2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) Over-the-counter medication like ibuprofen or aspirin.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 960 652 70.7 67.0-74.2 308 29.3 25.8-33.0
GENDER
Male 356 235 70.0 63.8-75.5 121 30.0 24.5-36.2
Female 604 417 71.1 66.4-75.4 187 28.9 24.6-33.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 867 585 70.2 66.3-73.9 282 29.8 26.1-33.7
No 92 67 76.8 65.0-85.5 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 212 131 65.1 56.4-72.9 81 34.9 27.1-43.6
Overweight 287 200 73.0 66.3-78.8 87 27.0 21.2-33.7
Obese 400 274 69.4 63.4-74.8 126 30.6 25.2-36.6
Current Smoker
Yes 214 143 73.8 66.3-80.1 71 26.2 19.9-33.7
No 742 507 69.6 65.2-73.7 235 30.4 26.3-34.8
History of CVD**
Yes 207 131 68.1 59.5-75.5 76 31.9 24.5-40.5
No 745 515 71.3 67.0-75.2 230 28.7 24.8-33.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 839 568 70.3 66.3-74.1 271 29.7 25.9-33.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 875 595 70.8 66.9-74.5 280 29.2 25.5-33.1
COPD
Yes 192 120 66.6 57.6-74.6 72 33.4 25.4-42.4
No 766 532 71.8 67.6-75.6 234 28.2 24.4-32.4
Current Asthma
Yes 162 102 61.1 51.0-70.3 60 38.9 29.7-49.0
No 791 545 72.3 68.3-76.0 246 27.7 24.0-31.7
Diabetes
Yes 239 156 67.2 59.3-74.2 83 32.8 25.8-40.7
No 721 496 71.8 67.5-75.7 225 28.2 24.3-32.5
Functional Disability
Yes 568 370 67.6 62.4-72.3 198 32.4 27.7-37.6
No 389 279 74.7 69.1-79.5 110 25.3 20.5-30.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 600 393 69.0 64.2-73.5 207 31.0 26.5-35.8
No 360 259 73.1 66.9-78.4 101 26.9 21.6-33.1

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*Asked of respondents that stated they were doing something to cope with their 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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