2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Chronic Pain

What is the main cause of your chronic pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Arthritis Back Pain** Accident or Injury Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,123 410 34.8 31.4-38.5 232 19.1 16.4-22.1 116 11.2 9.0-13.9 365 34.9 31.2-38.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 240 86 29.2 21.9-37.6 49 19.7 13.9-27.3 34 19.3 12.0-29.5 71 31.8 23.9-40.9
Region 3 97 *** *** *** 23 20.2 13.0-30.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 130 44 34.4 25.7-44.3 25 18.3 12.0-26.8 12 9.4 5.1-16.6 49 37.9 28.7-48.0
Region 5 112 *** *** *** 23 19.4 12.5-28.7 15 12.9 7.5-21.4 *** *** ***
Region 6 118 40 33.6 24.0-44.7 25 22.8 14.4-34.1 11 8.2 4.3-15.2 *** *** ***
Region 7 105 *** *** *** 23 19.7 12.6-29.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 139 52 33.0 24.1-43.3 27 16.3 10.7-24.1 18 16.2 9.9-25.3 42 34.4 25.4-44.8
Region 9 & 10 182 64 34.4 26.3-43.5 37 19.0 12.7-27.5 12 6.2 3.2-11.7 69 40.4 31.8-49.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 438 155 33.2 27.8-39.0 90 18.8 14.7-23.8 40 9.9 7.0-13.9 153 38.1 32.3-44.1
Piedmont 413 158 37.1 31.8-42.7 84 18.7 14.8-23.3 40 10.0 7.1-14.0 131 34.2 28.8-40.1
Western NC 272 97 31.0 24.0-38.9 58 20.5 15.0-27.3 36 17.0 10.7-25.7 81 31.6 24.4-39.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 207 72 25.8 19.0-33.9 45 24.0 17.1-32.6 30 18.2 11.4-27.8 60 32.0 23.8-41.6
Northwest 165 65 39.1 30.9-48.1 39 22.9 16.3-31.1 11 8.1 4.0-15.8 50 29.9 22.4-38.6
Charlotte 99 *** *** *** 14 12.0 6.7-20.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 103 *** *** *** 19 17.0 10.5-26.3 13 12.7 7.0-21.8 *** *** ***
Southern Regional 148 48 26.8 19.3-36.0 30 21.8 14.2-31.9 14 9.8 5.5-16.8 *** *** ***
Southeast 67 *** *** *** 13 17.0 9.4-28.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 104 *** *** *** 24 21.1 13.5-31.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 230 79 35.3 27.5-44.0 48 18.8 13.3-25.8 21 9.7 6.0-15.4 82 36.2 28.6-44.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 240 86 29.2 21.9-37.6 49 19.7 13.9-27.3 34 19.3 12.0-29.5 71 31.8 23.9-40.9
Region 2 156 62 40.0 31.8-48.9 36 20.6 14.6-28.4 13 10.0 5.6-17.2 45 29.3 21.7-38.2
Region 3 134 46 35.3 26.6-45.1 26 17.7 11.7-25.9 12 9.3 5.1-16.4 50 37.7 28.7-47.7
Region 4 146 59 36.9 28.4-46.3 30 18.1 12.3-26.0 15 9.7 5.4-16.8 42 35.3 26.0-45.9
Region 5 225 82 31.9 25.0-39.7 45 19.9 14.1-27.3 22 10.2 6.4-15.9 76 38.0 30.2-46.4
Region 6 222 75 34.1 26.4-42.7 46 19.1 13.5-26.4 20 10.3 6.3-16.4 81 36.5 29.1-44.6

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**Includes sciatica, slipped or ruptured discs, and spondylosis.

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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