BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (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
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	215	73	32.5	25.7-40.2	142	67.5	59.8-74.3
GENDER
Male	69	20	25.5	15.5-38.9	49	74.5	61.1-84.5
Female	146	53	37.1	28.8-46.3	93	62.9	53.7-71.2
RACE
White	204	68	32.0	25.0-39.9	136	68.0	60.1-75.0
Other	11	5	43.5	17.2-74.0	6	56.5	26.0-82.8
AGE
18-44	47	10	18.9	9.4-34.4	37	81.1	65.6-90.6
45+	168	63	38.4	30.6-46.9	105	61.6	53.1-69.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	30	26.0	18.0-35.9	81	74.0	64.1-82.0
Some College +	102	42	38.1	27.3-50.3	60	61.9	49.7-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	148	53	35.2	26.5-45.1	95	64.8	54.9-73.5
$50,000+	43	12	23.3	12.9-38.4	31	76.7	61.6-87.1

*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: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	215	73	32.5	25.7-40.2	142	67.5	59.8-74.3
GENDER
Male	69	20	25.5	15.5-38.9	49	74.5	61.1-84.5
Female	146	53	37.1	28.8-46.3	93	62.9	53.7-71.2
RACE
White	204	68	32.0	25.0-39.9	136	68.0	60.1-75.0
Other	11	5	43.5	17.2-74.0	6	56.5	26.0-82.8
AGE
18-44	47	10	18.9	9.4-34.4	37	81.1	65.6-90.6
45+	168	63	38.4	30.6-46.9	105	61.6	53.1-69.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	30	26.0	18.0-35.9	81	74.0	64.1-82.0
Some College +	102	42	38.1	27.3-50.3	60	61.9	49.7-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	148	53	35.2	26.5-45.1	95	64.8	54.9-73.5
$50,000+	43	12	23.3	12.9-38.4	31	76.7	61.6-87.1