2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A prescription anti-inflammatory like Celebrex.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 857 188 19.6 16.7-22.8 669 80.4 77.2-83.3
GENDER
Male 338 61 16.7 12.5-22.0 277 83.3 78.0-87.5
Female 519 127 21.7 17.9-25.9 392 78.3 74.1-82.1
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 567 124 19.8 16.4-23.8 443 80.2 76.2-83.6
Non-Hispanic Black 195 43 18.9 13.6-25.6 152 81.1 74.4-86.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 83 *** *** *** 74 87.0 74.7-93.8
35-44 108 15 12.5 7.3-20.5 93 87.5 79.5-92.7
45-54 138 33 21.4 14.8-30.0 105 78.6 70.0-85.2
55-64 226 59 21.9 16.6-28.4 167 78.1 71.6-83.4
65-74 187 46 22.4 16.0-30.5 141 77.6 69.5-84.0
75+ 108 24 24.1 15.7-35.0 84 75.9 65.0-84.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 72 *** *** *** 63 87.3 75.1-94.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 218 45 18.2 13.0-24.8 173 81.8 75.2-87.0
Some Post-H.S. 290 73 22.4 17.5-28.2 217 77.6 71.8-82.5
College Graduate 276 61 20.9 16.1-26.7 215 79.1 73.3-83.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 520 128 21.4 17.7-25.7 392 78.6 74.3-82.3
No 331 59 16.9 12.7-22.2 272 83.1 77.8-87.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 28 20.6 13.6-29.9 115 79.4 70.1-86.4
Non-Veteran 713 160 19.4 16.3-22.9 553 80.6 77.1-83.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 321 60 15.7 11.7-20.8 261 84.3 79.2-88.3
Unemployed 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 272 72 26.9 21.1-33.7 200 73.1 66.3-78.9
Unable to Work 201 45 19.5 14.0-26.5 156 80.5 73.5-86.0
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 22 19.7 12.6-29.5 83 80.3 70.5-87.4
$15,000- 24,999 128 20 13.8 8.0-22.7 108 86.2 77.3-92.0
$25,000- 34,999 78 16 15.6 8.6-26.5 62 84.4 73.5-91.4
$35,000- 49,999 108 22 20.1 12.8-30.3 86 79.9 69.7-87.2
$50,000-74,999 80 21 22.2 13.9-33.4 59 77.8 66.6-86.1
$75,000+ 187 50 26.6 19.9-34.6 137 73.4 65.4-80.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 37 17.0 11.6-24.1 134 83.0 75.9-88.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 19 13.8 8.5-21.6 102 86.2 78.4-91.5
101% to 150% 97 13 12.3 6.0-23.5 84 87.7 76.5-94.0
151% to 200% 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 368 97 25.3 20.6-30.8 271 74.7 69.2-79.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 37 17.0 11.6-24.1 134 83.0 75.9-88.4
HOUSING
Own 576 136 21.6 18.0-25.7 440 78.4 74.3-82.0
Rent 216 39 12.9 9.2-17.8 177 87.1 82.2-90.8
Other arrangement 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 223 44 19.0 14.0-25.3 179 81.0 74.7-86.0
Regional City or Suburban County 236 54 19.8 14.8-25.9 182 80.2 74.1-85.2
Rural 398 90 19.8 15.5-24.9 308 80.2 75.1-84.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 235 57 22.5 16.7-29.7 178 77.5 70.3-83.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 317 59 15.3 11.4-20.1 258 84.7 79.9-88.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 305 72 22.8 17.9-28.6 233 77.2 71.4-82.1

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*Asked of respondents that stated they were doing something to cope with their Chronic Pain.

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.

1Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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