BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested losing weight to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,075	2,653	30.8	29.5-32.1	5,422	69.2	67.9-70.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	219	82	34.2	27.4-41.7	137	65.8	58.3-72.6
GENDER
Male	65	20	23.2	14.5-35.0	45	76.8	65.0-85.5
Female	154	62	41.2	32.4-50.6	92	58.8	49.4-67.6
RACE
White	181	64	32.1	24.9-40.2	117	67.9	59.8-75.1
Other	36	18	46.4	28.9-64.8	18	53.6	35.2-71.1
AGE
18-44	41	9	14.3	7.0-26.9	32	85.7	73.1-93.0
45+	177	73	40.9	32.8-49.6	104	59.1	50.4-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	37	29.9	20.9-40.6	79	70.1	59.4-79.1
Some College +	103	45	39.8	30.1-50.5	58	60.2	49.5-69.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	49	31.1	23.1-40.4	92	68.9	59.6-76.9
$50,000+	50	21	37.4	24.0-53.1	29	62.6	46.9-76.0

*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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Arthritis Management

Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested losing weight to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,075	2,653	30.8	29.5-32.1	5,422	69.2	67.9-70.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	219	82	34.2	27.4-41.7	137	65.8	58.3-72.6
GENDER
Male	65	20	23.2	14.5-35.0	45	76.8	65.0-85.5
Female	154	62	41.2	32.4-50.6	92	58.8	49.4-67.6
RACE
White	181	64	32.1	24.9-40.2	117	67.9	59.8-75.1
Other	36	18	46.4	28.9-64.8	18	53.6	35.2-71.1
AGE
18-44	41	9	14.3	7.0-26.9	32	85.7	73.1-93.0
45+	177	73	40.9	32.8-49.6	104	59.1	50.4-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	37	29.9	20.9-40.6	79	70.1	59.4-79.1
Some College +	103	45	39.8	30.1-50.5	58	60.2	49.5-69.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	49	31.1	23.1-40.4	92	68.9	59.6-76.9
$50,000+	50	21	37.4	24.0-53.1	29	62.6	46.9-76.0