2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

What is the main cause of your chronic pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Arthritis Back Pain** Accident or Injury Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,123 410 34.8 31.4-38.5 232 19.1 16.4-22.1 116 11.2 9.0-13.9 365 34.9 31.2-38.7
GENDER
Male 441 135 29.4 24.3-35.1 91 20.0 15.9-24.8 73 16.6 12.6-21.6 142 34.0 28.5-40.0
Female 682 275 38.3 33.8-43.1 141 18.6 15.2-22.5 43 7.7 5.4-10.9 223 35.4 30.7-40.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 998 384 36.7 33.0-40.6 207 19.4 16.5-22.6 90 9.6 7.4-12.2 317 34.3 30.5-38.4
No 124 26 21.4 13.5-32.3 25 17.6 11.2-26.4 25 21.8 13.8-32.7 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 266 92 35.5 28.3-43.3 52 15.6 11.1-21.4 31 11.7 7.4-17.9 91 37.3 29.7-45.6
Overweight 335 112 29.1 23.4-35.4 74 23.6 18.2-30.0 32 8.9 6.0-13.0 117 38.5 31.9-45.6
Obese 452 174 36.7 31.2-42.5 96 19.2 15.3-23.9 49 13.2 9.5-18.2 133 30.9 25.6-36.7
Current Smoker
Yes 261 70 27.0 20.7-34.5 65 24.1 18.2-31.3 36 15.3 10.5-21.7 90 33.5 26.3-41.7
No 857 338 37.4 33.3-41.6 166 17.4 14.6-20.7 80 9.9 7.5-13.0 273 35.3 31.2-39.6
History of CVD**
Yes 234 81 29.4 22.6-37.2 50 20.1 14.1-27.9 16 8.4 5.0-14.0 87 42.1 33.6-51.1
No 881 326 36.2 32.3-40.4 180 18.9 16.0-22.2 99 11.8 9.3-14.9 276 33.1 29.2-37.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 106 *** *** *** 22 18.6 11.7-28.4 20 13.7 8.1-22.3 *** *** ***
No 965 362 34.9 31.1-38.8 202 19.6 16.7-22.9 89 10.3 8.1-13.2 312 35.2 31.2-39.4
Heavy Drinker
Yes 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,019 377 34.7 31.1-38.6 214 19.7 16.8-22.9 99 10.6 8.4-13.4 329 35.0 31.1-39.0
COPD
Yes 212 77 36.6 28.4-45.7 57 24.0 17.4-32.1 15 9.2 5.3-15.6 63 30.2 22.7-39.0
No 905 330 34.1 30.3-38.1 175 18.2 15.3-21.4 101 11.8 9.3-14.8 299 35.9 31.9-40.2
Current Asthma
Yes 181 67 35.9 27.5-45.2 41 23.0 15.8-32.2 18 10.3 6.1-16.9 55 30.8 22.9-40.0
No 936 341 34.6 30.8-38.5 190 18.4 15.6-21.6 98 11.4 9.0-14.4 307 35.6 31.6-39.8
Diabetes
Yes 274 101 33.4 26.8-40.8 59 22.5 16.7-29.7 16 5.6 3.3- 9.6 98 38.4 30.9-46.6
No 849 309 35.2 31.2-39.5 173 18.1 15.2-21.4 100 12.9 10.2-16.2 267 33.8 29.7-38.1
Functional Disability
Yes 661 234 34.6 30.0-39.4 142 19.8 16.2-23.8 74 11.7 9.0-15.2 211 34.0 29.3-39.0
No 459 176 35.5 30.2-41.1 88 17.8 14.0-22.3 42 10.6 7.3-15.3 153 36.1 30.6-42.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 687 289 41.5 36.8-46.4 135 17.9 14.6-21.8 58 9.9 7.3-13.2 205 30.7 26.3-35.5
No 436 121 25.9 21.2-31.3 97 20.7 16.6-25.6 58 13.0 9.4-17.8 160 40.4 34.6-46.5

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**Includes sciatica, slipped or ruptured discs, and spondylosis.

**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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