BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested losing weight to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Arthritis (Asked in December Only)

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	478	167	35.1	29.8-40.9	311	64.9	59.1-70.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	5	3	50.2	13.4-86.8	2	49.8	13.2-86.6
Buncombe	12	3	30.6	10.0-63.6	9	69.4	36.4-90.0
Cabarrus	14	5	38.2	14.4-69.4	9	61.8	30.6-85.6
Catawba	18	5	17.3	5.5-42.7	13	82.7	57.3-94.5
Cumberland	16	7	44.7	21.0-71.2	9	55.3	28.8-79.0
Davidson	15	6	27.6	9.7-57.6	9	72.4	42.4-90.3
Durham	9	1	4.3	0.5-29.6	8	95.7	70.4-99.5
Forsyth	7	3	52.1	18.3-84.1	4	47.9	15.9-81.7
Gaston	8	5	73.5	39.1-92.3	3	26.5	7.7-60.9
Guilford	17	5	24.4	9.4-50.0	12	75.6	50.0-90.6
Iredell	12	5	34.3	13.7-63.3	7	65.7	36.7-86.3
Johnston	10	3	25.5	7.4-59.2	7	74.5	40.8-92.6
Mecklenburg	23	5	21.6	8.6-44.5	18	78.4	55.5-91.4
New Hanover	13	4	18.4	6.0-44.4	9	81.6	55.6-94.0
Onslow	11	6	57.3	27.8-82.4	5	42.7	17.6-72.2
Orange	14	2	11.2	2.7-36.5	12	88.8	63.5-97.3
Pitt	11	5	50.3	21.1-79.3	6	49.7	20.7-78.9
Randolph	11	4	44.6	17.7-75.1	7	55.4	24.9-82.3
Robeson	11	7	64.5	31.0-88.1	4	35.5	11.9-69.0
Rowan	13	3	43.6	15.7-76.3	10	56.4	23.7-84.3
Union	8	0	0.0	. - .	8	100	. - .
Wake	20	11	61.5	36.8-81.4	9	38.5	18.6-63.2
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	16	3	14.2	4.3-37.8	13	85.8	62.2-95.7
Northeast Partnership II***	18	7	46.6	23.3-71.4	11	53.4	28.6-76.7
Northeast Partnership I***	15	5	30.3	11.7-58.6	10	69.7	41.4-88.3
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	17	10	53.4	25.5-79.3	7	46.6	20.7-74.5
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	14	7	62.3	34.4-83.8	7	37.7	16.2-65.6
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	14	3	15.4	4.5-41.7	11	84.6	58.3-95.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	9	1	6.2	0.8-35.4	8	93.8	64.6-99.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore	14	4	29.3	9.7-61.4	10	70.7	38.6-90.3
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	20	7	44.7	21.9-69.9	13	55.3	30.1-78.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	16	5	36.7	15.5-64.8	11	63.3	35.2-84.5
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	16	5	28.6	11.2-56.1	11	71.4	43.9-88.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	12	6	52.3	24.6-78.6	6	47.7	21.4-75.4
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	19	6	32.4	13.2-60.1	13	67.6	39.9-86.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	40	14	37.6	22.1-56.0	26	62.4	44.0-77.9
No	438	153	35.0	29.4-41.0	285	65.0	59.0-70.6
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	165	65	40.0	31.4-49.3	100	60.0	50.7-68.6
Piedmont	256	85	33.4	26.2-41.4	171	66.6	58.6-73.8
Western NC	57	17	32.3	19.5-48.5	40	67.7	51.5-80.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	31	9	31.8	15.9-53.6	22	68.2	46.4-84.1
Northwest	97	33	35.8	24.7-48.6	64	64.2	51.4-75.3
Charlotte	69	20	29.4	18.3-43.7	49	70.6	56.3-81.7
Greensboro	64	19	28.1	17.3-42.2	45	71.9	57.8-82.7
Southern Regional	49	22	48.1	31.9-64.7	27	51.9	35.3-68.1
Coastal	25	7	17.6	7.5-36.1	18	82.4	63.9-92.5
Wake	52	20	38.1	21.2-58.4	32	61.9	41.6-78.8
Area L	24	12	50.4	27.3-73.3	12	49.6	26.7-72.7
Eastern	67	25	39.5	26.9-53.7	42	60.5	46.3-73.1

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

478

167

35.1

29.8-40.9

311

64.9

59.1-70.2

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

50.2

13.4-86.8

49.8

13.2-86.6

Buncombe

30.6

10.0-63.6

69.4

36.4-90.0

Cabarrus

38.2

14.4-69.4

61.8

30.6-85.6

Catawba

17.3

5.5-42.7

82.7

57.3-94.5

Cumberland

44.7

21.0-71.2

55.3

28.8-79.0

Davidson

27.6

9.7-57.6

72.4

42.4-90.3

Durham

4.3

0.5-29.6

95.7

70.4-99.5

Forsyth

52.1

18.3-84.1

47.9

15.9-81.7

Gaston

73.5

39.1-92.3

26.5

7.7-60.9

Guilford

24.4

9.4-50.0

75.6

50.0-90.6

Iredell

34.3

13.7-63.3

65.7

36.7-86.3

Johnston

25.5

7.4-59.2

74.5

40.8-92.6

Mecklenburg

21.6

8.6-44.5

78.4

55.5-91.4

New Hanover

18.4

6.0-44.4

81.6

55.6-94.0

Onslow

57.3

27.8-82.4

42.7

17.6-72.2

Orange

11.2

2.7-36.5

88.8

63.5-97.3

Pitt

50.3

21.1-79.3

49.7

20.7-78.9

Randolph

44.6

17.7-75.1

55.4

24.9-82.3

Robeson

64.5

31.0-88.1

35.5

11.9-69.0

Rowan

43.6

15.7-76.3

56.4

23.7-84.3

Union

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Wake

61.5

36.8-81.4

38.5

18.6-63.2

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

14.2

4.3-37.8

85.8

62.2-95.7

Northeast Partnership II***

46.6

23.3-71.4

53.4

28.6-76.7

Northeast Partnership I***

30.3

11.7-58.6

69.7

41.4-88.3

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

53.4

25.5-79.3

46.6

20.7-74.5

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

62.3

34.4-83.8

37.7

16.2-65.6

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

15.4

4.5-41.7

84.6

58.3-95.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

6.2

0.8-35.4

93.8

64.6-99.2

Chatham/Lee/Moore

29.3

9.7-61.4

70.7

38.6-90.3

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

44.7

21.9-69.9

55.3

30.1-78.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

36.7

15.5-64.8

63.3

35.2-84.5

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

28.6

11.2-56.1

71.4

43.9-88.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

52.3

24.6-78.6

47.7

21.4-75.4

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

32.4

13.2-60.1

67.6

39.9-86.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

37.6

22.1-56.0

62.4

44.0-77.9

438

153

35.0

29.4-41.0

285

65.0

59.0-70.6

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

165

40.0

31.4-49.3

100

60.0

50.7-68.6

Piedmont

256

33.4

26.2-41.4

171

66.6

58.6-73.8

Western NC

32.3

19.5-48.5

67.7

51.5-80.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

31.8

15.9-53.6

68.2

46.4-84.1

Northwest

35.8

24.7-48.6

64.2

51.4-75.3

Charlotte

29.4

18.3-43.7

70.6

56.3-81.7

Greensboro

28.1

17.3-42.2

71.9

57.8-82.7

Southern Regional

48.1

31.9-64.7

51.9

35.3-68.1

Coastal

17.6

7.5-36.1

82.4

63.9-92.5

Wake

38.1

21.2-58.4

61.9

41.6-78.8

Area L

50.4

27.3-73.3

49.6

26.7-72.7

Eastern

39.5

26.9-53.7

60.5

46.3-73.1

Back to Arthritis (Asked in December Only).

Asked only of those who said YES to having some form of 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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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