2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 400 145 33.2 27.8-39.1 255 66.8 60.9-72.2
GENDER
Male 184 60 29.9 22.2-38.8 124 70.1 61.2-77.8
Female 216 85 36.3 29.2-44.1 131 63.7 55.9-70.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 258 96 34.2 28.1-40.8 162 65.8 59.2-71.9
Non-Hispanic Black 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 115 32 28.8 19.8-39.9 83 71.2 60.1-80.2
45-64 140 54 34.2 26.1-43.3 86 65.8 56.7-73.9
65+ 140 58 40.3 31.2-50.2 82 59.7 49.8-68.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 59 33.5 25.2-42.9 96 66.5 57.1-74.8
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 116 32 25.9 18.1-35.6 84 74.1 64.4-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 93 38.9 31.4-46.9 120 61.1 53.1-68.6
$50,000+ 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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