2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A prescription narcotic pain reliever like Percocet or Vicodin?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 858 174 19.6 16.7-22.9 684 80.4 77.1-83.3
GENDER
Male 340 66 18.8 14.5-24.1 274 81.2 75.9-85.5
Female 518 108 20.2 16.5-24.5 410 79.8 75.5-83.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 569 110 18.3 15.0-22.3 459 81.7 77.7-85.0
Non-Hispanic Black 195 46 22.2 16.3-29.7 149 77.8 70.3-83.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 83 11 13.6 7.4-23.7 72 86.4 76.3-92.6
35-44 108 17 14.7 9.0-23.2 91 85.3 76.8-91.0
45-54 138 28 22.4 15.3-31.6 110 77.6 68.4-84.7
55-64 227 62 25.0 19.1-32.0 165 75.0 68.0-80.9
65-74 188 35 19.7 13.5-27.8 153 80.3 72.2-86.5
75+ 107 21 18.1 11.1-28.3 86 81.9 71.7-88.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 217 44 19.2 14.0-25.9 173 80.8 74.1-86.0
Some Post-H.S. 293 66 19.8 15.2-25.3 227 80.2 74.7-84.8
College Graduate 275 42 15.4 11.1-20.9 233 84.6 79.1-88.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 520 132 24.8 20.7-29.4 388 75.2 70.6-79.3
No 332 41 12.2 8.6-17.0 291 87.8 83.0-91.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 30 19.9 13.5-28.2 113 80.1 71.8-86.5
Non-Veteran 714 144 19.6 16.4-23.2 570 80.4 76.8-83.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 322 37 11.8 8.3-16.5 285 88.2 83.5-91.7
Unemployed 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 272 54 21.4 16.0-28.1 218 78.6 71.9-84.0
Unable to Work 201 74 32.2 25.3-39.8 127 67.8 60.2-74.7
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 32 27.6 19.2-37.9 74 72.4 62.1-80.8
$15,000- 24,999 130 22 16.8 10.5-25.6 108 83.2 74.4-89.5
$25,000- 34,999 78 18 19.8 11.9-31.1 60 80.2 68.9-88.1
$35,000- 49,999 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 80 13 14.8 7.9-25.9 67 85.2 74.1-92.1
$75,000+ 187 27 15.4 10.2-22.6 160 84.6 77.4-89.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 170 33 17.5 11.9-25.1 137 82.5 74.9-88.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 30 22.8 15.5-32.4 91 77.2 67.6-84.5
101% to 150% 98 13 12.8 7.0-22.2 85 87.2 77.8-93.0
151% to 200% 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 367 74 20.6 16.2-25.9 293 79.4 74.1-83.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 170 33 17.5 11.9-25.1 137 82.5 74.9-88.1
HOUSING
Own 576 110 19.3 15.8-23.2 466 80.7 76.8-84.2
Rent 217 54 22.0 16.5-28.8 163 78.0 71.2-83.5
Other arrangement 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 223 32 15.5 10.8-21.8 191 84.5 78.2-89.2
Regional City or Suburban County 237 57 20.7 15.6-27.0 180 79.3 73.0-84.4
Rural 398 85 21.5 17.1-26.7 313 78.5 73.3-82.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 234 54 20.0 14.8-26.4 180 80.0 73.6-85.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 317 68 21.7 16.9-27.5 249 78.3 72.5-83.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 307 52 17.0 12.8-22.2 255 83.0 77.8-87.2

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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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