2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

Chronic Pain

Do you suffer from any type of chronic pain, that is pain that occurs constantly or flares up often?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,615 1,180 30.7 28.8-32.6 2,435 69.3 67.4-71.2
Region 4 477 138 30.2 25.6-35.2 339 69.8 64.8-74.4
GENDER
Male 219 48 22.8 16.9-30.0 171 77.2 70.0-83.1
Female 258 90 36.6 30.0-43.6 168 63.4 56.4-70.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 313 99 34.4 28.4-41.0 214 65.6 59.0-71.6
Non-Hispanic Black 88 26 26.0 17.4-36.9 62 74.0 63.1-82.6
Other 76 13 17.8 10.1-29.5 63 82.2 70.5-89.9
AGE
18-44 163 36 23.7 17.2-31.7 127 76.3 68.3-82.8
45-64 161 54 35.5 27.6-44.2 107 64.5 55.8-72.4
65+ 146 44 31.4 22.7-41.7 102 68.6 58.3-77.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 57 33.1 25.6-41.6 111 66.9 58.4-74.4
Some Post-H.S. 154 49 33.4 25.5-42.3 105 66.6 57.7-74.5
College Graduate 152 32 20.1 13.8-28.3 120 79.9 71.7-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 69 38.0 30.4-46.2 123 62.0 53.8-69.6
$50,000+ 181 44 24.8 18.2-32.7 137 75.2 67.3-81.8
Don't know/Not Sure 104 *** *** *** 79 74.7 63.0-83.7

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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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