BRFSS 2005 - Pitt County: (Have you ever seen a doctor or other health professional for these joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Pitt County	150	111	71.0	61.4-79.1	39	29.0	20.9-38.6
GENDER
Male	48	33	66.4	49.7-79.8	15	33.6	20.2-50.3
Female	102	78	75.0	64.2-83.3	24	25.0	16.7-35.8
RACE
White	104	76	70.3	59.1-79.4	28	29.7	20.6-40.9
Other	46	35	72.5	53.1-86.0	11	27.5	14.0-46.9
AGE
18-44	32	22	70.1	48.0-85.6	10	29.9	14.4-52.0
45+	116	89	72.6	62.1-81.1	27	27.4	18.9-37.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	64	54	77.6	60.7-88.6	10	22.4	11.4-39.3
Some College +	85	56	65.3	52.9-76.0	29	34.7	24.0-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	89	66	72.8	60.8-82.2	23	27.2	17.8-39.2
$50,000+	43	29	64.0	45.1-79.4	14	36.0	20.6-54.9

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons that began more than 3 months ago.

^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: Pitt County

Arthritis Burden

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,459	4,982	74.4	72.8-75.8	1,477	25.6	24.2-27.2
-Pitt County	150	111	71.0	61.4-79.1	39	29.0	20.9-38.6
GENDER
Male	48	33	66.4	49.7-79.8	15	33.6	20.2-50.3
Female	102	78	75.0	64.2-83.3	24	25.0	16.7-35.8
RACE
White	104	76	70.3	59.1-79.4	28	29.7	20.6-40.9
Other	46	35	72.5	53.1-86.0	11	27.5	14.0-46.9
AGE
18-44	32	22	70.1	48.0-85.6	10	29.9	14.4-52.0
45+	116	89	72.6	62.1-81.1	27	27.4	18.9-37.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	64	54	77.6	60.7-88.6	10	22.4	11.4-39.3
Some College +	85	56	65.3	52.9-76.0	29	34.7	24.0-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	89	66	72.8	60.8-82.2	23	27.2	17.8-39.2
$50,000+	43	29	64.0	45.1-79.4	14	36.0	20.6-54.9