BRFSS 2005 - Alamance 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
-Alamance County	206	65	30.4	23.5-38.4	141	69.6	61.6-76.5
GENDER
Male	52	13	21.9	12.3-36.1	39	78.1	63.9-87.7
Female	154	52	33.8	25.4-43.5	102	66.2	56.5-74.6
RACE
White	169	52	30.6	22.9-39.5	117	69.4	60.5-77.1
Other	37	13	29.8	15.9-48.6	24	70.2	51.4-84.1
AGE
18-44	47	19	35.5	22.3-51.5	28	64.5	48.5-77.7
45+	158	46	28.1	20.4-37.3	112	71.9	62.7-79.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	29	25.7	17.1-36.7	77	74.3	63.3-82.9
Some College +	99	35	34.2	24.2-46.0	64	65.8	54.0-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	40	31.5	22.4-42.2	86	68.5	57.8-77.6
$50,000+	43	11	22.5	12.0-38.1	32	77.5	61.9-88.0

*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: Alamance 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
-Alamance County	206	65	30.4	23.5-38.4	141	69.6	61.6-76.5
GENDER
Male	52	13	21.9	12.3-36.1	39	78.1	63.9-87.7
Female	154	52	33.8	25.4-43.5	102	66.2	56.5-74.6
RACE
White	169	52	30.6	22.9-39.5	117	69.4	60.5-77.1
Other	37	13	29.8	15.9-48.6	24	70.2	51.4-84.1
AGE
18-44	47	19	35.5	22.3-51.5	28	64.5	48.5-77.7
45+	158	46	28.1	20.4-37.3	112	71.9	62.7-79.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	29	25.7	17.1-36.7	77	74.3	63.3-82.9
Some College +	99	35	34.2	24.2-46.0	64	65.8	54.0-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	40	31.5	22.4-42.2	86	68.5	57.8-77.6
$50,000+	43	11	22.5	12.0-38.1	32	77.5	61.9-88.0