2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 3,170 1,045 31.4 29.5-33.3 2,125 68.6 66.7-70.5
Medicaid Region 1 411 147 34.1 28.6-39.9 264 65.9 60.1-71.4
GENDER
Male 208 64 29.4 22.5-37.3 144 70.6 62.7-77.5
Female 203 83 38.5 30.5-47.2 120 61.5 52.8-69.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 333 123 34.4 28.5-40.8 210 65.6 59.2-71.5
Non-Hispanic Black 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 120 29 25.8 17.8-35.9 91 74.2 64.1-82.2
45-64 142 61 44.0 34.1-54.5 81 56.0 45.5-65.9
65+ 143 56 34.1 25.1-44.5 87 65.9 55.5-74.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 53 41.6 32.2-51.8 85 58.4 48.2-67.8
Some Post-H.S. 124 36 26.6 18.0-37.3 88 73.4 62.7-82.0
College Graduate 149 58 32.4 24.8-40.9 91 67.6 59.1-75.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 71 38.1 29.7-47.2 111 61.9 52.8-70.3
$50,000+ 135 41 26.2 18.7-35.4 94 73.8 64.6-81.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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