2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 3,615 1,180 30.7 28.8-32.6 2,435 69.3 67.4-71.2
GENDER
Male 1,626 463 25.9 23.4-28.7 1,163 74.1 71.3-76.6
Female 1,989 717 34.7 32.1-37.5 1,272 65.3 62.5-67.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,131 1,045 31.6 29.6-33.7 2,086 68.4 66.3-70.4
No 480 134 25.2 20.8-30.2 346 74.8 69.8-79.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 940 282 27.4 24.0-31.2 658 72.6 68.8-76.0
Overweight 1,200 350 27.0 24.0-30.3 850 73.0 69.7-76.0
Obese 1,166 468 38.9 35.3-42.5 698 61.1 57.5-64.7
Current Smoker
Yes 609 279 42.5 37.6-47.6 330 57.5 52.4-62.4
No 2,977 895 28.2 26.2-30.2 2,082 71.8 69.8-73.8
History of CVD**
Yes 501 245 49.7 43.6-55.7 256 50.3 44.3-56.4
No 3,094 926 28.1 26.2-30.1 2,168 71.9 69.9-73.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 408 112 24.0 19.3-29.3 296 76.0 70.7-80.7
No 3,041 1,014 31.7 29.6-33.8 2,027 68.3 66.2-70.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 193 58 24.4 18.1-31.9 135 75.6 68.1-81.9
No 3,250 1,073 31.2 29.2-33.3 2,177 68.8 66.7-70.8
COPD
Yes 354 221 61.4 54.5-67.9 133 38.6 32.1-45.5
No 3,253 953 27.5 25.6-29.5 2,300 72.5 70.5-74.4
Current Asthma
Yes 336 188 50.9 43.9-57.8 148 49.1 42.2-56.1
No 3,265 984 28.6 26.7-30.6 2,281 71.4 69.4-73.3
Diabetes
Yes 580 289 49.6 44.1-55.1 291 50.4 44.9-55.9
No 3,037 891 27.5 25.6-29.6 2,146 72.5 70.4-74.4
Functional Disability
Yes 1,218 692 55.5 51.7-59.1 526 44.5 40.9-48.3
No 2,386 485 19.5 17.6-21.5 1,901 80.5 78.5-82.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,307 713 54.7 51.1-58.3 594 45.3 41.7-48.9
No 2,310 467 19.7 17.7-21.8 1,843 80.3 78.2-82.3

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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