BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	254	79	30.2	23.9-37.2	175	69.8	62.8-76.1
GENDER
Male	82	26	34.1	23.3-46.7	56	65.9	53.3-76.7
Female	172	53	27.0	20.5-34.7	119	73.0	65.3-79.5
RACE
White	223	64	26.9	20.9-33.9	159	73.1	66.1-79.1
Other	29	14	51.4	29.5-72.8	15	48.6	27.2-70.5
AGE
18-44	49	16	27.8	16.6-42.7	33	72.2	57.3-83.4
45+	205	63	31.0	23.9-39.2	142	69.0	60.8-76.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	41	25.9	18.7-34.7	104	74.1	65.3-81.3
Some College +	109	38	35.7	25.7-47.2	71	64.3	52.8-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	168	55	30.5	22.8-39.4	113	69.5	60.6-77.2
$50,000+	48	14	31.4	18.8-47.5	34	68.6	52.5-81.2

*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: Rowan 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
-Rowan County	254	79	30.2	23.9-37.2	175	69.8	62.8-76.1
GENDER
Male	82	26	34.1	23.3-46.7	56	65.9	53.3-76.7
Female	172	53	27.0	20.5-34.7	119	73.0	65.3-79.5
RACE
White	223	64	26.9	20.9-33.9	159	73.1	66.1-79.1
Other	29	14	51.4	29.5-72.8	15	48.6	27.2-70.5
AGE
18-44	49	16	27.8	16.6-42.7	33	72.2	57.3-83.4
45+	205	63	31.0	23.9-39.2	142	69.0	60.8-76.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	41	25.9	18.7-34.7	104	74.1	65.3-81.3
Some College +	109	38	35.7	25.7-47.2	71	64.3	52.8-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	168	55	30.5	22.8-39.4	113	69.5	60.6-77.2
$50,000+	48	14	31.4	18.8-47.5	34	68.6	52.5-81.2