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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Arthritis Burden

In this next question, we are referring to work for pay. Do arthritis or joint symptoms now
affect whether you work, the type of work you do, or the amount of work you do?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,788 1,452 32.2 29.9-34.5 3,336 67.8 65.5-70.1
-Pitt County 144 41 30.3 22.2-39.7 103 69.7 60.3-77.8
GENDER
Male 41 14 38.3 23.0-56.3 27 61.7 43.7-77.0
Female 103 27 26.0 17.7-36.5 76 74.0 63.5-82.3
RACE
White 102 27 28.5 19.6-39.6 75 71.5 60.4-80.4
Other 42 14 33.4 19.2-51.5 28 66.6 48.5-80.8
AGE
18-44 23 7 27.2 12.2-50.1 16 72.8 49.9-87.8
45+ 120 34 31.6 23.0-41.8 86 68.4 58.2-77.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 19 36.4 23.0-52.4 41 63.6 47.6-77.0
Some College + 84 22 26.6 17.4-38.4 62 73.4 61.6-82.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 25 34.4 22.9-48.0 53 65.6 52.0-77.1
$50,000+ 42 8 19.0 9.3-34.8 34 81.0 65.2-90.7

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This question was asked regardless of the respondent's employment status.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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