BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	173	99	51.7	43.0-60.2	74	48.3	39.8-57.0
GENDER
Male	70	36	47.7	35.0-60.6	34	52.3	39.4-65.0
Female	103	63	55.9	44.6-66.6	40	44.1	33.4-55.4
RACE
White	155	92	53.1	44.0-62.0	63	46.9	38.0-56.0
Other	17	7	44.5	20.4-71.5	10	55.5	28.5-79.6
AGE
18-44	38	14	37.0	22.0-55.1	24	63.0	44.9-78.0
45+	132	82	57.3	47.4-66.6	50	42.7	33.4-52.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	39	45.7	33.1-59.0	38	54.3	41.0-66.9
Some College +	95	60	57.0	45.2-68.0	35	43.0	32.0-54.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	50	49.9	38.1-61.7	42	50.1	38.3-61.9
$50,000+	59	35	52.4	38.1-66.3	24	47.6	33.7-61.9

*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: Union 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
-Union County	173	99	51.7	43.0-60.2	74	48.3	39.8-57.0
GENDER
Male	70	36	47.7	35.0-60.6	34	52.3	39.4-65.0
Female	103	63	55.9	44.6-66.6	40	44.1	33.4-55.4
RACE
White	155	92	53.1	44.0-62.0	63	46.9	38.0-56.0
Other	17	7	44.5	20.4-71.5	10	55.5	28.5-79.6
AGE
18-44	38	14	37.0	22.0-55.1	24	63.0	44.9-78.0
45+	132	82	57.3	47.4-66.6	50	42.7	33.4-52.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	39	45.7	33.1-59.0	38	54.3	41.0-66.9
Some College +	95	60	57.0	45.2-68.0	35	43.0	32.0-54.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	50	49.9	38.1-61.7	42	50.1	38.3-61.9
$50,000+	59	35	52.4	38.1-66.3	24	47.6	33.7-61.9