BRFSS 2005 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	176	74	36.2	28.7-44.5	102	63.8	55.5-71.3
GENDER
Male	56	21	26.3	16.3-39.5	35	73.7	60.5-83.7
Female	120	53	43.2	33.5-53.5	67	56.8	46.5-66.5
RACE
White	143	57	35.6	27.3-44.9	86	64.4	55.1-72.7
Other	32	16	38.1	22.0-57.2	16	61.9	42.8-78.0
AGE
18-44	52	14	22.9	13.3-36.5	38	77.1	63.5-86.7
45+	123	59	46.7	37.2-56.4	64	53.3	43.6-62.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	32	30.2	20.7-41.8	51	69.8	58.2-79.3
Some College +	93	42	41.6	30.7-53.4	51	58.4	46.6-69.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	110	46	35.5	26.0-46.3	64	64.5	53.7-74.0
$50,000+	40	17	40.2	25.4-57.0	23	59.8	43.0-74.6

*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: Onslow 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
-Onslow County	176	74	36.2	28.7-44.5	102	63.8	55.5-71.3
GENDER
Male	56	21	26.3	16.3-39.5	35	73.7	60.5-83.7
Female	120	53	43.2	33.5-53.5	67	56.8	46.5-66.5
RACE
White	143	57	35.6	27.3-44.9	86	64.4	55.1-72.7
Other	32	16	38.1	22.0-57.2	16	61.9	42.8-78.0
AGE
18-44	52	14	22.9	13.3-36.5	38	77.1	63.5-86.7
45+	123	59	46.7	37.2-56.4	64	53.3	43.6-62.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	83	32	30.2	20.7-41.8	51	69.8	58.2-79.3
Some College +	93	42	41.6	30.7-53.4	51	58.4	46.6-69.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	110	46	35.5	26.0-46.3	64	64.5	53.7-74.0
$50,000+	40	17	40.2	25.4-57.0	23	59.8	43.0-74.6