2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) Over-the-counter medication like ibuprofen or aspirin.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 960 652 70.7 67.0-74.2 308 29.3 25.8-33.0
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 205 152 77.1 68.7-83.7 53 22.9 16.3-31.3
Region 3 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 106 75 74.2 63.9-82.4 31 25.8 17.6-36.1
Region 5 105 78 76.1 65.5-84.2 27 23.9 15.8-34.5
Region 6 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 117 85 77.8 68.6-85.0 32 22.2 15.0-31.4
Region 9 & 10 151 88 59.3 49.2-68.6 63 40.7 31.4-50.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 366 234 67.6 61.3-73.2 132 32.4 26.8-38.7
Piedmont 361 252 71.3 65.5-76.4 109 28.7 23.6-34.5
Western NC 233 166 74.2 66.6-80.6 67 25.8 19.4-33.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 174 126 72.3 62.4-80.5 48 27.7 19.5-37.6
Northwest 146 105 75.7 67.2-82.6 41 24.3 17.4-32.8
Charlotte 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 95 70 75.9 64.6-84.4 25 24.1 15.6-35.4
Southern Regional 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 191 117 64.6 55.7-72.6 74 35.4 27.4-44.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 205 152 77.1 68.7-83.7 53 22.9 16.3-31.3
Region 2 139 99 74.6 65.7-81.8 40 25.4 18.2-34.3
Region 3 110 78 75.0 64.8-82.9 32 25.0 17.1-35.2
Region 4 136 90 66.2 56.3-74.9 46 33.8 25.1-43.7
Region 5 186 121 66.0 57.0-74.0 65 34.0 26.0-43.0
Region 6 184 112 63.9 55.0-71.9 72 36.1 28.1-45.0

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

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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