2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) Marijuana?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 862 57 6.8 5.1- 8.9 805 93.2 91.1-94.9
GENDER
Male 342 31 8.8 6.1-12.6 311 91.2 87.4-93.9
Female 520 26 5.3 3.4- 8.2 494 94.7 91.8-96.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 570 31 5.9 4.0- 8.6 539 94.1 91.4-96.0
Non-Hispanic Black 197 19 9.9 6.2-15.6 178 90.1 84.4-93.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 83 16 15.8 9.2-25.8 67 84.2 74.2-90.8
35-44 107 14 12.1 7.1-20.0 93 87.9 80.0-92.9
45-54 138 *** *** *** 129 93.0 86.0-96.6
55-64 230 11 4.2 2.2- 7.6 219 95.8 92.4-97.8
65-74 189 *** *** *** 183 97.3 93.7-98.8
75+ 108 *** *** *** 108 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 *** *** *** 69 94.5 84.9-98.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 220 15 6.2 3.6-10.4 205 93.8 89.6-96.4
Some Post-H.S. 292 19 6.7 4.0-10.9 273 93.3 89.1-96.0
College Graduate 276 19 8.3 5.2-12.9 257 91.7 87.1-94.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 524 42 8.7 6.3-12.0 482 91.3 88.0-93.7
No 332 14 3.6 2.0- 6.4 318 96.4 93.6-98.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 144 *** *** *** 137 95.1 89.9-97.7
Non-Veteran 717 50 7.1 5.3- 9.6 667 92.9 90.4-94.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 321 22 6.6 4.2-10.2 299 93.4 89.8-95.8
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 274 *** *** *** 268 98.0 94.9-99.2
Unable to Work 203 22 10.4 6.8-15.7 181 89.6 84.3-93.2
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 11 9.9 5.4-17.3 95 90.1 82.7-94.6
$15,000- 24,999 131 13 10.4 5.7-18.5 118 89.6 81.5-94.3
$25,000- 34,999 79 *** *** *** 75 95.8 88.3-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 107 *** *** *** 99 92.1 84.4-96.1
$50,000-74,999 80 *** *** *** 77 97.5 92.0-99.2
$75,000+ 187 *** *** *** 178 93.9 88.0-97.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 172 *** *** *** 163 95.0 90.0-97.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 121 14 12.6 7.1-21.4 107 87.4 78.6-92.9
101% to 150% 98 *** *** *** 92 95.2 89.1-97.9
151% to 200% 71 *** *** *** 65 90.5 79.2-95.9
More than 200% 368 19 5.5 3.3- 8.9 349 94.5 91.1-96.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 172 *** *** *** 163 95.0 90.0-97.5
HOUSING
Own 579 24 4.3 2.7- 6.6 555 95.7 93.4-97.3
Rent 219 28 15.2 10.4-21.8 191 84.8 78.2-89.6
Other arrangement 63 *** *** *** 58 91.1 79.5-96.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 223 18 7.1 4.3-11.5 205 92.9 88.5-95.7
Regional City or Suburban County 238 14 5.4 3.1- 9.3 224 94.6 90.7-96.9
Rural 401 25 7.3 4.8-11.1 376 92.7 88.9-95.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 235 14 6.8 3.9-11.6 221 93.2 88.4-96.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 319 21 6.2 3.9- 9.9 298 93.8 90.1-96.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 308 22 7.3 4.6-11.4 286 92.7 88.6-95.4

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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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