BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	208	113	49.1	40.5-57.7	95	50.9	42.3-59.5
GENDER
Male	63	27	42.8	29.3-57.5	36	57.2	42.5-70.7
Female	145	86	54.9	44.9-64.5	59	45.1	35.5-55.1
RACE
White	150	79	49.2	39.9-58.5	71	50.8	41.5-60.1
Other	58	34	48.8	31.3-66.7	24	51.2	33.3-68.7
AGE
18-44	39	15	29.8	16.0-48.6	24	70.2	51.4-84.0
45+	169	98	57.8	48.8-66.3	71	42.2	33.7-51.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	74	50.1	38.9-61.2	56	49.9	38.8-61.1
Some College +	78	39	47.4	34.5-60.7	39	52.6	39.3-65.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	70	45.9	35.0-57.3	55	54.1	42.7-65.0
$50,000+	45	23	56.6	40.4-71.5	22	43.4	28.5-59.6

*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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	208	113	49.1	40.5-57.7	95	50.9	42.3-59.5
GENDER
Male	63	27	42.8	29.3-57.5	36	57.2	42.5-70.7
Female	145	86	54.9	44.9-64.5	59	45.1	35.5-55.1
RACE
White	150	79	49.2	39.9-58.5	71	50.8	41.5-60.1
Other	58	34	48.8	31.3-66.7	24	51.2	33.3-68.7
AGE
18-44	39	15	29.8	16.0-48.6	24	70.2	51.4-84.0
45+	169	98	57.8	48.8-66.3	71	42.2	33.7-51.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	74	50.1	38.9-61.2	56	49.9	38.8-61.1
Some College +	78	39	47.4	34.5-60.7	39	52.6	39.3-65.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	125	70	45.9	35.0-57.3	55	54.1	42.7-65.0
$50,000+	45	23	56.6	40.4-71.5	22	43.4	28.5-59.6