BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	200	58	27.4	20.9-35.1	142	72.6	64.9-79.1
GENDER
Male	69	19	25.2	15.5-38.4	50	74.8	61.6-84.5
Female	131	39	29.3	21.3-38.7	92	70.7	61.3-78.7
RACE
White	152	40	24.2	17.3-32.7	112	75.8	67.3-82.7
Other	48	18	35.8	22.0-52.4	30	64.2	47.6-78.0
AGE
18-44	37	10	22.5	10.8-41.1	27	77.5	58.9-89.2
45+	161	48	29.8	22.5-38.2	113	70.2	61.8-77.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	25	26.5	17.2-38.5	63	73.5	61.5-82.8
Some College +	110	32	27.8	19.2-38.4	78	72.2	61.6-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	107	38	35.5	26.0-46.3	69	64.5	53.7-74.0
$50,000+	52	11	25.0	13.5-41.4	41	75.0	58.6-86.5

*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: Guilford 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
-Guilford County	200	58	27.4	20.9-35.1	142	72.6	64.9-79.1
GENDER
Male	69	19	25.2	15.5-38.4	50	74.8	61.6-84.5
Female	131	39	29.3	21.3-38.7	92	70.7	61.3-78.7
RACE
White	152	40	24.2	17.3-32.7	112	75.8	67.3-82.7
Other	48	18	35.8	22.0-52.4	30	64.2	47.6-78.0
AGE
18-44	37	10	22.5	10.8-41.1	27	77.5	58.9-89.2
45+	161	48	29.8	22.5-38.2	113	70.2	61.8-77.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	25	26.5	17.2-38.5	63	73.5	61.5-82.8
Some College +	110	32	27.8	19.2-38.4	78	72.2	61.6-80.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	107	38	35.5	26.0-46.3	69	64.5	53.7-74.0
$50,000+	52	11	25.0	13.5-41.4	41	75.0	58.6-86.5