BRFSS 2005 - Pitt County: (During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Pitt County	440	171	32.4	27.5-37.9	269	67.6	62.1-72.5
GENDER
Male	164	56	28.9	21.7-37.4	108	71.1	62.6-78.3
Female	276	115	36.2	30.0-42.9	161	63.8	57.1-70.0
RACE
White	288	121	36.4	30.3-42.9	167	63.6	57.1-69.7
Other	152	50	26.6	18.9-36.0	102	73.4	64.0-81.1
AGE
18-44	175	39	18.5	12.8-25.9	136	81.5	74.1-87.2
45+	261	130	48.1	41.2-55.2	131	51.9	44.8-58.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	66	30.0	22.3-38.9	110	70.0	61.1-77.7
Some College +	262	104	34.1	27.9-40.9	158	65.9	59.1-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	98	33.0	26.5-40.2	143	67.0	59.8-73.5
$50,000+	141	54	34.6	26.4-44.0	87	65.4	56.0-73.6

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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	17,187	7,544	38.4	37.5-39.4	9,643	61.6	60.6-62.5
-Pitt County	440	171	32.4	27.5-37.9	269	67.6	62.1-72.5
GENDER
Male	164	56	28.9	21.7-37.4	108	71.1	62.6-78.3
Female	276	115	36.2	30.0-42.9	161	63.8	57.1-70.0
RACE
White	288	121	36.4	30.3-42.9	167	63.6	57.1-69.7
Other	152	50	26.6	18.9-36.0	102	73.4	64.0-81.1
AGE
18-44	175	39	18.5	12.8-25.9	136	81.5	74.1-87.2
45+	261	130	48.1	41.2-55.2	131	51.9	44.8-58.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	176	66	30.0	22.3-38.9	110	70.0	61.1-77.7
Some College +	262	104	34.1	27.9-40.9	158	65.9	59.1-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	241	98	33.0	26.5-40.2	143	67.0	59.8-73.5
$50,000+	141	54	34.6	26.4-44.0	87	65.4	56.0-73.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Arthritis Burden

During the past 30 days, have you had any symptoms of pain, aching, or stiffness in or around a joint?