BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	255	77	29.3	23.1-36.4	178	70.7	63.6-76.9
GENDER
Male	78	23	28.7	18.8-41.2	55	71.3	58.8-81.2
Female	177	54	29.7	22.2-38.5	123	70.3	61.5-77.8
RACE
White	231	68	28.6	22.1-36.0	163	71.4	64.0-77.9
Other	21	8	36.3	16.7-61.7	13	63.7	38.3-83.3
AGE
18-44	44	11	27.4	14.0-46.5	33	72.6	53.5-86.0
45+	208	65	30.2	23.8-37.6	143	69.8	62.4-76.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	33	32.5	22.6-44.4	75	67.5	55.6-77.4
Some College +	147	44	26.7	19.5-35.3	103	73.3	64.7-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	45	32.2	23.4-42.5	98	67.8	57.5-76.6
$50,000+	73	19	24.9	15.7-37.2	54	75.1	62.8-84.3

*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: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	255	77	29.3	23.1-36.4	178	70.7	63.6-76.9
GENDER
Male	78	23	28.7	18.8-41.2	55	71.3	58.8-81.2
Female	177	54	29.7	22.2-38.5	123	70.3	61.5-77.8
RACE
White	231	68	28.6	22.1-36.0	163	71.4	64.0-77.9
Other	21	8	36.3	16.7-61.7	13	63.7	38.3-83.3
AGE
18-44	44	11	27.4	14.0-46.5	33	72.6	53.5-86.0
45+	208	65	30.2	23.8-37.6	143	69.8	62.4-76.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	108	33	32.5	22.6-44.4	75	67.5	55.6-77.4
Some College +	147	44	26.7	19.5-35.3	103	73.3	64.7-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	45	32.2	23.4-42.5	98	67.8	57.5-76.6
$50,000+	73	19	24.9	15.7-37.2	54	75.1	62.8-84.3