BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	193	112	55.4	46.9-63.7	81	44.6	36.3-53.1
GENDER
Male	54	27	40.1	26.5-55.4	27	59.9	44.6-73.5
Female	139	85	65.2	56.3-73.2	54	34.8	26.8-43.7
RACE
White	141	82	55.6	45.4-65.4	59	44.4	34.6-54.6
Other	51	30	57.6	41.9-71.9	21	42.4	28.1-58.1
AGE
18-44	39	18	39.5	23.7-57.9	21	60.5	42.1-76.3
45+	153	93	61.3	52.2-69.7	60	38.7	30.3-47.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	76	48	58.1	43.4-71.4	28	41.9	28.6-56.6
Some College +	117	64	53.6	43.2-63.7	53	46.4	36.3-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	107	68	59.0	46.9-70.2	39	41.0	29.8-53.1
$50,000+	54	23	43.7	29.7-58.8	31	56.3	41.2-70.3

*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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	193	112	55.4	46.9-63.7	81	44.6	36.3-53.1
GENDER
Male	54	27	40.1	26.5-55.4	27	59.9	44.6-73.5
Female	139	85	65.2	56.3-73.2	54	34.8	26.8-43.7
RACE
White	141	82	55.6	45.4-65.4	59	44.4	34.6-54.6
Other	51	30	57.6	41.9-71.9	21	42.4	28.1-58.1
AGE
18-44	39	18	39.5	23.7-57.9	21	60.5	42.1-76.3
45+	153	93	61.3	52.2-69.7	60	38.7	30.3-47.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	76	48	58.1	43.4-71.4	28	41.9	28.6-56.6
Some College +	117	64	53.6	43.2-63.7	53	46.4	36.3-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	107	68	59.0	46.9-70.2	39	41.0	29.8-53.1
$50,000+	54	23	43.7	29.7-58.8	31	56.3	41.2-70.3