BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	308	161	50.4	43.3-57.5	147	49.6	42.5-56.7
GENDER
Male	103	50	49.3	37.4-61.2	53	50.7	38.8-62.6
Female	205	111	51.4	43.4-59.4	94	48.6	40.6-56.6
RACE
White	196	106	52.3	43.2-61.3	90	47.7	38.7-56.8
Other	112	55	46.7	35.9-57.7	57	53.3	42.3-64.1
AGE
18-44	67	29	47.6	32.1-63.7	38	52.4	36.3-67.9
45+	241	132	51.6	44.2-59.0	109	48.4	41.0-55.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	98	47.1	37.9-56.4	95	52.9	43.6-62.1
Some College +	115	63	56.6	45.7-66.8	52	43.4	33.2-54.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	214	109	49.3	40.5-58.0	105	50.7	42.0-59.5
$50,000+	50	27	54.6	38.2-70.1	23	45.4	29.9-61.8

*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: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	308	161	50.4	43.3-57.5	147	49.6	42.5-56.7
GENDER
Male	103	50	49.3	37.4-61.2	53	50.7	38.8-62.6
Female	205	111	51.4	43.4-59.4	94	48.6	40.6-56.6
RACE
White	196	106	52.3	43.2-61.3	90	47.7	38.7-56.8
Other	112	55	46.7	35.9-57.7	57	53.3	42.3-64.1
AGE
18-44	67	29	47.6	32.1-63.7	38	52.4	36.3-67.9
45+	241	132	51.6	44.2-59.0	109	48.4	41.0-55.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	98	47.1	37.9-56.4	95	52.9	43.6-62.1
Some College +	115	63	56.6	45.7-66.8	52	43.4	33.2-54.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	214	109	49.3	40.5-58.0	105	50.7	42.0-59.5
$50,000+	50	27	54.6	38.2-70.1	23	45.4	29.9-61.8