2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A non-medication pain therapy like acupuncture, physical therapy, or yoga?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 960 292 30.8 27.1-34.8 668 69.2 65.2-72.9
GENDER
Male 356 105 30.5 24.6-37.2 251 69.5 62.8-75.4
Female 604 187 31.0 26.4-36.1 417 69.0 63.9-73.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 867 271 31.5 27.6-35.8 596 68.5 64.2-72.4
No 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 212 76 39.2 30.9-48.2 136 60.8 51.8-69.1
Overweight 287 87 29.3 23.1-36.4 200 70.7 63.6-76.9
Obese 400 117 29.1 23.5-35.4 283 70.9 64.6-76.5
Current Smoker
Yes 214 47 20.4 14.5-27.9 167 79.6 72.1-85.5
No 742 245 34.4 30.0-39.0 497 65.6 61.0-70.0
History of CVD**
Yes 207 43 18.1 11.6-27.2 164 81.9 72.8-88.4
No 745 245 33.6 29.4-38.2 500 66.4 61.8-70.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 839 251 30.3 26.3-34.7 588 69.7 65.3-73.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 875 266 30.9 26.9-35.1 609 69.1 64.9-73.1
COPD
Yes 192 42 20.0 14.0-27.9 150 80.0 72.1-86.0
No 766 249 33.5 29.2-38.1 517 66.5 61.9-70.8
Current Asthma
Yes 162 56 33.3 24.9-43.0 106 66.7 57.0-75.1
No 791 234 30.5 26.4-35.0 557 69.5 65.0-73.6
Diabetes
Yes 239 49 19.8 13.5-28.1 190 80.2 71.9-86.5
No 721 243 34.2 29.9-38.9 478 65.8 61.1-70.1
Functional Disability
Yes 568 171 29.6 24.9-34.9 397 70.4 65.1-75.1
No 389 120 32.4 26.6-38.8 269 67.6 61.2-73.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 600 170 26.6 22.3-31.5 430 73.4 68.5-77.7
No 360 122 36.9 30.6-43.7 238 63.1 56.3-69.4

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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