2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 412 120 28.5 23.7-33.8 292 71.5 66.2-76.3
GENDER
Male 169 41 21.2 15.3-28.6 128 78.8 71.4-84.7
Female 243 79 34.4 27.5-41.9 164 65.6 58.1-72.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 251 77 31.3 24.9-38.4 174 68.7 61.6-75.1
Non-Hispanic Black 114 31 25.0 16.6-35.8 83 75.0 64.2-83.4
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 135 20 13.8 8.8-21.1 115 86.2 78.9-91.2
45-64 148 56 38.7 30.2-48.0 92 61.3 52.0-69.8
65+ 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 46 31.5 23.2-41.1 99 68.5 58.9-76.8
Some Post-H.S. 119 42 31.8 23.1-41.9 77 68.2 58.1-76.9
College Graduate 147 32 20.6 14.4-28.7 115 79.4 71.3-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 178 61 34.8 26.9-43.7 117 65.2 56.3-73.1
$50,000+ 160 36 23.9 16.9-32.6 124 76.1 67.4-83.1
Don't know/Not Sure 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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