BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	191	57	28.7	21.2-37.5	134	71.3	62.5-78.8
GENDER
Male	76	19	25.8	15.2-40.2	57	74.2	59.8-84.8
Female	115	38	32.2	23.4-42.4	77	67.8	57.6-76.6
RACE
White	163	51	28.8	21.1-37.9	112	71.2	62.1-78.9
Other	26	6	29.7	11.1-58.8	20	70.3	41.2-88.9
AGE
18-44	43	10	23.8	11.5-42.8	33	76.2	57.2-88.5
45+	148	47	31.6	23.5-41.0	101	68.4	59.0-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	103	29	29.6	19.5-42.2	74	70.4	57.8-80.5
Some College +	88	28	27.5	17.7-40.2	60	72.5	59.8-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	106	34	27.9	19.4-38.4	72	72.1	61.6-80.6
$50,000+	52	13	24.1	13.6-39.1	39	75.9	60.9-86.4

*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: Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	191	57	28.7	21.2-37.5	134	71.3	62.5-78.8
GENDER
Male	76	19	25.8	15.2-40.2	57	74.2	59.8-84.8
Female	115	38	32.2	23.4-42.4	77	67.8	57.6-76.6
RACE
White	163	51	28.8	21.1-37.9	112	71.2	62.1-78.9
Other	26	6	29.7	11.1-58.8	20	70.3	41.2-88.9
AGE
18-44	43	10	23.8	11.5-42.8	33	76.2	57.2-88.5
45+	148	47	31.6	23.5-41.0	101	68.4	59.0-76.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	103	29	29.6	19.5-42.2	74	70.4	57.8-80.5
Some College +	88	28	27.5	17.7-40.2	60	72.5	59.8-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	106	34	27.9	19.4-38.4	72	72.1	61.6-80.6
$50,000+	52	13	24.1	13.6-39.1	39	75.9	60.9-86.4