2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 401 103 22.5 18.4-27.3 298 77.5 72.7-81.6
GENDER
Male 199 42 20.7 15.1-27.8 157 79.3 72.2-84.9
Female 202 61 24.2 18.6-31.0 141 75.8 69.0-81.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 230 64 23.6 18.1-30.0 166 76.4 70.0-81.9
Non-Hispanic Black 88 23 24.0 15.9-34.6 65 76.0 65.4-84.1
Other 83 16 16.1 9.4-26.2 67 83.9 73.8-90.6
AGE
18-44 124 23 16.5 10.9-24.3 101 83.5 75.7-89.1
45-64 159 39 24.2 17.5-32.4 120 75.8 67.6-82.5
65+ 114 41 31.7 22.9-42.0 73 68.3 58.0-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 32 21.5 14.8-30.1 103 78.5 69.9-85.2
Some Post-H.S. 112 33 23.1 15.9-32.2 79 76.9 67.8-84.1
College Graduate 154 38 23.3 16.9-31.2 116 76.7 68.8-83.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 50 27.4 20.3-35.8 108 72.6 64.2-79.7
$50,000+ 165 30 15.7 10.8-22.3 135 84.3 77.7-89.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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