BRFSS 2005 - Iredell 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
-Iredell County	170	58	34.6	26.4-43.8	112	65.4	56.2-73.6
GENDER
Male	67	23	33.0	21.1-47.6	44	67.0	52.4-78.9
Female	103	35	36.4	26.5-47.7	68	63.6	52.3-73.5
RACE
White	145	49	34.2	25.9-43.6	96	65.8	56.4-74.1
Other	25	9	36.6	15.8-64.0	16	63.4	36.0-84.2
AGE
18-44	46	15	32.6	18.3-51.1	31	67.4	48.9-81.7
45+	124	43	35.8	26.7-46.0	81	64.2	54.0-73.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	36	40.3	28.8-52.9	59	59.7	47.1-71.2
Some College +	75	22	27.6	17.7-40.4	53	72.4	59.6-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	101	41	42.2	30.9-54.4	60	57.8	45.6-69.1
$50,000+	41	12	23.9	13.2-39.3	29	76.1	60.7-86.8

*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: Iredell 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
-Iredell County	170	58	34.6	26.4-43.8	112	65.4	56.2-73.6
GENDER
Male	67	23	33.0	21.1-47.6	44	67.0	52.4-78.9
Female	103	35	36.4	26.5-47.7	68	63.6	52.3-73.5
RACE
White	145	49	34.2	25.9-43.6	96	65.8	56.4-74.1
Other	25	9	36.6	15.8-64.0	16	63.4	36.0-84.2
AGE
18-44	46	15	32.6	18.3-51.1	31	67.4	48.9-81.7
45+	124	43	35.8	26.7-46.0	81	64.2	54.0-73.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	36	40.3	28.8-52.9	59	59.7	47.1-71.2
Some College +	75	22	27.6	17.7-40.4	53	72.4	59.6-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	101	41	42.2	30.9-54.4	60	57.8	45.6-69.1
$50,000+	41	12	23.9	13.2-39.3	29	76.1	60.7-86.8