BRFSS 2005 - Randolph 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
-Randolph County	216	70	31.4	24.8-38.8	146	68.6	61.2-75.2
GENDER
Male	79	17	21.1	12.7-33.1	62	78.9	66.9-87.3
Female	137	53	40.3	31.5-49.7	84	59.7	50.3-68.5
RACE
White	197	60	30.3	23.5-38.0	137	69.7	62.0-76.5
Other	19	10	40.4	19.2-65.8	9	59.6	34.2-80.8
AGE
18-44	43	8	16.7	8.0-31.6	35	83.3	68.4-92.0
45+	172	62	37.4	29.5-46.0	110	62.6	54.0-70.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	137	42	31.5	23.4-41.0	95	68.5	59.0-76.6
Some College +	79	28	31.1	20.9-43.5	51	68.9	56.5-79.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	43	31.9	23.6-41.6	88	68.1	58.4-76.4
$50,000+	49	15	27.4	16.3-42.3	34	72.6	57.7-83.7

*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: Randolph 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
-Randolph County	216	70	31.4	24.8-38.8	146	68.6	61.2-75.2
GENDER
Male	79	17	21.1	12.7-33.1	62	78.9	66.9-87.3
Female	137	53	40.3	31.5-49.7	84	59.7	50.3-68.5
RACE
White	197	60	30.3	23.5-38.0	137	69.7	62.0-76.5
Other	19	10	40.4	19.2-65.8	9	59.6	34.2-80.8
AGE
18-44	43	8	16.7	8.0-31.6	35	83.3	68.4-92.0
45+	172	62	37.4	29.5-46.0	110	62.6	54.0-70.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	137	42	31.5	23.4-41.0	95	68.5	59.0-76.6
Some College +	79	28	31.1	20.9-43.5	51	68.9	56.5-79.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	43	31.9	23.6-41.6	88	68.1	58.4-76.4
$50,000+	49	15	27.4	16.3-42.3	34	72.6	57.7-83.7