BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	223	137	54.2	45.7-62.5	86	45.8	37.5-54.3
GENDER
Male	69	37	45.2	31.4-59.8	32	54.8	40.2-68.6
Female	154	100	60.6	50.8-69.6	54	39.4	30.4-49.2
RACE
White	194	121	57.4	49.1-65.4	73	42.6	34.6-50.9
Other	29	16	37.9	17.7-63.3	13	62.1	36.7-82.3
AGE
18-44	48	22	36.1	22.0-53.1	26	63.9	46.9-78.0
45+	174	114	63.8	55.4-71.4	60	36.2	28.6-44.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	93	57	51.6	37.3-65.6	36	48.4	34.4-62.7
Some College +	129	79	55.9	45.8-65.6	50	44.1	34.4-54.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	132	79	50.2	39.0-61.5	53	49.8	38.5-61.0
$50,000+	56	37	62.7	48.2-75.2	19	37.3	24.8-51.8

*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: Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	223	137	54.2	45.7-62.5	86	45.8	37.5-54.3
GENDER
Male	69	37	45.2	31.4-59.8	32	54.8	40.2-68.6
Female	154	100	60.6	50.8-69.6	54	39.4	30.4-49.2
RACE
White	194	121	57.4	49.1-65.4	73	42.6	34.6-50.9
Other	29	16	37.9	17.7-63.3	13	62.1	36.7-82.3
AGE
18-44	48	22	36.1	22.0-53.1	26	63.9	46.9-78.0
45+	174	114	63.8	55.4-71.4	60	36.2	28.6-44.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	93	57	51.6	37.3-65.6	36	48.4	34.4-62.7
Some College +	129	79	55.9	45.8-65.6	50	44.1	34.4-54.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	132	79	50.2	39.0-61.5	53	49.8	38.5-61.0
$50,000+	56	37	62.7	48.2-75.2	19	37.3	24.8-51.8