2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,177 961 79.7 76.5-82.6 216 20.3 17.4-23.5
GENDER
Male 463 357 75.2 69.7-80.1 106 24.8 19.9-30.3
Female 714 604 82.6 78.6-86.1 110 17.4 13.9-21.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,042 868 81.6 78.2-84.5 174 18.4 15.5-21.8
No 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 282 213 75.4 68.3-81.3 69 24.6 18.7-31.7
Overweight 350 287 78.7 72.4-83.9 63 21.3 16.1-27.6
Obese 466 400 84.3 79.4-88.3 66 15.7 11.7-20.6
Current Smoker
Yes 278 215 76.1 68.9-82.0 63 23.9 18.0-31.1
No 893 742 80.9 77.2-84.2 151 19.1 15.8-22.8
History of CVD**
Yes 245 207 80.5 72.3-86.6 38 19.5 13.4-27.7
No 923 746 79.5 75.8-82.7 177 20.5 17.3-24.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,013 840 81.1 77.6-84.1 173 18.9 15.9-22.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,071 876 79.5 76.1-82.6 195 20.5 17.4-23.9
COPD
Yes 221 192 88.4 82.5-92.5 29 11.6 7.5-17.5
No 950 767 78.4 74.7-81.8 183 21.6 18.2-25.3
Current Asthma
Yes 188 162 83.2 74.7-89.2 26 16.8 10.8-25.3
No 981 792 79.0 75.5-82.2 189 21.0 17.8-24.5
Diabetes
Yes 287 239 81.9 75.4-87.0 48 18.1 13.0-24.6
No 890 722 79.1 75.3-82.4 168 20.9 17.6-24.7
Functional Disability
Yes 690 569 81.5 77.4-85.0 121 18.5 15.0-22.6
No 484 389 77.3 71.9-82.0 95 22.7 18.0-28.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 711 600 84.0 80.2-87.2 111 16.0 12.8-19.8
No 466 361 74.3 68.8-79.2 105 25.7 20.8-31.2

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*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic 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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