BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	249	127	50.3	43.1-57.4	122	49.7	42.6-56.9
GENDER
Male	82	34	43.9	32.2-56.3	48	56.1	43.7-67.8
Female	167	93	55.5	47.0-63.6	74	44.5	36.4-53.0
RACE
White	218	108	48.5	41.0-56.1	110	51.5	43.9-59.0
Other	29	17	60.0	37.8-78.8	12	40.0	21.2-62.2
AGE
18-44	48	20	36.5	23.5-51.9	28	63.5	48.1-76.5
45+	201	107	55.3	47.3-63.1	94	44.7	36.9-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	67	46.1	36.8-55.8	73	53.9	44.2-63.2
Some College +	109	60	55.5	44.7-65.9	49	44.5	34.1-55.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	164	82	48.7	39.7-57.8	82	51.3	42.2-60.3
$50,000+	48	25	52.6	37.4-67.3	23	47.4	32.7-62.6

*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: Rowan 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
-Rowan County	249	127	50.3	43.1-57.4	122	49.7	42.6-56.9
GENDER
Male	82	34	43.9	32.2-56.3	48	56.1	43.7-67.8
Female	167	93	55.5	47.0-63.6	74	44.5	36.4-53.0
RACE
White	218	108	48.5	41.0-56.1	110	51.5	43.9-59.0
Other	29	17	60.0	37.8-78.8	12	40.0	21.2-62.2
AGE
18-44	48	20	36.5	23.5-51.9	28	63.5	48.1-76.5
45+	201	107	55.3	47.3-63.1	94	44.7	36.9-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	140	67	46.1	36.8-55.8	73	53.9	44.2-63.2
Some College +	109	60	55.5	44.7-65.9	49	44.5	34.1-55.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	164	82	48.7	39.7-57.8	82	51.3	42.2-60.3
$50,000+	48	25	52.6	37.4-67.3	23	47.4	32.7-62.6