2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means no pain at all and 10 means the worst pain you can imagine, how severe has your pain usually been over the past 3 months?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Mild pain Moderate pain Severe pain
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,178 546 47.5 43.8-51.2 268 22.0 19.2-25.1 364 30.5 27.1-34.1
GENDER
Male 462 232 52.9 47.1-58.6 108 22.6 18.2-27.7 122 24.5 19.9-29.9
Female 716 314 44.0 39.3-48.8 160 21.7 18.1-25.7 242 34.3 29.8-39.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,043 502 49.3 45.4-53.3 234 21.3 18.4-24.6 307 29.4 25.8-33.2
No 134 43 32.7 23.6-43.3 34 27.7 19.4-37.9 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 15 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 282 138 51.1 43.4-58.8 64 22.3 16.6-29.3 80 26.6 20.1-34.1
Overweight 349 179 51.1 44.3-57.7 76 19.5 15.0-24.9 94 29.5 23.5-36.2
Obese 467 187 42.0 36.3-47.9 106 22.3 18.0-27.3 174 35.7 30.3-41.6
Current Smoker
Yes 278 89 31.4 24.9-38.7 72 23.0 17.5-29.6 117 45.6 38.1-53.4
No 894 455 53.0 48.8-57.2 195 21.8 18.6-25.4 244 25.2 21.7-29.1
History of CVD**
Yes 244 79 33.0 25.5-41.5 54 18.4 13.2-25.1 111 48.6 40.2-57.1
No 925 462 50.8 46.6-54.9 211 22.9 19.7-26.5 252 26.3 22.8-30.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** 32 23.9 16.1-34.1
No 1,014 470 47.6 43.6-51.7 230 21.5 18.5-24.8 314 30.9 27.2-34.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,073 494 47.6 43.7-51.5 246 21.8 18.9-25.1 333 30.6 27.0-34.4
COPD
Yes 221 70 33.2 25.4-42.1 52 20.8 14.7-28.4 99 46.0 37.6-54.7
No 951 472 50.4 46.3-54.6 216 22.5 19.4-26.0 263 27.1 23.4-31.0
Current Asthma
Yes 188 57 31.4 23.6-40.4 48 21.6 15.5-29.2 83 47.0 38.0-56.2
No 982 486 50.3 46.2-54.3 218 22.2 19.0-25.6 278 27.6 24.0-31.5
Diabetes
Yes 287 96 35.2 28.3-42.9 73 24.3 18.8-30.8 118 40.4 33.2-48.1
No 891 450 51.1 46.8-55.3 195 21.4 18.1-25.0 246 27.6 23.8-31.6
Functional Disability
Yes 690 238 34.5 30.0-39.3 183 26.7 22.7-31.2 269 38.8 34.1-43.7
No 485 307 64.3 58.6-69.6 85 16.2 12.6-20.5 93 19.6 15.2-24.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 711 273 37.1 32.6-41.8 169 24.0 20.1-28.4 269 38.9 34.3-43.8
No 467 273 60.6 54.8-66.1 99 19.6 15.7-24.1 95 19.9 15.3-25.3

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**A respondent answering with a response less than or equal to 5 is classified as mild pain, 6-7 as moderate pain, and a response greater than or equal to 8 as severe pain.

**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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