BRFSS 2005 - Pitt County: (Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,133	5,964	27.3	26.5-28.2	11,169	72.7	71.8-73.5
-Pitt County	439	148	25.7	21.3-30.5	291	74.3	69.5-78.7
GENDER
Male	163	41	17.9	12.5-24.9	122	82.1	75.1-87.5
Female	276	107	34.0	27.9-40.7	169	66.0	59.3-72.1
RACE
White	287	100	26.7	21.6-32.5	187	73.3	67.5-78.4
Other	152	48	24.1	17.0-33.0	104	75.9	67.0-83.0
AGE
18-44	175	20	8.7	5.2-14.3	155	91.3	85.7-94.8
45+	260	128	45.5	38.6-52.6	132	54.5	47.4-61.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	73	30.2	22.7-38.9	103	69.8	61.1-77.3
Some College +	261	74	22.0	17.0-27.9	187	78.0	72.1-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	81	24.2	18.9-30.4	160	75.8	69.6-81.1
$50,000+	140	42	23.7	17.0-32.0	98	76.3	68.0-83.0

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^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.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,133	5,964	27.3	26.5-28.2	11,169	72.7	71.8-73.5
-Pitt County	439	148	25.7	21.3-30.5	291	74.3	69.5-78.7
GENDER
Male	163	41	17.9	12.5-24.9	122	82.1	75.1-87.5
Female	276	107	34.0	27.9-40.7	169	66.0	59.3-72.1
RACE
White	287	100	26.7	21.6-32.5	187	73.3	67.5-78.4
Other	152	48	24.1	17.0-33.0	104	75.9	67.0-83.0
AGE
18-44	175	20	8.7	5.2-14.3	155	91.3	85.7-94.8
45+	260	128	45.5	38.6-52.6	132	54.5	47.4-61.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	73	30.2	22.7-38.9	103	69.8	61.1-77.3
Some College +	261	74	22.0	17.0-27.9	187	78.0	72.1-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	81	24.2	18.9-30.4	160	75.8	69.6-81.1
$50,000+	140	42	23.7	17.0-32.0	98	76.3	68.0-83.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Arthritis Burden

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia?