BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	268	152	53.6	46.0-61.1	116	46.4	38.9-54.0
GENDER
Male	79	37	40.6	28.2-54.4	42	59.4	45.6-71.8
Female	189	115	61.9	53.8-69.5	74	38.1	30.5-46.2
RACE
White	238	132	53.6	45.5-61.5	106	46.4	38.5-54.5
Other	30	20	54.2	32.3-74.6	10	45.8	25.4-67.7
AGE
18-44	56	26	39.3	25.6-55.0	30	60.7	45.0-74.4
45+	212	126	60.6	53.0-67.8	86	39.4	32.2-47.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	162	91	51.8	41.7-61.8	71	48.2	38.2-58.3
Some College +	104	59	55.7	44.5-66.3	45	44.3	33.7-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	188	105	55.1	46.4-63.5	83	44.9	36.5-53.6
$50,000+	38	22	58.4	40.7-74.2	16	41.6	25.8-59.3

*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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	268	152	53.6	46.0-61.1	116	46.4	38.9-54.0
GENDER
Male	79	37	40.6	28.2-54.4	42	59.4	45.6-71.8
Female	189	115	61.9	53.8-69.5	74	38.1	30.5-46.2
RACE
White	238	132	53.6	45.5-61.5	106	46.4	38.5-54.5
Other	30	20	54.2	32.3-74.6	10	45.8	25.4-67.7
AGE
18-44	56	26	39.3	25.6-55.0	30	60.7	45.0-74.4
45+	212	126	60.6	53.0-67.8	86	39.4	32.2-47.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	162	91	51.8	41.7-61.8	71	48.2	38.2-58.3
Some College +	104	59	55.7	44.5-66.3	45	44.3	33.7-55.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	188	105	55.1	46.4-63.5	83	44.9	36.5-53.6
$50,000+	38	22	58.4	40.7-74.2	16	41.6	25.8-59.3