BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	233	82	34.5	27.6-42.1	151	65.5	57.9-72.4
GENDER
Male	85	27	33.7	23.1-46.2	58	66.3	53.8-76.9
Female	148	55	35.2	26.9-44.5	93	64.8	55.5-73.1
RACE
White	214	73	32.9	25.9-40.8	141	67.1	59.2-74.1
Other	19	9	53.1	29.7-75.3	10	46.9	24.7-70.3
AGE
18-44	52	21	31.7	20.1-46.0	31	68.3	54.0-79.9
45+	179	60	36.3	28.4-44.9	119	63.7	55.1-71.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	151	55	37.1	28.3-47.0	96	62.9	53.0-71.7
Some College +	82	27	29.7	20.0-41.7	55	70.3	58.3-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	47	30.3	22.3-39.7	96	69.7	60.3-77.7
$50,000+	52	20	42.4	28.3-57.8	32	57.6	42.2-71.7

*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: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	233	82	34.5	27.6-42.1	151	65.5	57.9-72.4
GENDER
Male	85	27	33.7	23.1-46.2	58	66.3	53.8-76.9
Female	148	55	35.2	26.9-44.5	93	64.8	55.5-73.1
RACE
White	214	73	32.9	25.9-40.8	141	67.1	59.2-74.1
Other	19	9	53.1	29.7-75.3	10	46.9	24.7-70.3
AGE
18-44	52	21	31.7	20.1-46.0	31	68.3	54.0-79.9
45+	179	60	36.3	28.4-44.9	119	63.7	55.1-71.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	151	55	37.1	28.3-47.0	96	62.9	53.0-71.7
Some College +	82	27	29.7	20.0-41.7	55	70.3	58.3-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	47	30.3	22.3-39.7	96	69.7	60.3-77.7
$50,000+	52	20	42.4	28.3-57.8	32	57.6	42.2-71.7