BRFSS 2005 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	203	83	37.5	30.1-45.6	120	62.5	54.4-69.9
GENDER
Male	64	21	33.9	22.1-48.0	43	66.1	52.0-77.9
Female	139	62	40.3	31.4-49.9	77	59.7	50.1-68.6
RACE
White	136	48	34.6	25.9-44.4	88	65.4	55.6-74.1
Other	67	35	42.4	29.3-56.7	32	57.6	43.3-70.7
AGE
18-44	41	14	30.6	16.8-49.0	27	69.4	51.0-83.2
45+	160	69	40.8	32.4-49.7	91	59.2	50.3-67.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	39	40.4	29.4-52.4	56	59.6	47.6-70.6
Some College +	107	44	35.4	25.7-46.4	63	64.6	53.6-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	41	32.0	22.9-42.6	73	68.0	57.4-77.1
$50,000+	59	27	42.1	28.4-57.2	32	57.9	42.8-71.6

*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: Pitt 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
-Pitt County	203	83	37.5	30.1-45.6	120	62.5	54.4-69.9
GENDER
Male	64	21	33.9	22.1-48.0	43	66.1	52.0-77.9
Female	139	62	40.3	31.4-49.9	77	59.7	50.1-68.6
RACE
White	136	48	34.6	25.9-44.4	88	65.4	55.6-74.1
Other	67	35	42.4	29.3-56.7	32	57.6	43.3-70.7
AGE
18-44	41	14	30.6	16.8-49.0	27	69.4	51.0-83.2
45+	160	69	40.8	32.4-49.7	91	59.2	50.3-67.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	39	40.4	29.4-52.4	56	59.6	47.6-70.6
Some College +	107	44	35.4	25.7-46.4	63	64.6	53.6-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	114	41	32.0	22.9-42.6	73	68.0	57.4-77.1
$50,000+	59	27	42.1	28.4-57.2	32	57.9	42.8-71.6