BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	176	70	41.6	33.4-50.4	106	58.4	49.6-66.6
GENDER
Male	54	24	45.1	30.8-60.3	30	54.9	39.7-69.2
Female	122	46	39.3	29.8-49.6	76	60.7	50.4-70.2
RACE
White	113	37	30.3	22.1-40.0	76	69.7	60.0-77.9
Other	63	33	58.3	43.7-71.6	30	41.7	28.4-56.3
AGE
18-44	41	16	39.3	24.0-57.0	25	60.7	43.0-76.0
45+	135	54	42.6	33.2-52.6	81	57.4	47.4-66.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	27	53.1	38.1-67.6	30	46.9	32.4-61.9
Some College +	119	43	36.2	26.8-46.6	76	63.8	53.4-73.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	93	42	49.1	37.3-60.9	51	50.9	39.1-62.7
$50,000+	64	21	30.5	19.7-44.0	43	69.5	56.0-80.3

*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: Durham 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
-Durham County	176	70	41.6	33.4-50.4	106	58.4	49.6-66.6
GENDER
Male	54	24	45.1	30.8-60.3	30	54.9	39.7-69.2
Female	122	46	39.3	29.8-49.6	76	60.7	50.4-70.2
RACE
White	113	37	30.3	22.1-40.0	76	69.7	60.0-77.9
Other	63	33	58.3	43.7-71.6	30	41.7	28.4-56.3
AGE
18-44	41	16	39.3	24.0-57.0	25	60.7	43.0-76.0
45+	135	54	42.6	33.2-52.6	81	57.4	47.4-66.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	27	53.1	38.1-67.6	30	46.9	32.4-61.9
Some College +	119	43	36.2	26.8-46.6	76	63.8	53.4-73.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	93	42	49.1	37.3-60.9	51	50.9	39.1-62.7
$50,000+	64	21	30.5	19.7-44.0	43	69.5	56.0-80.3