2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) something else? (Please specify ____________)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 958 150 16.4 13.5-19.8 808 83.6 80.2-86.5
-Non-Hispanic White 686 109 17.7 14.2-22.0 577 82.3 78.0-85.8
GENDER
Male 256 38 17.7 12.5-24.5 218 82.3 75.5-87.5
Female 430 71 17.7 13.2-23.4 359 82.3 76.6-86.8
AGE
18-34 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 134 24 14.7 9.1-22.9 110 85.3 77.1-90.9
55-64 164 31 16.0 10.6-23.5 133 84.0 76.5-89.4
65-74 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 170 30 20.9 14.0-30.1 140 79.1 69.9-86.0
Some Post-H.S. 232 39 16.3 11.5-22.7 193 83.7 77.3-88.5
College Graduate 217 33 17.1 11.7-24.2 184 82.9 75.8-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 91 15 19.6 11.6-31.1 76 80.4 68.9-88.4
$75,000+ 144 21 13.6 8.4-21.2 123 86.4 78.8-91.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 375 60 17.1 12.8-22.6 315 82.9 77.4-87.2
No 309 49 18.6 13.1-25.6 260 81.4 74.4-86.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 585 97 17.6 13.8-22.2 488 82.4 77.8-86.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 118 15 11.6 6.6-19.8 103 88.4 80.2-93.4
Regional City or Suburban County 163 31 23.0 15.2-33.3 132 77.0 66.7-84.8
Rural 405 63 17.1 12.8-22.5 342 82.9 77.5-87.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 246 49 18.3 13.4-24.4 197 81.7 75.6-86.6
Unemployed 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 257 29 20.6 13.1-30.9 228 79.4 69.1-86.9
Unable to Work 142 23 13.6 8.2-21.7 119 86.4 78.3-91.8
Other not in Labor Force 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 129 23 19.2 11.8-29.7 106 80.8 70.3-88.2
151% to 200% 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 332 46 14.5 10.4-19.7 286 85.5 80.3-89.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 153 22 19.3 11.8-30.0 131 80.7 70.0-88.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 313 58 19.4 14.1-26.1 255 80.6 73.9-85.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 220 29 14.3 9.5-21.0 191 85.7 79.0-90.5

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*Asked of respondents that stated they were doing something to cope with their Chronic 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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