BRFSS 2005 - Pitt County: (Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Pitt County	171	150	88.6	82.2-92.9	21	11.4	7.1-17.8
GENDER
Male	56	48	88.2	76.4-94.5	8	11.8	5.5-23.6
Female	115	102	88.9	80.9-93.9	13	11.1	6.1-19.1
RACE
White	121	104	87.0	79.2-92.2	17	13.0	7.8-20.8
Other	50	46	91.7	76.7-97.4	4	8.3	2.6-23.3
AGE
18-44	39	32	86.2	71.9-93.8	7	13.8	6.2-28.1
45+	130	116	89.5	81.7-94.2	14	10.5	5.8-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	66	64	97.9	91.6-99.5	2	2.1	0.5- 8.4
Some College +	104	85	82.2	72.4-89.1	19	17.8	10.9-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	89	91.1	81.7-95.9	9	8.9	4.1-18.3
$50,000+	54	43	82.9	70.2-90.8	11	17.1	9.2-29.8

*This question asked only of respondents who reported joint symptons in the last month.

^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

Did your joint symptoms first begin more than 3 months ago?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	7,496	6,465	84.2	83.0-85.4	1,031	15.8	14.6-17.0
-Pitt County	171	150	88.6	82.2-92.9	21	11.4	7.1-17.8
GENDER
Male	56	48	88.2	76.4-94.5	8	11.8	5.5-23.6
Female	115	102	88.9	80.9-93.9	13	11.1	6.1-19.1
RACE
White	121	104	87.0	79.2-92.2	17	13.0	7.8-20.8
Other	50	46	91.7	76.7-97.4	4	8.3	2.6-23.3
AGE
18-44	39	32	86.2	71.9-93.8	7	13.8	6.2-28.1
45+	130	116	89.5	81.7-94.2	14	10.5	5.8-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	66	64	97.9	91.6-99.5	2	2.1	0.5- 8.4
Some College +	104	85	82.2	72.4-89.1	19	17.8	10.9-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	98	89	91.1	81.7-95.9	9	8.9	4.1-18.3
$50,000+	54	43	82.9	70.2-90.8	11	17.1	9.2-29.8