BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	358	107	30.0	24.5-36.1	251	70.0	63.9-75.5
GENDER
Male	112	29	26.6	17.9-37.6	83	73.4	62.4-82.1
Female	246	78	32.7	26.4-39.6	168	67.3	60.4-73.6
RACE
White	256	64	27.1	20.9-34.4	192	72.9	65.6-79.1
Other	99	42	37.1	26.3-49.3	57	62.9	50.7-73.7
AGE
18-44	78	21	24.1	15.2-36.0	57	75.9	64.0-84.8
45+	278	86	33.1	26.7-40.1	192	66.9	59.9-73.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	32	30.8	20.3-43.9	70	69.2	56.1-79.7
Some College +	254	75	29.9	23.8-36.9	179	70.1	63.1-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	160	52	28.5	21.1-37.2	108	71.5	62.8-78.9
$50,000+	141	45	33.3	24.5-43.5	96	66.7	56.5-75.5

*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: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	358	107	30.0	24.5-36.1	251	70.0	63.9-75.5
GENDER
Male	112	29	26.6	17.9-37.6	83	73.4	62.4-82.1
Female	246	78	32.7	26.4-39.6	168	67.3	60.4-73.6
RACE
White	256	64	27.1	20.9-34.4	192	72.9	65.6-79.1
Other	99	42	37.1	26.3-49.3	57	62.9	50.7-73.7
AGE
18-44	78	21	24.1	15.2-36.0	57	75.9	64.0-84.8
45+	278	86	33.1	26.7-40.1	192	66.9	59.9-73.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	32	30.8	20.3-43.9	70	69.2	56.1-79.7
Some College +	254	75	29.9	23.8-36.9	179	70.1	63.1-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	160	52	28.5	21.1-37.2	108	71.5	62.8-78.9
$50,000+	141	45	33.3	24.5-43.5	96	66.7	56.5-75.5