2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A non-medication pain therapy like acupuncture, physical therapy, or yoga?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 960 292 30.8 27.1-34.8 668 69.2 65.2-72.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 205 71 30.4 22.6-39.5 134 69.6 60.5-77.4
Region 3 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 117 30 25.9 17.7-36.3 87 74.1 63.7-82.3
Region 9 & 10 151 43 32.7 23.6-43.4 108 67.3 56.6-76.4
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 366 101 28.4 22.9-34.6 265 71.6 65.4-77.1
Piedmont 361 112 32.2 26.5-38.5 249 67.8 61.5-73.5
Western NC 233 79 30.3 23.1-38.7 154 69.7 61.3-76.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 174 66 37.4 28.2-47.5 108 62.6 52.5-71.8
Northwest 146 33 25.3 17.8-34.7 113 74.7 65.3-82.2
Charlotte 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 95 29 27.6 18.8-38.7 66 72.4 61.3-81.2
Southern Regional 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 191 54 29.6 21.8-38.7 137 70.4 61.3-78.2
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 205 71 30.4 22.6-39.5 134 69.6 60.5-77.4
Region 2 139 36 27.6 19.8-37.0 103 72.4 63.0-80.2
Region 3 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 136 53 35.8 26.4-46.4 83 64.2 53.6-73.6
Region 5 186 46 26.5 19.2-35.5 140 73.5 64.5-80.8
Region 6 184 51 28.6 21.1-37.6 133 71.4 62.4-78.9

Back to Chronic Pain.

*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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