BRFSS 2005 - Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	200	67	33.0	25.7-41.2	133	67.0	58.8-74.3
GENDER
Male	63	13	20.2	11.3-33.4	50	79.8	66.6-88.7
Female	137	54	43.7	34.4-53.6	83	56.3	46.4-65.6
RACE
White	131	44	33.9	25.3-43.6	87	66.1	56.4-74.7
Other	66	20	28.6	17.7-42.7	46	71.4	57.3-82.3
AGE
18-44	38	13	31.4	17.0-50.6	25	68.6	49.4-83.0
45+	162	54	33.7	26.0-42.3	108	66.3	57.7-74.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	37	30.6	21.6-41.4	81	69.4	58.6-78.4
Some College +	82	30	36.5	25.2-49.5	52	63.5	50.5-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	40	31.4	22.4-41.9	86	68.6	58.1-77.6
$50,000+	47	20	40.2	25.7-56.6	27	59.8	43.4-74.3

*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: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	200	67	33.0	25.7-41.2	133	67.0	58.8-74.3
GENDER
Male	63	13	20.2	11.3-33.4	50	79.8	66.6-88.7
Female	137	54	43.7	34.4-53.6	83	56.3	46.4-65.6
RACE
White	131	44	33.9	25.3-43.6	87	66.1	56.4-74.7
Other	66	20	28.6	17.7-42.7	46	71.4	57.3-82.3
AGE
18-44	38	13	31.4	17.0-50.6	25	68.6	49.4-83.0
45+	162	54	33.7	26.0-42.3	108	66.3	57.7-74.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	118	37	30.6	21.6-41.4	81	69.4	58.6-78.4
Some College +	82	30	36.5	25.2-49.5	52	63.5	50.5-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	40	31.4	22.4-41.9	86	68.6	58.1-77.6
$50,000+	47	20	40.2	25.7-56.6	27	59.8	43.4-74.3