2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 682 231 33.1 28.7-37.9 451 66.9 62.1-71.3
GENDER
Male 302 94 31.6 25.1-38.9 208 68.4 61.1-74.9
Female 380 137 34.5 28.8-40.8 243 65.5 59.2-71.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 426 150 35.1 29.6-41.1 276 64.9 58.9-70.4
Non-Hispanic Black 193 67 29.8 22.6-38.1 126 70.2 61.9-77.4
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 180 46 27.0 19.7-35.8 134 73.0 64.2-80.3
45-64 253 99 36.8 30.0-44.2 154 63.2 55.8-70.0
65+ 240 83 39.3 31.5-47.6 157 60.7 52.4-68.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 268 96 31.6 25.2-38.8 172 68.4 61.2-74.8
Some Post-H.S. 212 85 39.1 30.8-48.1 127 60.9 51.9-69.2
College Graduate 201 50 24.6 18.2-32.4 151 75.4 67.6-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 335 126 35.7 29.4-42.4 209 64.3 57.6-70.6
$50,000+ 216 58 29.5 21.8-38.7 158 70.5 61.3-78.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 131 47 33.6 24.4-44.2 84 66.4 55.8-75.6

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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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