2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 532 167 28.7 24.6-33.3 365 71.3 66.7-75.4
GENDER
Male 233 59 20.1 15.2-26.1 174 79.9 73.9-84.8
Female 299 108 35.8 29.7-42.3 191 64.2 57.7-70.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 388 135 32.9 27.8-38.6 253 67.1 61.4-72.2
Non-Hispanic Black 94 21 18.8 11.7-28.8 73 81.2 71.2-88.3
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 151 27 15.4 10.3-22.4 124 84.6 77.6-89.7
45-64 202 71 35.4 28.5-43.1 131 64.6 56.9-71.5
65+ 171 66 37.8 29.6-46.8 105 62.2 53.2-70.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 70 31.3 24.4-39.1 124 68.7 60.9-75.6
Some Post-H.S. 167 61 32.2 25.0-40.3 106 67.8 59.7-75.0
College Graduate 169 36 19.6 13.9-26.9 133 80.4 73.1-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 88 38.4 31.3-46.1 135 61.6 53.9-68.7
$50,000+ 205 47 19.5 14.3-26.1 158 80.5 73.9-85.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 32 26.6 18.1-37.3 72 73.4 62.7-81.9

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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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