BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	196	64	32.8	25.6-41.0	132	67.2	59.0-74.4
GENDER
Male	56	19	30.4	18.5-45.7	37	69.6	54.3-81.5
Female	140	45	34.4	26.1-43.8	95	65.6	56.2-73.9
RACE
White	144	46	32.1	23.8-41.8	98	67.9	58.2-76.2
Other	51	18	36.2	22.8-52.2	33	63.8	47.8-77.2
AGE
18-44	39	14	30.7	17.1-48.8	25	69.3	51.2-82.9
45+	156	49	33.2	25.1-42.3	107	66.8	57.7-74.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	78	30	39.5	27.2-53.3	48	60.5	46.7-72.8
Some College +	118	34	28.2	20.0-38.0	84	71.8	62.0-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	108	41	40.9	30.1-52.7	67	59.1	47.3-69.9
$50,000+	55	11	20.5	11.0-34.8	44	79.5	65.2-89.0

*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: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	196	64	32.8	25.6-41.0	132	67.2	59.0-74.4
GENDER
Male	56	19	30.4	18.5-45.7	37	69.6	54.3-81.5
Female	140	45	34.4	26.1-43.8	95	65.6	56.2-73.9
RACE
White	144	46	32.1	23.8-41.8	98	67.9	58.2-76.2
Other	51	18	36.2	22.8-52.2	33	63.8	47.8-77.2
AGE
18-44	39	14	30.7	17.1-48.8	25	69.3	51.2-82.9
45+	156	49	33.2	25.1-42.3	107	66.8	57.7-74.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	78	30	39.5	27.2-53.3	48	60.5	46.7-72.8
Some College +	118	34	28.2	20.0-38.0	84	71.8	62.0-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	108	41	40.9	30.1-52.7	67	59.1	47.3-69.9
$50,000+	55	11	20.5	11.0-34.8	44	79.5	65.2-89.0