BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	261	90	30.1	24.1-36.9	171	69.9	63.1-75.9
GENDER
Male	78	20	23.2	14.4-35.3	58	76.8	64.7-85.6
Female	183	70	35.5	28.3-43.5	113	64.5	56.5-71.7
RACE
White	160	48	27.4	20.4-35.6	112	72.6	64.4-79.6
Other	101	42	33.0	23.3-44.4	59	67.0	55.6-76.7
AGE
18-44	41	11	22.5	11.4-39.4	30	77.5	60.6-88.6
45+	220	79	32.3	25.5-39.9	141	67.7	60.1-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	60	32.7	24.8-41.8	103	67.3	58.2-75.2
Some College +	98	30	25.0	17.1-35.1	68	75.0	64.9-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	173	63	31.8	24.2-40.6	110	68.2	59.4-75.8
$50,000+	46	15	27.5	15.8-43.5	31	72.5	56.5-84.2

*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: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II	261	90	30.1	24.1-36.9	171	69.9	63.1-75.9
GENDER
Male	78	20	23.2	14.4-35.3	58	76.8	64.7-85.6
Female	183	70	35.5	28.3-43.5	113	64.5	56.5-71.7
RACE
White	160	48	27.4	20.4-35.6	112	72.6	64.4-79.6
Other	101	42	33.0	23.3-44.4	59	67.0	55.6-76.7
AGE
18-44	41	11	22.5	11.4-39.4	30	77.5	60.6-88.6
45+	220	79	32.3	25.5-39.9	141	67.7	60.1-74.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	60	32.7	24.8-41.8	103	67.3	58.2-75.2
Some College +	98	30	25.0	17.1-35.1	68	75.0	64.9-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	173	63	31.8	24.2-40.6	110	68.2	59.4-75.8
$50,000+	46	15	27.5	15.8-43.5	31	72.5	56.5-84.2