BRFSS 2005 - Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	237	68	27.5	21.5-34.5	169	72.5	65.5-78.5
GENDER
Male	79	14	17.4	9.9-28.9	65	82.6	71.1-90.1
Female	158	54	35.2	27.3-43.9	104	64.8	56.1-72.7
RACE
White	203	59	28.1	21.6-35.6	144	71.9	64.4-78.4
Other	32	9	25.1	11.8-45.4	23	74.9	54.6-88.2
AGE
18-44	44	8	17.1	7.9-33.2	36	82.9	66.8-92.1
45+	193	60	31.5	24.7-39.2	133	68.5	60.8-75.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	26	24.9	16.6-35.8	82	75.1	64.2-83.4
Some College +	129	42	29.8	21.9-39.2	87	70.2	60.8-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	134	41	29.2	21.0-39.0	93	70.8	61.0-79.0
$50,000+	68	19	27.2	17.1-40.4	49	72.8	59.6-82.9

*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: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml.	237	68	27.5	21.5-34.5	169	72.5	65.5-78.5
GENDER
Male	79	14	17.4	9.9-28.9	65	82.6	71.1-90.1
Female	158	54	35.2	27.3-43.9	104	64.8	56.1-72.7
RACE
White	203	59	28.1	21.6-35.6	144	71.9	64.4-78.4
Other	32	9	25.1	11.8-45.4	23	74.9	54.6-88.2
AGE
18-44	44	8	17.1	7.9-33.2	36	82.9	66.8-92.1
45+	193	60	31.5	24.7-39.2	133	68.5	60.8-75.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	26	24.9	16.6-35.8	82	75.1	64.2-83.4
Some College +	129	42	29.8	21.9-39.2	87	70.2	60.8-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	134	41	29.2	21.0-39.0	93	70.8	61.0-79.0
$50,000+	68	19	27.2	17.1-40.4	49	72.8	59.6-82.9