BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	206	115	54.7	46.5-62.7	91	45.3	37.3-53.5
GENDER
Male	52	18	33.6	20.9-49.2	34	66.4	50.8-79.1
Female	154	97	63.3	53.8-71.8	57	36.7	28.2-46.2
RACE
White	169	88	51.5	42.6-60.4	81	48.5	39.6-57.4
Other	37	27	66.4	46.1-82.1	10	33.6	17.9-53.9
AGE
18-44	47	30	56.3	40.0-71.4	17	43.7	28.6-60.0
45+	158	85	54.2	44.8-63.2	73	45.8	36.8-55.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	52	47.3	36.0-58.9	54	52.7	41.1-64.0
Some College +	99	62	61.4	49.9-71.9	37	38.6	28.1-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	71	55.3	44.8-65.4	55	44.7	34.6-55.2
$50,000+	43	25	52.8	35.7-69.4	18	47.2	30.6-64.3

*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: Alamance County

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
-Alamance County	206	115	54.7	46.5-62.7	91	45.3	37.3-53.5
GENDER
Male	52	18	33.6	20.9-49.2	34	66.4	50.8-79.1
Female	154	97	63.3	53.8-71.8	57	36.7	28.2-46.2
RACE
White	169	88	51.5	42.6-60.4	81	48.5	39.6-57.4
Other	37	27	66.4	46.1-82.1	10	33.6	17.9-53.9
AGE
18-44	47	30	56.3	40.0-71.4	17	43.7	28.6-60.0
45+	158	85	54.2	44.8-63.2	73	45.8	36.8-55.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	52	47.3	36.0-58.9	54	52.7	41.1-64.0
Some College +	99	62	61.4	49.9-71.9	37	38.6	28.1-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	71	55.3	44.8-65.4	55	44.7	34.6-55.2
$50,000+	43	25	52.8	35.7-69.4	18	47.2	30.6-64.3