BRFSS 2005 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	178	66	36.6	28.3-45.8	112	63.4	54.2-71.7
GENDER
Male	63	19	29.0	17.7-43.7	44	71.0	56.3-82.3
Female	115	47	43.4	32.7-54.7	68	56.6	45.3-67.3
RACE
White	154	54	33.4	24.8-43.3	100	66.6	56.7-75.2
Other	24	12	56.3	33.3-76.9	12	43.7	23.1-66.7
AGE
18-44	43	13	29.8	16.4-47.7	30	70.2	52.3-83.6
45+	135	53	40.3	30.6-50.8	82	59.7	49.2-69.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	107	41	39.7	28.6-51.9	66	60.3	48.1-71.4
Some College +	71	25	32.8	21.2-47.0	46	67.2	53.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	43	41.3	29.9-53.8	60	58.7	46.2-70.1
$50,000+	46	13	30.7	17.3-48.4	33	69.3	51.6-82.7

*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: Johnston 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
-Johnston County	178	66	36.6	28.3-45.8	112	63.4	54.2-71.7
GENDER
Male	63	19	29.0	17.7-43.7	44	71.0	56.3-82.3
Female	115	47	43.4	32.7-54.7	68	56.6	45.3-67.3
RACE
White	154	54	33.4	24.8-43.3	100	66.6	56.7-75.2
Other	24	12	56.3	33.3-76.9	12	43.7	23.1-66.7
AGE
18-44	43	13	29.8	16.4-47.7	30	70.2	52.3-83.6
45+	135	53	40.3	30.6-50.8	82	59.7	49.2-69.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	107	41	39.7	28.6-51.9	66	60.3	48.1-71.4
Some College +	71	25	32.8	21.2-47.0	46	67.2	53.0-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	103	43	41.3	29.9-53.8	60	58.7	46.2-70.1
$50,000+	46	13	30.7	17.3-48.4	33	69.3	51.6-82.7