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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Arthritis Management

Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested physical activity
or exercise to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,749 1,943 49.2 46.8-51.5 1,806 50.8 48.5-53.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 92 43 48.9 31.6-66.4 49 51.1 33.6-68.4
Buncombe 104 50 37.5 26.7-49.9 54 62.5 50.1-73.3
Cabarrus 86 41 34.8 22.4-49.7 45 65.2 50.3-77.6
Catawba 90 47 45.3 33.2-58.0 43 54.7 42.0-66.8
Cumberland 95 57 53.7 40.7-66.2 38 46.3 33.8-59.3
Davidson 114 56 41.6 30.4-53.8 58 58.4 46.2-69.6
Durham 75 45 60.9 46.7-73.6 30 39.1 26.4-53.3
Forsyth 94 46 43.7 31.2-57.1 48 56.3 42.9-68.8
Gaston 98 50 47.2 35.1-59.7 48 52.8 40.3-64.9
Guilford 99 58 57.8 46.2-68.6 41 42.2 31.4-53.8
Iredell 87 44 58.5 46.6-69.5 43 41.5 30.5-53.4
Johnston 116 61 53.3 41.1-65.0 55 46.7 35.0-58.9
Mecklenburg 141 80 54.6 44.7-64.2 61 45.4 35.8-55.3
New Hanover 93 54 57.9 46.1-68.9 39 42.1 31.1-53.9
Onslow 93 45 43.0 30.8-56.2 48 57.0 43.8-69.2
Orange 75 39 48.6 36.1-61.4 36 51.4 38.6-63.9
Pitt 107 62 53.3 41.7-64.5 45 46.7 35.5-58.3
Randolph 82 46 57.0 44.0-69.0 36 43.0 31.0-56.0
Robeson 125 60 47.1 35.6-59.0 65 52.9 41.0-64.4
Rowan 124 68 60.7 49.3-71.0 56 39.3 29.0-50.7
Union 86 37 39.4 27.3-52.9 49 60.6 47.1-72.7
Wake 122 69 50.2 39.3-61.0 53 49.8 39.0-60.7
Wayne 90 48 56.7 43.7-68.9 42 43.3 31.1-56.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,247 651 50.0 46.2-53.8 596 50.0 46.2-53.8
Piedmont 1,671 865 49.4 45.9-53.0 806 50.6 47.0-54.1
Western NC 831 427 46.6 42.1-51.1 404 53.4 48.9-57.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 579 298 45.2 39.8-50.8 281 54.8 49.2-60.2
Northwest 789 407 49.3 43.6-54.9 382 50.7 45.1-56.4
Charlotte 458 235 50.0 43.5-56.4 223 50.0 43.6-56.5
Greensboro 386 203 52.7 45.7-59.5 183 47.3 40.5-54.3
Southern Regional 377 187 46.8 39.6-54.2 190 53.2 45.8-60.4
Coastal 211 115 53.5 44.6-62.2 96 46.5 37.8-55.4
Wake 361 192 48.9 41.7-56.2 169 51.1 43.8-58.3
Area L 108 56 50.8 39.8-61.7 52 49.2 38.3-60.2
Eastern 480 250 48.0 42.2-53.9 230 52.0 46.1-57.8

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*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.

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.

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