2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 485 143 30.7 26.1-35.7 342 69.3 64.3-73.9
GENDER
Male 221 50 23.3 17.3-30.5 171 76.7 69.5-82.7
Female 264 93 37.1 30.5-44.1 171 62.9 55.9-69.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 316 101 34.6 28.6-41.1 215 65.4 58.9-71.4
Non-Hispanic Black 91 28 26.9 18.3-37.7 63 73.1 62.3-81.7
Other 78 14 18.1 10.4-29.7 64 81.9 70.3-89.6
AGE
18-44 166 37 23.9 17.5-31.9 129 76.1 68.1-82.5
45-64 164 56 36.3 28.4-45.0 108 63.7 55.0-71.6
65+ 147 45 31.5 22.8-41.8 102 68.5 58.2-77.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 59 33.8 26.3-42.3 111 66.2 57.7-73.7
Some Post-H.S. 156 50 33.9 26.0-42.8 106 66.1 57.2-74.0
College Graduate 156 34 20.4 14.2-28.3 122 79.6 71.7-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 72 38.2 30.8-46.3 125 61.8 53.7-69.2
$50,000+ 183 45 25.2 18.6-33.1 138 74.8 66.9-81.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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