2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 355 91 26.5 21.5-32.2 264 73.5 67.8-78.5
GENDER
Male 163 36 23.2 16.1-32.3 127 76.8 67.7-83.9
Female 192 55 29.6 23.0-37.3 137 70.4 62.7-77.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 210 61 30.2 23.5-37.9 149 69.8 62.1-76.5
Non-Hispanic Black 81 26 25.6 17.1-36.5 55 74.4 63.5-82.9
Other 64 *** *** *** 60 94.6 85.7-98.1
AGE
18-44 138 37 25.5 18.2-34.5 101 74.5 65.5-81.8
45-64 135 32 29.7 20.5-40.9 103 70.3 59.1-79.5
65+ 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 96 31 30.1 21.0-41.1 *** *** ***
College Graduate 178 45 25.1 19.0-32.4 133 74.9 67.6-81.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 197 49 24.3 18.1-31.7 148 75.7 68.3-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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