2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means no pain at all and 10 means the worst pain you can imagine, how severe has your pain usually been over the past 3 months?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Mild pain Moderate pain Severe pain
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,178 546 47.5 43.8-51.2 268 22.0 19.2-25.1 364 30.5 27.1-34.1
-Non-Hispanic White 835 439 53.7 49.3-58.0 191 22.9 19.5-26.6 205 23.5 19.8-27.6
GENDER
Male 324 186 60.5 53.5-67.0 72 21.1 16.2-26.9 66 18.4 13.4-24.8
Female 511 253 49.5 43.9-55.2 119 24.0 19.5-29.0 139 26.5 21.7-32.0
AGE
18-34 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 153 74 52.2 42.4-61.8 37 22.4 15.3-31.4 42 25.4 17.8-35.0
55-64 197 96 50.9 41.9-59.8 52 23.3 17.1-30.9 49 25.8 18.2-35.2
65-74 211 122 58.9 49.1-68.0 41 18.3 12.8-25.7 48 22.8 15.0-33.1
75+ 115 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 215 98 50.7 42.3-59.1 51 22.8 16.5-30.5 66 26.5 19.8-34.5
Some Post-H.S. 286 157 56.3 49.0-63.3 63 23.1 17.7-29.5 66 20.6 15.3-27.3
College Graduate 255 165 66.7 59.4-73.2 55 21.8 16.3-28.5 35 11.5 7.8-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 101 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 132 *** *** *** 38 24.3 16.6-34.1 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 90 *** *** *** 19 19.3 11.5-30.6 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 104 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 21.6 13.0-33.9
$50,000- 74,999 110 *** *** *** 19 18.6 11.0-29.7 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 170 127 76.3 67.9-83.0 27 16.7 11.0-24.7 16 7.0 3.9-12.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 458 182 39.9 34.2-45.9 125 28.0 23.0-33.6 151 32.1 26.6-38.0
No 375 256 69.1 62.7-74.8 66 17.3 13.1-22.4 53 13.7 9.4-19.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 132 *** *** *** 30 23.7 15.3-34.7 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 703 363 53.1 48.3-57.8 161 22.7 19.1-26.8 179 24.2 20.2-28.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 137 83 59.7 49.1-69.5 24 14.6 9.2-22.2 30 25.7 17.0-36.9
Regional City or Suburban County 204 103 49.7 41.3-58.1 52 24.3 17.9-32.1 49 26.0 18.8-34.8
Rural 494 253 53.9 48.1-59.7 115 25.1 20.4-30.4 126 21.0 16.9-25.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 304 185 63.6 56.9-69.8 65 21.6 16.5-27.6 54 14.8 10.7-20.2
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 304 182 56.7 48.8-64.4 58 20.9 15.3-27.8 64 22.3 15.9-30.5
Unable to Work 166 40 25.3 17.1-35.7 50 28.1 20.2-37.6 76 46.6 36.5-56.9
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 154 67 48.1 38.4-58.0 38 20.5 14.0-28.9 49 31.4 22.9-41.3
151% to 200% 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 393 262 66.3 60.0-72.1 70 19.0 14.5-24.3 61 14.7 10.6-20.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 183 88 53.4 43.7-63.0 49 29.4 21.3-39.1 46 17.2 11.8-24.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 382 189 48.4 42.1-54.8 90 24.4 19.5-30.2 103 27.2 21.8-33.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 270 162 62.6 55.0-69.6 52 17.3 12.7-23.1 56 20.1 14.3-27.6

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**A respondent answering with a response less than or equal to 5 is classified as mild pain, 6-7 as moderate pain, and a response greater than or equal to 8 as severe pain.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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