BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	214	125	58.9	50.8-66.5	89	41.1	33.5-49.2
GENDER
Male	63	34	54.7	40.6-68.2	29	45.3	31.8-59.4
Female	151	91	61.7	52.4-70.3	60	38.3	29.7-47.6
RACE
White	181	106	58.7	50.0-66.9	75	41.3	33.1-50.0
Other	33	19	59.7	38.7-77.7	14	40.3	22.3-61.3
AGE
18-44	46	25	59.5	41.7-75.2	21	40.5	24.8-58.3
45+	167	99	58.3	49.6-66.6	68	41.7	33.4-50.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	45	55.5	41.5-68.8	34	44.5	31.2-58.5
Some College +	135	80	61.1	51.5-69.8	55	38.9	30.2-48.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	115	64	56.9	45.5-67.6	51	43.1	32.4-54.5
$50,000+	69	42	63.4	50.4-74.7	27	36.6	25.3-49.6

*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: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	214	125	58.9	50.8-66.5	89	41.1	33.5-49.2
GENDER
Male	63	34	54.7	40.6-68.2	29	45.3	31.8-59.4
Female	151	91	61.7	52.4-70.3	60	38.3	29.7-47.6
RACE
White	181	106	58.7	50.0-66.9	75	41.3	33.1-50.0
Other	33	19	59.7	38.7-77.7	14	40.3	22.3-61.3
AGE
18-44	46	25	59.5	41.7-75.2	21	40.5	24.8-58.3
45+	167	99	58.3	49.6-66.6	68	41.7	33.4-50.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	79	45	55.5	41.5-68.8	34	44.5	31.2-58.5
Some College +	135	80	61.1	51.5-69.8	55	38.9	30.2-48.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	115	64	56.9	45.5-67.6	51	43.1	32.4-54.5
$50,000+	69	42	63.4	50.4-74.7	27	36.6	25.3-49.6