BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	181	48	23.7	17.2-31.7	133	76.3	68.3-82.8
GENDER
Male	64	15	19.3	11.0-31.8	49	80.7	68.2-89.0
Female	117	33	28.3	19.9-38.5	84	71.7	61.5-80.1
RACE
White	157	37	21.6	15.4-29.5	120	78.4	70.5-84.6
Other	22	11	34.7	13.1-65.1	11	65.3	34.9-86.9
AGE
18-44	41	5	6.7	2.5-16.8	36	93.3	83.2-97.5
45+	139	43	32.6	24.2-42.3	96	67.4	57.7-75.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	12	22.6	10.2-43.1	27	77.4	56.9-89.8
Some College +	142	36	24.0	17.0-32.8	106	76.0	67.2-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	23	30.4	17.8-47.0	44	69.6	53.0-82.2
$50,000+	80	18	19.8	12.1-30.8	62	80.2	69.2-87.9

*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: Orange 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
-Orange County	181	48	23.7	17.2-31.7	133	76.3	68.3-82.8
GENDER
Male	64	15	19.3	11.0-31.8	49	80.7	68.2-89.0
Female	117	33	28.3	19.9-38.5	84	71.7	61.5-80.1
RACE
White	157	37	21.6	15.4-29.5	120	78.4	70.5-84.6
Other	22	11	34.7	13.1-65.1	11	65.3	34.9-86.9
AGE
18-44	41	5	6.7	2.5-16.8	36	93.3	83.2-97.5
45+	139	43	32.6	24.2-42.3	96	67.4	57.7-75.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	39	12	22.6	10.2-43.1	27	77.4	56.9-89.8
Some College +	142	36	24.0	17.0-32.8	106	76.0	67.2-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	23	30.4	17.8-47.0	44	69.6	53.0-82.2
$50,000+	80	18	19.8	12.1-30.8	62	80.2	69.2-87.9