2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 412 169 41.5 35.8-47.3 243 58.5 52.7-64.2
GENDER
Male 149 55 38.5 29.6-48.1 94 61.5 51.9-70.4
Female 263 114 43.8 36.7-51.1 149 56.2 48.9-63.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 176 78 46.1 37.8-54.5 98 53.9 45.5-62.2
Non-Hispanic Black 126 53 35.5 26.6-45.5 73 64.5 54.5-73.4
Other 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 138 44 35.4 26.3-45.6 94 64.6 54.4-73.7
45-64 143 73 53.5 43.9-62.9 70 46.5 37.1-56.1
65+ 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 73 41.1 32.9-49.9 108 58.9 50.1-67.1
Some Post-H.S. 125 56 45.1 35.0-55.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 92 50.3 41.6-58.9 98 49.7 41.1-58.4
$50,000+ 118 42 38.1 28.4-48.9 76 61.9 51.1-71.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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