BRFSS 2005 - Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	249	133	47.6	39.8-55.6	116	52.4	44.4-60.2
GENDER
Male	66	24	32.8	20.6-47.8	42	67.2	52.2-79.4
Female	183	109	57.2	48.9-65.1	74	42.8	34.9-51.1
RACE
White	180	96	46.2	36.9-55.7	84	53.8	44.3-63.1
Other	69	37	51.9	38.3-65.2	32	48.1	34.8-61.7
AGE
18-44	51	26	37.2	22.1-55.2	25	62.8	44.8-77.9
45+	198	107	51.6	43.5-59.6	91	48.4	40.4-56.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	136	66	43.4	33.3-54.2	70	56.6	45.8-66.7
Some College +	113	67	53.1	41.0-64.9	46	46.9	35.1-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	158	80	45.5	35.9-55.5	78	54.5	44.5-64.1
$50,000+	53	30	55.1	40.1-69.2	23	44.9	30.8-59.9

*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: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	249	133	47.6	39.8-55.6	116	52.4	44.4-60.2
GENDER
Male	66	24	32.8	20.6-47.8	42	67.2	52.2-79.4
Female	183	109	57.2	48.9-65.1	74	42.8	34.9-51.1
RACE
White	180	96	46.2	36.9-55.7	84	53.8	44.3-63.1
Other	69	37	51.9	38.3-65.2	32	48.1	34.8-61.7
AGE
18-44	51	26	37.2	22.1-55.2	25	62.8	44.8-77.9
45+	198	107	51.6	43.5-59.6	91	48.4	40.4-56.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	136	66	43.4	33.3-54.2	70	56.6	45.8-66.7
Some College +	113	67	53.1	41.0-64.9	46	46.9	35.1-59.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	158	80	45.5	35.9-55.5	78	54.5	44.5-64.1
$50,000+	53	30	55.1	40.1-69.2	23	44.9	30.8-59.9