2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 644 247 37.6 32.6-43.0 397 62.4 57.0-67.4
Region 3 330 105 29.2 23.9-35.1 225 70.8 64.9-76.1
Region 4 477 138 30.2 25.6-35.2 339 69.8 64.8-74.4
Region 5 412 120 28.5 23.7-33.8 292 71.5 66.2-76.3
Region 6 329 123 34.5 28.5-41.0 206 65.5 59.0-71.5
Region 7 441 111 24.3 20.0-29.2 330 75.7 70.8-80.0
Region 8 400 145 33.2 27.8-39.1 255 66.8 60.9-72.2
Region 9 & 10 584 191 31.7 27.1-36.6 393 68.3 63.4-72.9
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,336 457 31.8 28.7-35.0 879 68.2 65.0-71.3
Piedmont 1,538 442 28.5 25.9-31.2 1,096 71.5 68.8-74.1
Western NC 743 281 36.5 32.0-41.3 462 63.5 58.7-68.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 573 212 32.8 27.8-38.2 361 67.2 61.8-72.2
Northwest 522 179 32.7 28.1-37.6 343 67.3 62.4-71.9
Charlotte 364 104 30.4 25.1-36.3 260 69.6 63.7-74.9
Greensboro 350 110 29.7 24.4-35.5 240 70.3 64.5-75.6
Southern Regional 419 153 34.8 29.4-40.7 266 65.2 59.3-70.6
Southeast 212 72 27.5 21.4-34.6 140 72.5 65.4-78.6
Wake 465 111 22.9 18.8-27.6 354 77.1 72.4-81.2
Area L & Eastern 712 239 33.2 28.7-38.0 473 66.8 62.0-71.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 644 247 37.6 32.6-43.0 397 62.4 57.0-67.4
Region 2 532 167 28.7 24.6-33.3 365 71.3 66.7-75.4
Region 3 485 143 30.7 26.1-35.7 342 69.3 64.3-73.9
Region 4 625 157 25.5 21.7-29.8 468 74.5 70.2-78.3
Region 5 649 235 32.8 28.6-37.3 414 67.2 62.7-71.4
Region 6 682 231 33.1 28.7-37.9 451 66.9 62.1-71.3

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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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