BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	318	92	25.3	20.2-31.2	226	74.7	68.8-79.8
GENDER
Male	106	22	15.7	9.9-24.1	84	84.3	75.9-90.1
Female	212	70	32.7	25.6-40.6	142	67.3	59.4-74.4
RACE
White	258	71	25.3	19.6-31.9	187	74.7	68.1-80.4
Other	57	20	25.2	14.7-39.6	37	74.8	60.4-85.3
AGE
18-44	93	15	11.7	6.0-21.5	78	88.3	78.5-94.0
45+	225	77	35.8	29.1-43.1	148	64.2	56.9-70.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	84	29	26.3	16.3-39.7	55	73.7	60.3-83.7
Some College +	234	63	24.9	19.3-31.5	171	75.1	68.5-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	130	39	22.5	15.6-31.5	91	77.5	68.5-84.4
$50,000+	143	39	27.7	20.0-36.9	104	72.3	63.1-80.0

*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: Wake 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
-Wake County	318	92	25.3	20.2-31.2	226	74.7	68.8-79.8
GENDER
Male	106	22	15.7	9.9-24.1	84	84.3	75.9-90.1
Female	212	70	32.7	25.6-40.6	142	67.3	59.4-74.4
RACE
White	258	71	25.3	19.6-31.9	187	74.7	68.1-80.4
Other	57	20	25.2	14.7-39.6	37	74.8	60.4-85.3
AGE
18-44	93	15	11.7	6.0-21.5	78	88.3	78.5-94.0
45+	225	77	35.8	29.1-43.1	148	64.2	56.9-70.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	84	29	26.3	16.3-39.7	55	73.7	60.3-83.7
Some College +	234	63	24.9	19.3-31.5	171	75.1	68.5-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	130	39	22.5	15.6-31.5	91	77.5	68.5-84.4
$50,000+	143	39	27.7	20.0-36.9	104	72.3	63.1-80.0