BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	240	120	45.7	37.5-54.2	120	54.3	45.8-62.5
GENDER
Male	91	41	36.6	25.1-49.9	50	63.4	50.1-74.9
Female	149	79	54.9	46.0-63.5	70	45.1	36.5-54.0
RACE
White	217	109	47.1	38.2-56.1	108	52.9	43.9-61.8
Other	23	11	34.5	16.4-58.5	12	65.5	41.5-83.6
AGE
18-44	40	20	41.0	21.6-63.6	20	59.0	36.4-78.4
45+	198	99	47.4	39.6-55.3	99	52.6	44.7-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	135	64	42.2	31.1-54.2	71	57.8	45.8-68.9
Some College +	104	55	50.3	39.5-61.1	49	49.7	38.9-60.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	67	39.2	28.9-50.5	79	60.8	49.5-71.1
$50,000+	57	36	63.0	48.5-75.5	21	37.0	24.5-51.5

*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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	240	120	45.7	37.5-54.2	120	54.3	45.8-62.5
GENDER
Male	91	41	36.6	25.1-49.9	50	63.4	50.1-74.9
Female	149	79	54.9	46.0-63.5	70	45.1	36.5-54.0
RACE
White	217	109	47.1	38.2-56.1	108	52.9	43.9-61.8
Other	23	11	34.5	16.4-58.5	12	65.5	41.5-83.6
AGE
18-44	40	20	41.0	21.6-63.6	20	59.0	36.4-78.4
45+	198	99	47.4	39.6-55.3	99	52.6	44.7-60.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	135	64	42.2	31.1-54.2	71	57.8	45.8-68.9
Some College +	104	55	50.3	39.5-61.1	49	49.7	38.9-60.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	67	39.2	28.9-50.5	79	60.8	49.5-71.1
$50,000+	57	36	63.0	48.5-75.5	21	37.0	24.5-51.5