12.6-66.6
AGE
18-44	47	19	34.5	20.3-52.1	28	65.5	47.9-79.7
45+	167	92	52.9	44.4-61.2	75	47.1	38.8-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	56	48.5	38.4-58.8	55	51.5	41.2-61.6
Some College +	101	54	45.9	33.9-58.5	47	54.1	41.5-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	147	81	51.5	40.9-62.0	66	48.5	38.0-59.1
$50,000+	43	21	41.7	27.2-57.8	22	58.3	42.2-72.8

*Asked only of respondents with chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Arthritis Management

Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested physical activity

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,042	4,380	51.3	49.8-52.7	3,662	48.7	47.3-50.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	214	111	47.3	39.3-55.5	103	52.7	44.5-60.7
GENDER
Male	69	27	31.9	20.7-45.6	42	68.1	54.4-79.3
Female	145	84	57.6	48.3-66.3	61	42.4	33.7-51.7
RACE
White	203	104	46.5	38.2-54.9	99	53.5	45.1-61.8
Other	11	7	65.1	33.4-87.4	4	34.9	12.6-66.6
AGE
18-44	47	19	34.5	20.3-52.1	28	65.5	47.9-79.7
45+	167	92	52.9	44.4-61.2	75	47.1	38.8-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	56	48.5	38.4-58.8	55	51.5	41.2-61.6
Some College +	101	54	45.9	33.9-58.5	47	54.1	41.5-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	147	81	51.5	40.9-62.0	66	48.5	38.0-59.1
$50,000+	43	21	41.7	27.2-57.8	22	58.3	42.2-72.8