BRFSS 2019 - North Carolina Regions: (On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means no pain at all and 10 means the worst pain you can imagine, how severe has your pain usually been over the past 3 months?*)

2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Chronic Pain

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means no pain at all and 10 means the worst pain you can imagine, how severe has your pain usually been over the past 3 months?*

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	Total Respond.^	Mild Pain (0-5)	Moderate Pain (6-7)	Severe Pain (8-10)
North Carolina	1,041	446	41.0	37.5-44.6	236	25.4	22.2-28.9	359	33.6	30.2-37.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2	121	***	***	***	***	***	***	30	20.9	14.1-29.9
Region 3	95	***	***	***	20	20.7	12.3-32.8	***	***	***
Region 4	162	72	38.4	30.4-47.1	33	23.2	16.4-31.7	57	38.4	29.9-47.6
Region 5	132	56	41.4	32.1-51.3	30	28.0	19.4-38.6	46	30.6	22.6-39.9
Region 6	134	53	42.9	33.6-52.7	30	21.7	14.8-30.7	51	35.5	27.1-44.8
Region 7	140	75	48.9	39.5-58.3	26	19.0	12.8-27.4	39	32.1	23.2-42.4
Region 8	154	55	32.7	24.9-41.7	40	27.8	19.7-37.6	59	39.5	30.8-48.9
Region 9 & 10	103	37	31.1	22.3-41.5	22	26.9	18.0-38.1	***	***	***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC	394	147	35.1	29.9-40.6	93	25.5	20.7-31.1	154	39.3	33.7-45.2
Piedmont	493	230	44.3	39.2-49.4	99	22.3	18.1-27.1	164	33.5	28.7-38.6
Western NC	154	69	42.7	33.3-52.6	44	34.0	24.8-44.7	41	23.3	16.5-31.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	93	***	***	***	***	***	***	22	19.4	12.0-29.9
Northwest	173	76	43.6	34.7-52.8	40	25.8	18.4-34.9	57	30.7	23.0-39.6
Charlotte	113	48	37.2	27.9-47.7	24	22.5	14.9-32.6	***	***	***
Greensboro	110	***	***	***	***	***	***	37	30.3	21.6-40.7
Southern Regional	171	57	35.3	27.5-44.1	43	22.6	16.3-30.4	71	42.1	33.8-50.9
Southeast	71	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
Wake	153	84	52.0	42.7-61.2	26	16.5	10.9-24.2	43	31.5	23.0-41.5
Area L & Eastern	157	57	32.4	24.6-41.2	36	28.2	20.4-37.5	64	39.5	30.8-48.8
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1	147	64	39.0	30.0-48.9	***	***	***	41	24.6	17.2-33.8
Region 2	128	***	***	***	26	22.8	14.5-34.0	43	31.3	22.5-41.6
Region 3	103	47	40.0	30.0-50.9	20	19.9	12.6-29.9	***	***	***
Region 4	125	53	41.1	31.5-51.3	30	29.5	20.5-40.6	42	29.4	21.4-39.0
Region 5	167	60	42.5	33.7-51.8	39	22.0	15.5-30.3	68	35.5	27.6-44.2
Region 6	91	***	***	***	13	14.0	8.0-23.4	***	***	***

Total
Respond.^

Mild Pain (0-5)

Moderate Pain (6-7)

Severe Pain (8-10)

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,041

446

41.0

37.5-44.6

236

25.4

22.2-28.9

359

33.6

30.2-37.1

NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS

Region 1 & 2

121

***

20.9

14.1-29.9

Region 3

***

20.7

12.3-32.8

***

Region 4

162

38.4

30.4-47.1

23.2

16.4-31.7

38.4

29.9-47.6

Region 5

132

41.4

32.1-51.3

28.0

19.4-38.6

30.6

22.6-39.9

Region 6

134

42.9

33.6-52.7

21.7

14.8-30.7

35.5

27.1-44.8

Region 7

140

48.9

39.5-58.3

19.0

12.8-27.4

32.1

23.2-42.4

Region 8

154

32.7

24.9-41.7

27.8

19.7-37.6

39.5

30.8-48.9

Region 9 & 10

103

31.1

22.3-41.5

26.9

18.0-38.1

***

STATE REGIONS

Eastern NC

394

147

35.1

29.9-40.6

25.5

20.7-31.1

154

39.3

33.7-45.2

Piedmont

493

230

44.3

39.2-49.4

22.3

18.1-27.1

164

33.5

28.7-38.6

Western NC

154

42.7

33.3-52.6

34.0

24.8-44.7

23.3

16.5-31.7

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

***

19.4

12.0-29.9

Northwest

173

43.6

34.7-52.8

25.8

18.4-34.9

30.7

23.0-39.6

Charlotte

113

37.2

27.9-47.7

22.5

14.9-32.6

***

Greensboro

110

***

30.3

21.6-40.7

Southern Regional

171

35.3

27.5-44.1

22.6

16.3-30.4

42.1

33.8-50.9

Southeast

***

Wake

153

52.0

42.7-61.2

16.5

10.9-24.2

31.5

23.0-41.5

Area L & Eastern

157

32.4

24.6-41.2

28.2

20.4-37.5

39.5

30.8-48.8

NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS

Region 1

147

39.0

30.0-48.9

***

24.6

17.2-33.8

Region 2

128

***

22.8

14.5-34.0

31.3

22.5-41.6

Region 3

103

40.0

30.0-50.9

19.9

12.6-29.9

***

Region 4

125

41.1

31.5-51.3

29.5

20.5-40.6

29.4

21.4-39.0

Region 5

167

42.5

33.7-51.8

22.0

15.5-30.3

35.5

27.6-44.2

Region 6

***

14.0

8.0-23.4

***

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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