BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	401	119	26.9	21.9-32.6	282	73.1	67.4-78.1
GENDER
Male	141	35	22.6	15.5-31.7	106	77.4	68.3-84.5
Female	260	84	30.5	24.0-37.9	176	69.5	62.1-76.0
RACE
White	368	105	26.0	21.0-31.8	263	74.0	68.2-79.0
Other	33	14	40.7	19.9-65.4	19	59.3	34.6-80.1
AGE
18-44	78	25	22.8	14.2-34.7	53	77.2	65.3-85.8
45+	322	93	28.6	22.9-35.0	229	71.4	65.0-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	204	47	20.8	14.8-28.5	157	79.2	71.5-85.2
Some College +	197	72	33.7	26.0-42.3	125	66.3	57.7-74.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	260	82	30.0	23.5-37.4	178	70.0	62.6-76.5
$50,000+	70	20	22.6	13.8-34.6	50	77.4	65.4-86.2

*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: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	401	119	26.9	21.9-32.6	282	73.1	67.4-78.1
GENDER
Male	141	35	22.6	15.5-31.7	106	77.4	68.3-84.5
Female	260	84	30.5	24.0-37.9	176	69.5	62.1-76.0
RACE
White	368	105	26.0	21.0-31.8	263	74.0	68.2-79.0
Other	33	14	40.7	19.9-65.4	19	59.3	34.6-80.1
AGE
18-44	78	25	22.8	14.2-34.7	53	77.2	65.3-85.8
45+	322	93	28.6	22.9-35.0	229	71.4	65.0-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	204	47	20.8	14.8-28.5	157	79.2	71.5-85.2
Some College +	197	72	33.7	26.0-42.3	125	66.3	57.7-74.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	260	82	30.0	23.5-37.4	178	70.0	62.6-76.5
$50,000+	70	20	22.6	13.8-34.6	50	77.4	65.4-86.2