2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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 Moderate pain Severe pain
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,041 446 41.0 37.5-44.6 236 25.4 22.2-28.9 359 33.6 30.2-37.1
GENDER
Male 426 199 47.1 41.5-52.7 96 22.7 18.3-27.8 131 30.2 25.2-35.6
Female 615 247 36.3 32.0-40.8 140 27.5 23.0-32.4 228 36.2 31.8-40.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 932 404 41.5 37.8-45.3 209 25.0 21.6-28.7 319 33.6 30.0-37.3
No 109 *** *** *** 27 28.1 19.1-39.2 40 33.8 24.2-44.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 224 111 46.6 38.9-54.5 51 25.0 18.3-33.2 62 28.4 21.9-35.9
Overweight 332 172 49.8 43.3-56.4 68 22.8 17.6-29.0 92 27.4 21.8-33.8
Obese 416 140 33.3 28.3-38.7 95 25.9 21.1-31.4 181 40.8 35.4-46.4
Current Smoker
Yes 229 64 27.6 21.4-34.9 66 31.7 24.6-39.7 99 40.7 33.4-48.4
No 804 380 45.8 41.7-49.9 169 23.4 19.9-27.4 255 30.8 27.1-34.7
History of CVD**
Yes 197 53 25.0 18.1-33.4 43 21.5 15.4-29.2 101 53.5 45.0-61.8
No 828 389 44.6 40.6-48.7 188 26.2 22.5-30.2 251 29.2 25.6-33.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 111 *** *** *** 27 29.7 20.4-40.9 38 28.9 20.7-38.8
No 888 377 40.1 36.3-43.9 202 25.4 21.9-29.3 309 34.5 30.8-38.4
COPD
Yes 166 46 21.4 15.3-29.1 43 30.0 21.7-39.8 77 48.6 39.3-58.1
No 869 397 44.8 40.9-48.7 193 24.7 21.3-28.5 279 30.5 27.0-34.2
Current Asthma
Yes 160 60 35.7 27.8-44.5 39 25.7 18.6-34.3 61 38.6 30.5-47.3
No 876 384 42.0 38.2-46.0 196 25.4 21.8-29.3 296 32.6 29.0-36.5
Functional Disability
Yes 618 182 27.6 23.6-32.0 158 28.4 24.2-33.1 278 44.0 39.3-48.8
No 416 259 59.6 53.7-65.2 78 21.4 16.7-27.1 79 19.0 14.9-23.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 590 195 29.8 25.6-34.3 147 28.0 23.6-32.8 248 42.3 37.5-47.2
No 451 251 53.6 48.1-59.0 89 22.5 18.0-27.8 111 23.9 19.5-28.9

Back to Chronic Pain.

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

**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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