2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

About how often do you experience this pain? Would you say…*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Its constant, always there At least once a day At least once a week Less Often**
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,030 599 56.6 52.9-60.3 211 21.3 18.4-24.5 139 15.1 12.6-18.1 81 6.9 5.4- 9.0
GENDER
Male 421 259 61.6 55.9-67.0 87 19.1 15.2-23.7 50 14.5 10.6-19.5 25 4.9 3.0- 7.9
Female 609 340 52.8 48.0-57.6 124 23.0 19.0-27.6 89 15.6 12.5-19.4 56 8.5 6.3-11.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 924 548 58.0 54.1-61.8 184 20.3 17.3-23.7 121 15.0 12.3-18.1 71 6.7 5.1- 8.7
No 106 *** *** *** 27 27.5 18.6-38.5 18 15.9 9.3-25.8 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 220 120 55.6 47.6-63.3 45 17.1 12.3-23.3 34 17.7 12.3-24.7 21 9.6 5.6-16.0
Overweight 327 178 52.2 45.5-58.7 72 22.3 17.4-28.1 45 16.4 11.6-22.6 32 9.1 6.2-13.3
Obese 415 260 61.7 56.0-67.0 79 20.8 16.4-25.9 52 13.4 10.0-17.8 24 4.1 2.6- 6.5
Current Smoker
Yes 225 146 62.6 54.8-69.8 47 22.8 16.8-30.1 19 9.9 6.0-15.8 *** *** ***
No 797 447 54.3 50.1-58.4 162 20.8 17.6-24.5 120 17.1 14.0-20.7 68 7.8 5.9-10.3
History of CVD**
Yes 196 138 69.9 61.0-77.5 30 14.9 9.8-21.9 20 12.7 7.1-21.6 *** *** ***
No 819 449 53.4 49.3-57.5 178 22.7 19.4-26.4 119 15.9 13.1-19.1 73 8.0 6.1-10.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 111 *** *** *** 22 21.0 13.5-31.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 879 506 56.3 52.3-60.3 186 21.9 18.7-25.4 118 15.2 12.4-18.4 69 6.6 5.0- 8.7
COPD
Yes 164 118 76.5 68.2-83.1 25 14.4 9.1-22.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 860 477 52.7 48.7-56.7 185 22.7 19.4-26.3 126 16.9 14.0-20.3 72 7.7 5.9-10.1
Current Asthma
Yes 157 95 62.0 53.1-70.2 25 14.2 9.2-21.3 26 18.3 12.2-26.5 *** *** ***
No 868 502 55.7 51.6-59.7 184 22.5 19.3-26.1 113 14.6 11.9-17.9 69 7.2 5.4- 9.5
Functional Disability
Yes 613 409 66.0 61.3-70.5 117 18.9 15.4-23.0 54 10.3 7.5-14.0 33 4.7 3.1- 7.2
No 411 186 43.2 37.6-49.0 92 24.5 19.8-29.8 85 22.1 17.7-27.3 48 10.2 7.3-13.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 583 381 65.5 60.6-70.1 109 19.3 15.6-23.6 59 11.2 8.3-15.1 34 3.9 2.7- 5.7
No 447 218 46.7 41.3-52.2 102 23.5 19.1-28.5 80 19.5 15.5-24.2 47 10.3 7.4-14.2

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**Includes the responses of 'At least once per month' and 'less often' combined.

**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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