BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	238	62	23.8	17.9-30.9	176	76.2	69.1-82.1
GENDER
Male	89	16	17.5	9.8-29.3	73	82.5	70.7-90.2
Female	149	46	29.9	22.5-38.6	103	70.1	61.4-77.5
RACE
White	215	55	24.7	18.3-32.5	160	75.3	67.5-81.7
Other	23	7	16.3	6.9-33.9	16	83.7	66.1-93.1
AGE
18-44	40	7	13.0	5.3-28.4	33	87.0	71.6-94.7
45+	196	55	27.7	21.0-35.6	141	72.3	64.4-79.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	37	22.1	15.0-31.4	96	77.9	68.6-85.0
Some College +	104	25	26.1	17.2-37.5	79	73.9	62.5-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	35	20.8	13.6-30.3	111	79.2	69.7-86.4
$50,000+	55	20	35.8	23.4-50.3	35	64.2	49.7-76.6

*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: Gaston 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
-Gaston County	238	62	23.8	17.9-30.9	176	76.2	69.1-82.1
GENDER
Male	89	16	17.5	9.8-29.3	73	82.5	70.7-90.2
Female	149	46	29.9	22.5-38.6	103	70.1	61.4-77.5
RACE
White	215	55	24.7	18.3-32.5	160	75.3	67.5-81.7
Other	23	7	16.3	6.9-33.9	16	83.7	66.1-93.1
AGE
18-44	40	7	13.0	5.3-28.4	33	87.0	71.6-94.7
45+	196	55	27.7	21.0-35.6	141	72.3	64.4-79.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	133	37	22.1	15.0-31.4	96	77.9	68.6-85.0
Some College +	104	25	26.1	17.2-37.5	79	73.9	62.5-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	35	20.8	13.6-30.3	111	79.2	69.7-86.4
$50,000+	55	20	35.8	23.4-50.3	35	64.2	49.7-76.6