2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Arthritis

Please think about the past 30 days, keeping in mind all of your joint pain or aching and whether or not you have taken medication.
DURING THE PAST 30 DAYS, how bad was your joint pain ON AVERAGE?* (Please answer on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain or aching and 10 is pain or aching as bad as it can be.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 No pain(0) Mild pain(1-3) Moderate pain(4-6) Severe pain(7-10)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,272 98 7.7 6.1- 9.6 324 24.8 22.1-27.8 390 31.5 28.4-34.7 460 36.0 32.9-39.2
GENDER
Male 491 49 10.6 7.6-14.6 134 27.2 22.7-32.2 148 29.3 24.8-34.2 160 32.9 28.2-37.9
Female 781 49 5.7 4.2- 7.8 190 23.2 19.9-26.9 242 32.9 28.9-37.3 300 38.1 34.1-42.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,190 90 7.7 6.1- 9.8 309 25.2 22.4-28.2 367 31.9 28.7-35.3 424 35.2 32.1-38.5
No 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 263 23 7.8 4.9-12.3 76 28.1 21.7-35.5 76 31.7 25.0-39.2 88 32.5 26.1-39.5
Overweight 397 29 7.3 4.8-10.8 108 26.3 21.7-31.6 151 39.5 33.8-45.5 109 26.9 22.2-32.2
Obese 519 37 7.4 5.0-10.8 116 22.4 18.4-26.9 138 26.4 22.1-31.3 228 43.7 38.7-48.9
Current Smoker
Yes 213 *** *** *** 35 17.8 12.1-25.5 60 28.1 21.2-36.1 105 48.9 40.8-56.9
No 1,024 82 8.4 6.5-10.7 282 27.1 24.0-30.4 320 32.4 29.0-36.0 340 32.1 28.9-35.6
History of CVD**
Yes 283 20 6.8 4.3-10.8 38 14.0 9.9-19.6 78 25.8 20.3-32.3 147 53.3 46.4-60.1
No 970 78 8.1 6.2-10.4 285 28.0 24.8-31.5 305 32.9 29.3-36.6 302 31.1 27.7-34.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 106 *** *** *** 26 20.9 13.8-30.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,080 83 7.8 6.1-10.0 281 25.5 22.5-28.8 322 30.3 27.1-33.8 394 36.3 33.0-39.8
COPD
Yes 211 *** *** *** 26 12.2 7.8-18.6 59 28.2 21.1-36.5 115 54.8 46.6-62.8
No 1,055 87 8.4 6.6-10.6 297 27.6 24.5-30.9 328 32.2 28.8-35.7 343 31.9 28.7-35.4
Current Asthma
Yes 190 *** *** *** 33 14.9 10.2-21.2 53 27.2 20.6-35.1 97 53.9 45.7-62.0
No 1,076 90 8.3 6.6-10.5 290 26.8 23.7-30.1 337 32.5 29.1-36.1 359 32.4 29.1-35.8
Functional Disability
Yes 713 40 5.9 4.0- 8.7 97 11.7 9.3-14.7 206 30.0 26.0-34.4 370 52.4 47.9-56.8
No 528 56 10.3 7.8-13.5 216 42.2 37.3-47.4 176 33.4 28.7-38.5 80 14.0 11.0-17.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 919 60 6.5 4.9- 8.5 209 22.8 19.7-26.3 262 29.4 25.9-33.2 388 41.3 37.6-45.2
No 353 38 10.6 7.2-15.3 115 29.6 24.3-35.4 128 36.5 30.6-42.8 72 23.3 18.2-29.4

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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