2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Chronic Pain

Do you suffer from any type of chronic pain, that is pain that occurs constantly or flares up often?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,615 1,180 30.7 28.8-32.6 2,435 69.3 67.4-71.2
Medicaid Region 1 644 247 37.6 32.6-43.0 397 62.4 57.0-67.4
GENDER
Male 297 101 35.3 28.0-43.4 196 64.7 56.6-72.0
Female 347 146 39.8 32.9-47.2 201 60.2 52.8-67.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 555 226 39.5 34.0-45.3 329 60.5 54.7-66.0
Non-Hispanic Black 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 156 46 30.7 22.0-40.9 110 69.3 59.1-78.0
45-64 230 101 45.3 36.6-54.3 129 54.7 45.7-63.4
65+ 248 98 38.5 30.3-47.5 150 61.5 52.5-69.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 88 34.8 27.0-43.5 133 65.2 56.5-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 198 80 44.4 35.0-54.2 118 55.6 45.8-65.0
College Graduate 225 79 32.7 25.2-41.3 146 67.3 58.7-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 129 44.3 36.5-52.4 158 55.7 47.6-63.5
$50,000+ 229 76 35.2 26.6-44.8 153 64.8 55.2-73.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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