BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	209	82	33.9	26.5-42.2	127	66.1	57.8-73.5
GENDER
Male	63	19	30.0	18.5-44.7	44	70.0	55.3-81.5
Female	146	63	37.6	29.1-46.8	83	62.4	53.2-70.9
RACE
White	151	53	32.0	24.1-41.2	98	68.0	58.8-75.9
Other	58	29	38.2	23.0-56.1	29	61.8	43.9-77.0
AGE
18-44	40	12	23.3	11.7-41.0	28	76.7	59.0-88.3
45+	169	70	38.7	30.4-47.9	99	61.3	52.1-69.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	52	34.4	24.9-45.3	79	65.6	54.7-75.1
Some College +	78	30	33.1	22.2-46.2	48	66.9	53.8-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	58	37.8	27.8-49.1	68	62.2	50.9-72.2
$50,000+	45	16	34.4	20.6-51.4	29	65.6	48.6-79.4

*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: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	209	82	33.9	26.5-42.2	127	66.1	57.8-73.5
GENDER
Male	63	19	30.0	18.5-44.7	44	70.0	55.3-81.5
Female	146	63	37.6	29.1-46.8	83	62.4	53.2-70.9
RACE
White	151	53	32.0	24.1-41.2	98	68.0	58.8-75.9
Other	58	29	38.2	23.0-56.1	29	61.8	43.9-77.0
AGE
18-44	40	12	23.3	11.7-41.0	28	76.7	59.0-88.3
45+	169	70	38.7	30.4-47.9	99	61.3	52.1-69.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	52	34.4	24.9-45.3	79	65.6	54.7-75.1
Some College +	78	30	33.1	22.2-46.2	48	66.9	53.8-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	58	37.8	27.8-49.1	68	62.2	50.9-72.2
$50,000+	45	16	34.4	20.6-51.4	29	65.6	48.6-79.4