2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 625 157 25.5 21.7-29.8 468 74.5 70.2-78.3
GENDER
Male 284 62 22.1 17.1-28.1 222 77.9 71.9-82.9
Female 341 95 28.4 23.0-34.5 246 71.6 65.5-77.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 377 98 26.6 21.6-32.3 279 73.4 67.7-78.4
Non-Hispanic Black 153 42 28.0 20.1-37.6 111 72.0 62.4-79.9
Other 95 17 14.7 8.7-23.8 78 85.3 76.2-91.3
AGE
18-44 219 30 12.6 8.6-18.1 189 87.4 81.9-91.4
45-64 231 79 36.4 29.6-43.8 152 63.6 56.2-70.4
65+ 165 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 52 25.9 19.2-33.9 152 74.1 66.1-80.8
Some Post-H.S. 142 47 32.8 24.4-42.5 95 67.2 57.5-75.6
College Graduate 278 58 20.1 15.3-25.9 220 79.9 74.1-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 74 32.2 25.4-39.9 168 67.8 60.1-74.6
$50,000+ 268 55 21.9 16.5-28.5 213 78.1 71.5-83.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 28 21.2 14.0-30.8 87 78.8 69.2-86.0

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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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