2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A prescription anti-inflammatory like Celebrex.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 944 266 27.1 23.6-30.9 678 72.9 69.1-76.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 204 58 29.9 21.6-39.8 146 70.1 60.2-78.4
Region 3 83 21 20.9 13.1-31.7 62 79.1 68.3-86.9
Region 4 105 29 25.7 17.3-36.4 76 74.3 63.6-82.7
Region 5 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 94 28 27.2 18.4-38.3 66 72.8 61.7-81.6
Region 7 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 114 31 29.8 20.6-40.9 83 70.2 59.1-79.4
Region 9 & 10 149 43 23.7 16.7-32.5 106 76.3 67.5-83.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 359 103 27.6 22.3-33.5 256 72.4 66.5-77.7
Piedmont 355 100 27.0 21.8-32.9 255 73.0 67.1-78.2
Western NC 230 63 26.9 19.8-35.5 167 73.1 64.5-80.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 173 51 31.7 22.6-42.3 122 68.3 57.7-77.4
Northwest 144 36 24.0 16.7-33.1 108 76.0 66.9-83.3
Charlotte 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 117 32 25.5 17.3-35.9 85 74.5 64.1-82.7
Southeast 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 187 60 30.0 22.5-38.8 127 70.0 61.2-77.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 204 58 29.9 21.6-39.8 146 70.1 60.2-78.4
Region 2 136 34 24.1 16.5-33.7 102 75.9 66.3-83.5
Region 3 109 30 25.2 17.0-35.7 79 74.8 64.3-83.0
Region 4 132 40 29.5 21.1-39.6 92 70.5 60.4-78.9
Region 5 182 48 27.6 20.5-36.0 134 72.4 64.0-79.5
Region 6 181 56 27.2 20.3-35.5 125 72.8 64.5-79.7

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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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