BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	317	160	43.5	36.9-50.3	157	56.5	49.7-63.1
GENDER
Male	106	43	31.2	22.3-41.7	63	68.8	58.3-77.7
Female	211	117	52.9	44.7-61.0	94	47.1	39.0-55.3
RACE
White	257	126	43.8	36.7-51.3	131	56.2	48.7-63.3
Other	57	32	40.6	25.7-57.5	25	59.4	42.5-74.3
AGE
18-44	93	31	26.0	16.8-38.1	62	74.0	61.9-83.2
45+	224	129	57.0	49.5-64.1	95	43.0	35.9-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	44	39.9	27.2-54.2	39	60.1	45.8-72.8
Some College +	234	116	44.8	37.4-52.5	118	55.2	47.5-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	67	41.7	30.8-53.5	62	58.3	46.5-69.2
$50,000+	144	72	45.4	36.3-54.9	72	54.6	45.1-63.7

*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: Wake 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
-Wake County	317	160	43.5	36.9-50.3	157	56.5	49.7-63.1
GENDER
Male	106	43	31.2	22.3-41.7	63	68.8	58.3-77.7
Female	211	117	52.9	44.7-61.0	94	47.1	39.0-55.3
RACE
White	257	126	43.8	36.7-51.3	131	56.2	48.7-63.3
Other	57	32	40.6	25.7-57.5	25	59.4	42.5-74.3
AGE
18-44	93	31	26.0	16.8-38.1	62	74.0	61.9-83.2
45+	224	129	57.0	49.5-64.1	95	43.0	35.9-50.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	44	39.9	27.2-54.2	39	60.1	45.8-72.8
Some College +	234	116	44.8	37.4-52.5	118	55.2	47.5-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	67	41.7	30.8-53.5	62	58.3	46.5-69.2
$50,000+	144	72	45.4	36.3-54.9	72	54.6	45.1-63.7