BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	216	115	52.1	44.3-59.8	101	47.9	40.2-55.7
GENDER
Male	64	36	56.6	42.6-69.5	28	43.4	30.5-57.4
Female	152	79	49.3	40.1-58.5	73	50.7	41.5-59.9
RACE
White	178	91	48.6	40.1-57.3	87	51.4	42.7-59.9
Other	36	23	67.0	48.3-81.5	13	33.0	18.5-51.7
AGE
18-44	41	17	44.9	28.3-62.7	24	55.1	37.3-71.7
45+	175	98	54.6	45.9-63.0	77	45.4	37.0-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	58	51.9	40.9-62.7	56	48.1	37.3-59.1
Some College +	102	57	52.5	41.7-63.0	45	47.5	37.0-58.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	139	75	52.7	42.8-62.3	64	47.3	37.7-57.2
$50,000+	50	25	51.0	35.8-66.1	25	49.0	33.9-64.2

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	216	115	52.1	44.3-59.8	101	47.9	40.2-55.7
GENDER
Male	64	36	56.6	42.6-69.5	28	43.4	30.5-57.4
Female	152	79	49.3	40.1-58.5	73	50.7	41.5-59.9
RACE
White	178	91	48.6	40.1-57.3	87	51.4	42.7-59.9
Other	36	23	67.0	48.3-81.5	13	33.0	18.5-51.7
AGE
18-44	41	17	44.9	28.3-62.7	24	55.1	37.3-71.7
45+	175	98	54.6	45.9-63.0	77	45.4	37.0-54.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	58	51.9	40.9-62.7	56	48.1	37.3-59.1
Some College +	102	57	52.5	41.7-63.0	45	47.5	37.0-58.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	139	75	52.7	42.8-62.3	64	47.3	37.7-57.2
$50,000+	50	25	51.0	35.8-66.1	25	49.0	33.9-64.2