BRFSS 2005 - Catawba County: (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
-Catawba County	219	51	20.4	15.0-27.0	168	79.6	73.0-85.0
GENDER
Male	87	11	9.5	5.0-17.2	76	90.5	82.8-95.0
Female	132	40	30.1	21.6-40.2	92	69.9	59.8-78.4
RACE
White	204	48	20.6	15.1-27.6	156	79.4	72.4-84.9
Other	15	3	16.5	4.8-43.6	12	83.5	56.4-95.2
AGE
18-44	47	10	16.4	7.8-31.1	37	83.6	68.9-92.2
45+	170	41	22.7	16.6-30.2	129	77.3	69.8-83.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	126	27	19.6	12.7-28.9	99	80.4	71.1-87.3
Some College +	93	24	21.3	13.7-31.6	69	78.7	68.4-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	135	32	22.1	15.0-31.4	103	77.9	68.6-85.0
$50,000+	44	10	18.9	9.6-33.8	34	81.1	66.2-90.4

*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: Catawba County

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
-Catawba County	219	51	20.4	15.0-27.0	168	79.6	73.0-85.0
GENDER
Male	87	11	9.5	5.0-17.2	76	90.5	82.8-95.0
Female	132	40	30.1	21.6-40.2	92	69.9	59.8-78.4
RACE
White	204	48	20.6	15.1-27.6	156	79.4	72.4-84.9
Other	15	3	16.5	4.8-43.6	12	83.5	56.4-95.2
AGE
18-44	47	10	16.4	7.8-31.1	37	83.6	68.9-92.2
45+	170	41	22.7	16.6-30.2	129	77.3	69.8-83.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	126	27	19.6	12.7-28.9	99	80.4	71.1-87.3
Some College +	93	24	21.3	13.7-31.6	69	78.7	68.4-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	135	32	22.1	15.0-31.4	103	77.9	68.6-85.0
$50,000+	44	10	18.9	9.6-33.8	34	81.1	66.2-90.4