BRFSS 2005 - Pitt County: (Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Pitt County	205	59	25.6	19.4-32.9	146	74.4	67.1-80.6
GENDER
Male	65	16	23.0	13.5-36.3	49	77.0	63.7-86.5
Female	140	43	27.6	20.3-36.4	97	72.4	63.6-79.7
RACE
White	137	38	25.2	18.1-34.0	99	74.8	66.0-81.9
Other	68	21	26.3	16.0-40.0	47	73.7	60.0-84.0
AGE
18-44	41	9	16.9	7.7-33.1	32	83.1	66.9-92.3
45+	162	50	29.3	22.1-37.8	112	70.7	62.2-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	30	28.4	19.2-39.7	67	71.6	60.3-80.8
Some College +	107	29	23.3	15.6-33.4	78	76.7	66.6-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	115	39	32.3	23.3-42.9	76	67.7	57.1-76.7
$50,000+	59	9	10.7	5.2-20.8	50	89.3	79.2-94.8

*This question asked only of respondents who reported arthritis or joint symptoms 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

Are you now limited in any way in any of your usual activities because of arthritis or joint symptoms?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	8,210	2,926	33.0	31.7-34.3	5,284	67.0	65.7-68.3
-Pitt County	205	59	25.6	19.4-32.9	146	74.4	67.1-80.6
GENDER
Male	65	16	23.0	13.5-36.3	49	77.0	63.7-86.5
Female	140	43	27.6	20.3-36.4	97	72.4	63.6-79.7
RACE
White	137	38	25.2	18.1-34.0	99	74.8	66.0-81.9
Other	68	21	26.3	16.0-40.0	47	73.7	60.0-84.0
AGE
18-44	41	9	16.9	7.7-33.1	32	83.1	66.9-92.3
45+	162	50	29.3	22.1-37.8	112	70.7	62.2-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	97	30	28.4	19.2-39.7	67	71.6	60.3-80.8
Some College +	107	29	23.3	15.6-33.4	78	76.7	66.6-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	115	39	32.3	23.3-42.9	76	67.7	57.1-76.7
$50,000+	59	9	10.7	5.2-20.8	50	89.3	79.2-94.8