BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	174	67	38.1	30.1-46.7	107	61.9	53.3-69.9
GENDER
Male	70	27	39.9	27.8-53.2	43	60.1	46.8-72.2
Female	104	40	36.2	26.6-47.1	64	63.8	52.9-73.4
RACE
White	156	62	39.1	30.8-48.1	94	60.9	51.9-69.2
Other	17	5	33.1	12.4-63.3	12	66.9	36.7-87.6
AGE
18-44	38	10	30.2	16.5-48.7	28	69.8	51.3-83.5
45+	133	54	40.0	31.0-49.8	79	60.0	50.2-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	78	27	36.2	24.4-49.9	51	63.8	50.1-75.6
Some College +	95	40	40.0	29.6-51.4	55	60.0	48.6-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	37	39.9	28.7-52.2	55	60.1	47.8-71.3
$50,000+	59	20	35.0	22.7-49.7	39	65.0	50.3-77.3

*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: Union 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
-Union County	174	67	38.1	30.1-46.7	107	61.9	53.3-69.9
GENDER
Male	70	27	39.9	27.8-53.2	43	60.1	46.8-72.2
Female	104	40	36.2	26.6-47.1	64	63.8	52.9-73.4
RACE
White	156	62	39.1	30.8-48.1	94	60.9	51.9-69.2
Other	17	5	33.1	12.4-63.3	12	66.9	36.7-87.6
AGE
18-44	38	10	30.2	16.5-48.7	28	69.8	51.3-83.5
45+	133	54	40.0	31.0-49.8	79	60.0	50.2-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	78	27	36.2	24.4-49.9	51	63.8	50.1-75.6
Some College +	95	40	40.0	29.6-51.4	55	60.0	48.6-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	92	37	39.9	28.7-52.2	55	60.1	47.8-71.3
$50,000+	59	20	35.0	22.7-49.7	39	65.0	50.3-77.3