2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Do you suffer from any type of chronic pain, that is pain that occurs constantly or flares up often?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,170 1,045 31.4 29.5-33.3 2,125 68.6 66.7-70.5
GENDER
Male 1,442 427 29.0 26.3-31.9 1,015 71.0 68.1-73.7
Female 1,728 618 33.5 30.9-36.2 1,110 66.5 63.8-69.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,762 935 31.7 29.7-33.8 1,827 68.3 66.2-70.3
No 402 110 29.9 24.8-35.6 292 70.1 64.4-75.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 777 224 27.4 23.8-31.3 553 72.6 68.7-76.2
Overweight 1,070 334 29.4 26.2-32.8 736 70.6 67.2-73.8
Obese 1,040 418 38.4 35.0-41.9 622 61.6 58.1-65.0
Current Smoker
Yes 514 231 44.6 39.5-49.7 283 55.4 50.3-60.5
No 2,634 806 28.4 26.4-30.4 1,828 71.6 69.6-73.6
History of CVD**
Yes 400 198 49.4 43.5-55.4 202 50.6 44.6-56.5
No 2,738 831 29.0 27.1-31.1 1,907 71.0 68.9-72.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 360 111 28.1 23.2-33.6 249 71.9 66.4-76.8
No 2,677 892 31.9 29.8-34.0 1,785 68.1 66.0-70.2
COPD
Yes 283 168 59.2 52.0-66.0 115 40.8 34.0-48.0
No 2,878 871 28.7 26.8-30.7 2,007 71.3 69.3-73.2
Current Asthma
Yes 283 160 54.7 47.8-61.4 123 45.3 38.6-52.2
No 2,877 880 29.2 27.2-31.2 1,997 70.8 68.8-72.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,090 620 56.4 52.8-60.0 470 43.6 40.0-47.2
No 2,059 418 19.3 17.4-21.3 1,641 80.7 78.7-82.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,058 592 56.3 52.6-59.9 466 43.7 40.1-47.4
No 2,112 453 21.0 19.0-23.1 1,659 79.0 76.9-81.0

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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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