2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A prescription anti-inflammatory like Celebrex.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 944 266 27.1 23.6-30.9 678 72.9 69.1-76.4
GENDER
Male 348 97 26.4 21.2-32.3 251 73.6 67.7-78.8
Female 596 169 27.5 23.0-32.5 427 72.5 67.5-77.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 851 247 27.4 23.7-31.4 604 72.6 68.6-76.3
No 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 208 53 25.0 17.9-33.6 155 75.0 66.4-82.1
Overweight 281 78 24.5 18.9-31.1 203 75.5 68.9-81.1
Obese 396 119 29.7 24.3-35.7 277 70.3 64.3-75.7
Current Smoker
Yes 210 59 25.0 18.3-33.0 151 75.0 67.0-81.7
No 730 206 27.4 23.5-31.7 524 72.6 68.3-76.5
History of CVD**
Yes 198 53 23.3 16.9-31.3 145 76.7 68.7-83.1
No 738 210 27.7 23.7-32.0 528 72.3 68.0-76.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 825 238 27.6 23.8-31.6 587 72.4 68.4-76.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 861 244 26.7 23.1-30.7 617 73.3 69.3-76.9
COPD
Yes 190 64 29.9 22.3-38.9 126 70.1 61.1-77.7
No 752 202 26.4 22.5-30.6 550 73.6 69.4-77.5
Current Asthma
Yes 161 56 34.7 25.8-44.7 105 65.3 55.3-74.2
No 777 208 25.6 21.9-29.8 569 74.4 70.2-78.1
Diabetes
Yes 232 71 28.9 22.1-36.7 161 71.1 63.3-77.9
No 712 195 26.5 22.6-30.9 517 73.5 69.1-77.4
Functional Disability
Yes 552 167 29.4 24.7-34.5 385 70.6 65.5-75.3
No 389 99 24.3 19.3-30.2 290 75.7 69.8-80.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 587 183 30.3 25.7-35.3 404 69.7 64.7-74.3
No 357 83 22.5 17.6-28.4 274 77.5 71.6-82.4

Back to Chronic Pain.

*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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