SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Arthritis Management

Has a doctor or other health professional EVER suggested losing weight to help your arthritis or joint symptoms?*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,751 1,168 29.0 27.0-31.1 2,583 71.0 68.9-73.0
-Buncombe County 104 25 19.8 12.3-30.1 79 80.2 69.9-87.7
GENDER
Male 42 8 15.9 7.1-31.9 34 84.1 68.1-92.9
Female 62 17 25.1 15.3-38.3 45 74.9 61.7-84.7
RACE
White 96 25 21.9 13.8-33.0 71 78.1 67.0-86.2
Other 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 1 6.4 0.8-35.1 14 93.6 64.9-99.2
45+ 89 24 27.9 18.8-39.3 65 72.1 60.7-81.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 9 17.8 7.6-36.2 33 82.2 63.8-92.4
Some College + 61 16 21.7 12.8-34.4 45 78.3 65.6-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 15 21.6 11.4-36.9 46 78.4 63.1-88.6
$50,000+ 28 8 24.9 12.0-44.5 20 75.1 55.5-88.0

Back to Arthritis Management.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 29MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook