2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) Marijuana?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 958 47 4.7 3.2- 6.8 911 95.3 93.2-96.8
GENDER
Male 355 23 7.4 4.6-11.8 332 92.6 88.2-95.4
Female 603 24 3.1 1.7- 5.6 579 96.9 94.4-98.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 865 32 3.3 2.1- 5.2 833 96.7 94.8-97.9
No 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 211 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 287 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 399 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 213 25 9.2 5.6-14.9 188 90.8 85.1-94.4
No 741 22 3.3 1.9- 5.7 719 96.7 94.3-98.1
History of CVD**
Yes 206 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 744 39 5.2 3.4- 7.7 705 94.8 92.3-96.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 837 30 3.4 2.1- 5.4 807 96.6 94.6-97.9
Heavy Drinker
Yes 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 873 37 4.1 2.7- 6.3 836 95.9 93.7-97.3
COPD
Yes 191 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 765 37 4.9 3.2- 7.3 728 95.1 92.7-96.8
Current Asthma
Yes 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 790 36 4.7 3.1- 7.2 754 95.3 92.8-96.9
Diabetes
Yes 238 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 720 39 5.3 3.5- 7.9 681 94.7 92.1-96.5
Functional Disability
Yes 566 37 6.1 4.0- 9.0 529 93.9 91.0-96.0
No 389 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 598 27 3.5 2.2- 5.6 571 96.5 94.4-97.8
No 360 20 6.4 3.7-10.9 340 93.6 89.1-96.3

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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