2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A prescription narcotic pain reliever like Percocet or Vicodin?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 948 201 20.9 17.8-24.3 747 79.1 75.7-82.2
GENDER
Male 349 79 19.9 15.5-25.2 270 80.1 74.8-84.5
Female 599 122 21.4 17.4-26.1 477 78.6 73.9-82.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 855 189 21.9 18.6-25.6 666 78.1 74.4-81.4
No 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 208 44 19.5 13.5-27.3 164 80.5 72.7-86.5
Overweight 285 57 22.2 16.7-28.9 228 77.8 71.1-83.3
Obese 395 91 21.2 16.6-26.6 304 78.8 73.4-83.4
Current Smoker
Yes 212 54 22.3 16.2-29.9 158 77.7 70.1-83.8
No 732 146 20.6 17.1-24.6 586 79.4 75.4-82.9
History of CVD**
Yes 204 53 26.3 19.2-34.8 151 73.7 65.2-80.8
No 736 145 19.4 16.0-23.2 591 80.6 76.8-84.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 78 17 16.8 9.4-28.2 61 83.2 71.8-90.6
No 828 175 21.0 17.7-24.8 653 79.0 75.2-82.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 864 184 20.9 17.7-24.5 680 79.1 75.5-82.3
COPD
Yes 190 52 30.3 22.3-39.7 138 69.7 60.3-77.7
No 756 149 18.6 15.4-22.3 607 81.4 77.7-84.6
Current Asthma
Yes 161 45 27.5 19.7-36.9 116 72.5 63.1-80.3
No 780 155 19.7 16.4-23.5 625 80.3 76.5-83.6
Diabetes
Yes 234 61 23.6 17.7-30.8 173 76.4 69.2-82.3
No 714 140 20.0 16.5-24.1 574 80.0 75.9-83.5
Functional Disability
Yes 558 143 27.4 22.8-32.5 415 72.6 67.5-77.2
No 387 58 12.4 9.1-16.7 329 87.6 83.3-90.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 591 150 26.5 22.2-31.4 441 73.5 68.6-77.8
No 357 51 12.9 9.2-17.8 306 87.1 82.2-90.8

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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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