BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	292	114	40.3	32.7-48.3	178	59.7	51.7-67.3
GENDER
Male	96	33	38.5	25.4-53.6	63	61.5	46.4-74.6
Female	196	81	41.7	34.1-49.8	115	58.3	50.2-65.9
RACE
White	133	46	36.4	24.2-50.6	87	63.6	49.4-75.8
Other	157	67	43.6	34.8-52.9	90	56.4	47.1-65.2
AGE
18-44	57	24	47.3	28.9-66.5	33	52.7	33.5-71.1
45+	234	90	37.8	30.9-45.1	144	62.2	54.9-69.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	194	77	40.9	31.1-51.5	117	59.1	48.5-68.9
Some College +	97	37	39.2	28.8-50.7	60	60.8	49.3-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	194	78	42.3	32.5-52.8	116	57.7	47.2-67.5
$50,000+	42	17	40.1	24.9-57.4	25	59.9	42.6-75.1

*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: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I	292	114	40.3	32.7-48.3	178	59.7	51.7-67.3
GENDER
Male	96	33	38.5	25.4-53.6	63	61.5	46.4-74.6
Female	196	81	41.7	34.1-49.8	115	58.3	50.2-65.9
RACE
White	133	46	36.4	24.2-50.6	87	63.6	49.4-75.8
Other	157	67	43.6	34.8-52.9	90	56.4	47.1-65.2
AGE
18-44	57	24	47.3	28.9-66.5	33	52.7	33.5-71.1
45+	234	90	37.8	30.9-45.1	144	62.2	54.9-69.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	194	77	40.9	31.1-51.5	117	59.1	48.5-68.9
Some College +	97	37	39.2	28.8-50.7	60	60.8	49.3-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	194	78	42.3	32.5-52.8	116	57.7	47.2-67.5
$50,000+	42	17	40.1	24.9-57.4	25	59.9	42.6-75.1