BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	359	211	58.8	52.4-65.0	148	41.2	35.0-47.6
GENDER
Male	112	55	53.5	41.9-64.6	57	46.5	35.4-58.1
Female	247	156	63.1	56.3-69.5	91	36.9	30.5-43.7
RACE
White	257	150	58.6	51.2-65.6	107	41.4	34.4-48.8
Other	99	61	61.3	47.5-73.5	38	38.7	26.5-52.5
AGE
18-44	78	46	58.1	43.9-71.0	32	41.9	29.0-56.1
45+	279	165	59.5	52.8-65.8	114	40.5	34.2-47.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	54	55.4	41.6-68.4	48	44.6	31.6-58.4
Some College +	255	157	60.9	53.8-67.6	98	39.1	32.4-46.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	160	88	53.4	43.3-63.3	72	46.6	36.7-56.7
$50,000+	141	90	64.9	55.3-73.4	51	35.1	26.6-44.7

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	359	211	58.8	52.4-65.0	148	41.2	35.0-47.6
GENDER
Male	112	55	53.5	41.9-64.6	57	46.5	35.4-58.1
Female	247	156	63.1	56.3-69.5	91	36.9	30.5-43.7
RACE
White	257	150	58.6	51.2-65.6	107	41.4	34.4-48.8
Other	99	61	61.3	47.5-73.5	38	38.7	26.5-52.5
AGE
18-44	78	46	58.1	43.9-71.0	32	41.9	29.0-56.1
45+	279	165	59.5	52.8-65.8	114	40.5	34.2-47.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	54	55.4	41.6-68.4	48	44.6	31.6-58.4
Some College +	255	157	60.9	53.8-67.6	98	39.1	32.4-46.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	160	88	53.4	43.3-63.3	72	46.6	36.7-56.7
$50,000+	141	90	64.9	55.3-73.4	51	35.1	26.6-44.7