BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	215	67	36.6	28.9-45.1	148	63.4	54.9-71.1
GENDER
Male	64	23	39.2	26.3-53.8	41	60.8	46.2-73.7
Female	151	44	34.8	25.8-45.1	107	65.2	54.9-74.2
RACE
White	182	56	35.2	27.0-44.4	126	64.8	55.6-73.0
Other	33	11	42.6	23.8-63.8	22	57.4	36.2-76.2
AGE
18-44	46	14	39.8	23.4-58.9	32	60.2	41.1-76.6
45+	168	53	35.5	27.5-44.4	115	64.5	55.6-72.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	27	39.9	26.7-54.9	50	60.1	45.1-73.3
Some College +	138	40	34.6	25.6-44.7	98	65.4	55.3-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	116	36	37.8	26.9-50.1	80	62.2	49.9-73.1
$50,000+	69	23	36.3	24.7-49.7	46	63.7	50.3-75.3

*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: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	215	67	36.6	28.9-45.1	148	63.4	54.9-71.1
GENDER
Male	64	23	39.2	26.3-53.8	41	60.8	46.2-73.7
Female	151	44	34.8	25.8-45.1	107	65.2	54.9-74.2
RACE
White	182	56	35.2	27.0-44.4	126	64.8	55.6-73.0
Other	33	11	42.6	23.8-63.8	22	57.4	36.2-76.2
AGE
18-44	46	14	39.8	23.4-58.9	32	60.2	41.1-76.6
45+	168	53	35.5	27.5-44.4	115	64.5	55.6-72.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	27	39.9	26.7-54.9	50	60.1	45.1-73.3
Some College +	138	40	34.6	25.6-44.7	98	65.4	55.3-74.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	116	36	37.8	26.9-50.1	80	62.2	49.9-73.1
$50,000+	69	23	36.3	24.7-49.7	46	63.7	50.3-75.3