2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

About how often to you experience this pain? Would you say…*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Its constant, always there At least once a day At least once a week Less Often**
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,161 594 49.1 45.4-52.8 320 28.0 24.7-31.5 153 13.8 11.5-16.6 94 9.1 7.2-11.5
GENDER
Male 459 239 48.9 43.1-54.7 121 26.9 22.1-32.2 63 14.6 11.0-19.0 36 9.7 6.6-14.0
Female 702 355 49.2 44.4-54.1 199 28.7 24.4-33.4 90 13.4 10.3-17.1 58 8.7 6.4-11.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,028 533 49.8 45.9-53.8 289 28.9 25.4-32.7 128 13.0 10.5-15.9 78 8.3 6.3-10.7
No 132 *** *** *** 30 19.6 12.7-28.9 25 20.6 13.1-30.8 16 15.4 9.0-25.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 279 140 43.9 36.5-51.6 76 33.1 25.8-41.4 39 14.1 9.8-20.1 24 8.8 5.5-13.8
Overweight 345 155 44.1 37.6-50.8 98 24.0 18.9-29.9 57 19.2 14.2-25.4 35 12.8 8.6-18.6
Obese 459 253 54.7 48.8-60.5 128 27.7 22.7-33.3 48 10.8 7.7-15.0 30 6.8 4.5-10.1
Current Smoker
Yes 276 159 52.4 44.7-60.1 70 29.8 22.7-38.1 31 12.8 8.4-18.9 16 5.0 2.8- 8.7
No 879 432 48.2 43.9-52.5 249 27.1 23.5-31.0 120 14.2 11.4-17.4 78 10.5 8.1-13.6
History of CVD**
Yes 241 150 58.9 50.2-67.1 62 25.1 18.6-32.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 911 439 46.7 42.6-50.9 254 28.6 24.9-32.6 136 15.2 12.5-18.4 82 9.5 7.3-12.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 111 *** *** *** 25 23.2 14.6-34.9 22 20.9 13.3-31.2 *** *** ***
No 997 511 48.9 44.9-52.9 280 29.1 25.5-33.0 125 13.0 10.5-16.0 81 9.0 7.0-11.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,055 542 48.8 44.9-52.7 290 28.6 25.1-32.3 138 13.8 11.3-16.7 85 8.8 6.9-11.3
COPD
Yes 218 147 64.3 55.2-72.5 46 19.8 13.6-27.8 18 12.2 6.9-20.7 *** *** ***
No 937 445 46.1 42.0-50.2 273 29.7 26.0-33.6 134 14.1 11.6-17.1 85 10.1 7.9-12.9
Current Asthma
Yes 185 115 56.5 47.2-65.4 43 26.1 18.7-35.1 19 10.3 5.9-17.3 *** *** ***
No 969 475 47.7 43.6-51.8 275 28.3 24.8-32.2 134 14.5 11.9-17.7 85 9.4 7.4-12.0
Diabetes
Yes 282 172 57.0 49.2-64.5 76 27.8 21.5-35.3 18 7.9 4.3-13.9 *** *** ***
No 879 422 46.8 42.6-51.0 244 28.0 24.3-32.1 135 15.6 12.8-18.9 78 9.6 7.4-12.3
Functional Disability
Yes 681 414 59.9 55.0-64.6 171 24.1 20.2-28.6 58 9.4 6.8-12.9 38 6.5 4.5- 9.3
No 477 179 35.4 30.2-41.0 148 32.9 27.6-38.6 95 19.6 15.6-24.4 55 12.1 8.8-16.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 702 415 58.5 53.6-63.1 182 25.4 21.5-29.8 71 10.0 7.4-13.4 34 6.2 4.1- 9.1
No 459 179 37.3 31.9-43.0 138 31.2 25.9-37.1 82 18.7 14.7-23.5 60 12.8 9.5-17.0

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*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**Includes the responses of 'At least once per month' and 'less often' combined.

**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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