2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) something else? (Please specify ____________)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 860 176 19.8 16.9-23.1 684 80.2 76.9-83.1
GENDER
Male 343 60 18.0 13.7-23.3 283 82.0 76.7-86.3
Female 517 116 21.1 17.3-25.4 401 78.9 74.6-82.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 569 126 21.0 17.5-25.0 443 79.0 75.0-82.5
Non-Hispanic Black 196 30 16.2 10.5-24.1 166 83.8 75.9-89.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 83 12 13.9 7.4-24.6 71 86.1 75.4-92.6
35-44 107 25 21.1 14.1-30.2 82 78.9 69.8-85.9
45-54 138 27 15.9 10.7-23.2 111 84.1 76.8-89.3
55-64 230 50 25.0 18.7-32.7 180 75.0 67.3-81.3
65-74 188 38 19.0 13.3-26.2 150 81.0 73.8-86.7
75+ 107 24 22.1 13.9-33.2 83 77.9 66.8-86.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 72 *** *** *** 66 89.1 76.9-95.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 220 44 21.7 15.8-29.1 176 78.3 70.9-84.2
Some Post-H.S. 293 59 18.6 14.2-24.0 234 81.4 76.0-85.8
College Graduate 274 66 23.6 18.5-29.6 208 76.4 70.4-81.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 522 110 21.6 17.6-26.1 412 78.4 73.9-82.4
No 332 65 17.1 13.2-21.9 267 82.9 78.1-86.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 144 23 13.2 8.4-20.3 121 86.8 79.7-91.6
Non-Veteran 715 152 21.0 17.7-24.7 563 79.0 75.3-82.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 322 60 18.2 13.8-23.6 262 81.8 76.4-86.2
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 273 56 20.0 15.0-26.2 217 80.0 73.8-85.0
Unable to Work 201 48 23.4 17.1-31.2 153 76.6 68.8-82.9
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 *** *** *** 78 71.4 60.0-80.5
$15,000- 24,999 131 30 19.4 13.1-27.7 101 80.6 72.3-86.9
$25,000- 34,999 79 13 17.0 9.4-28.5 66 83.0 71.5-90.6
$35,000- 49,999 107 19 19.1 11.5-29.9 88 80.9 70.1-88.5
$50,000-74,999 80 20 20.9 13.0-32.0 60 79.1 68.0-87.0
$75,000+ 187 40 21.1 15.4-28.2 147 78.9 71.8-84.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 27 14.9 9.2-23.4 144 85.1 76.6-90.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 120 24 19.4 12.8-28.4 96 80.6 71.6-87.2
101% to 150% 99 22 20.9 13.5-31.1 77 79.1 68.9-86.5
151% to 200% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 367 80 21.4 17.0-26.5 287 78.6 73.5-83.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 27 14.9 9.2-23.4 144 85.1 76.6-90.8
HOUSING
Own 578 119 20.7 17.1-24.8 459 79.3 75.2-82.9
Rent 217 42 15.8 11.3-21.7 175 84.2 78.3-88.7
Other arrangement 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 223 50 20.1 15.0-26.5 173 79.9 73.5-85.0
Regional City or Suburban County 237 53 24.2 18.3-31.3 184 75.8 68.7-81.7
Rural 400 73 17.0 13.1-21.9 327 83.0 78.1-86.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 235 46 19.4 13.7-26.8 189 80.6 73.2-86.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 318 67 19.7 15.2-25.1 251 80.3 74.9-84.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 307 63 20.1 15.6-25.6 244 79.9 74.4-84.4

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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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