2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 428 125 29.7 24.9-35.0 303 70.3 65.0-75.1
GENDER
Male 194 51 28.0 21.1-36.1 143 72.0 63.9-78.9
Female 234 74 31.3 24.8-38.5 160 68.7 61.5-75.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 244 78 32.3 25.9-39.4 166 67.7 60.6-74.1
Non-Hispanic Black 114 32 28.4 20.0-38.7 82 71.6 61.3-80.0
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 155 34 24.8 17.6-33.6 121 75.2 66.4-82.4
45-64 142 48 34.0 25.6-43.5 94 66.0 56.5-74.4
65+ 124 39 29.6 21.3-39.6 85 70.4 60.4-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 39 32.3 23.6-42.3 91 67.7 57.7-76.4
Some Post-H.S. 110 31 29.3 20.7-39.7 79 70.7 60.3-79.3
College Graduate 186 55 27.5 21.2-34.8 131 72.5 65.2-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 51 34.9 26.5-44.3 97 65.1 55.7-73.5
$50,000+ 176 50 30.2 22.8-38.8 126 69.8 61.2-77.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 24 21.2 13.6-31.4 80 78.8 68.6-86.4

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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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