2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) something else? (Please specify ____________)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 958 150 16.4 13.5-19.8 808 83.6 80.2-86.5
-MALES 354 50 15.8 11.6-21.2 304 84.2 78.8-88.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 256 38 17.7 12.5-24.5 218 82.3 75.5-87.5
Non-Hispanic Black 55 *** *** *** 52 95.7 87.0-98.7
Other 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 79 12 13.3 6.5-25.3 67 86.7 74.7-93.5
55-64 77 *** *** *** 67 89.1 78.6-94.8
65-74 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 91 13 13.8 7.0-25.2 78 86.2 74.8-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 116 19 18.4 11.2-28.8 97 81.6 71.2-88.8
College Graduate 107 14 16.0 8.8-27.3 93 84.0 72.7-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 85 15 12.8 7.1-22.2 70 87.2 77.8-92.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 214 29 15.2 10.0-22.4 185 84.8 77.6-90.0
No 138 21 17.0 10.5-26.2 117 83.0 73.8-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 125 14 15.8 8.9-26.4 111 84.2 73.6-91.1
Non-Veteran 229 36 15.8 10.9-22.5 193 84.2 77.5-89.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 60 *** *** *** 51 87.3 75.0-94.1
Regional City or Suburban County 86 12 14.8 8.0-25.6 74 85.2 74.4-92.0
Rural 208 29 17.7 11.7-25.9 179 82.3 74.1-88.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 144 26 16.0 10.6-23.5 118 84.0 76.5-89.4
Unemployed 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 76 11 12.2 5.4-25.1 65 87.8 74.9-94.6
Other not in Labor Force 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 177 27 14.2 9.2-21.5 150 85.8 78.5-90.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 156 24 13.8 8.6-21.4 132 86.2 78.6-91.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 103 14 16.5 9.3-27.7 89 83.5 72.3-90.7

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*Asked of respondents that stated they were doing something to cope with their Chronic Pain.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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