BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	269	85	31.2	25.0-38.2	184	68.8	61.8-75.0
GENDER
Male	78	27	27.7	17.7-40.7	51	72.3	59.3-82.3
Female	191	58	33.4	26.1-41.7	133	66.6	58.3-73.9
RACE
White	239	73	30.0	23.5-37.4	166	70.0	62.6-76.5
Other	30	12	39.9	21.6-61.6	18	60.1	38.4-78.4
AGE
18-44	56	12	18.7	10.1-32.0	44	81.3	68.0-89.9
45+	213	73	37.3	30.0-45.2	140	62.7	54.8-70.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	162	48	27.6	20.3-36.4	114	72.4	63.6-79.7
Some College +	105	36	36.8	26.6-48.3	69	63.2	51.7-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	188	67	35.7	28.0-44.2	121	64.3	55.8-72.0
$50,000+	39	11	28.8	15.9-46.4	28	71.2	53.6-84.1

*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: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	269	85	31.2	25.0-38.2	184	68.8	61.8-75.0
GENDER
Male	78	27	27.7	17.7-40.7	51	72.3	59.3-82.3
Female	191	58	33.4	26.1-41.7	133	66.6	58.3-73.9
RACE
White	239	73	30.0	23.5-37.4	166	70.0	62.6-76.5
Other	30	12	39.9	21.6-61.6	18	60.1	38.4-78.4
AGE
18-44	56	12	18.7	10.1-32.0	44	81.3	68.0-89.9
45+	213	73	37.3	30.0-45.2	140	62.7	54.8-70.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	162	48	27.6	20.3-36.4	114	72.4	63.6-79.7
Some College +	105	36	36.8	26.6-48.3	69	63.2	51.7-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	188	67	35.7	28.0-44.2	121	64.3	55.8-72.0
$50,000+	39	11	28.8	15.9-46.4	28	71.2	53.6-84.1