2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Have you ever seen or talked to a doctor, nurse, or other health professional about your pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,043 953 90.3 87.7-92.3 90 9.7 7.7-12.3
GENDER
Male 425 382 88.2 83.9-91.5 43 11.8 8.5-16.1
Female 618 571 91.8 88.6-94.2 47 8.2 5.8-11.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 934 870 92.9 90.6-94.6 64 7.1 5.4- 9.4
No 109 83 73.7 62.6-82.4 26 26.3 17.6-37.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 224 201 87.7 80.9-92.3 23 12.3 7.7-19.1
Overweight 333 303 91.5 87.2-94.4 30 8.5 5.6-12.8
Obese 417 390 92.2 88.2-94.9 27 7.8 5.1-11.8
Current Smoker
Yes 230 202 84.7 77.6-89.8 28 15.3 10.2-22.4
No 805 743 92.0 89.5-94.0 62 8.0 6.0-10.5
History of CVD**
Yes 197 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 830 748 88.8 85.8-91.3 82 11.2 8.7-14.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 111 94 82.3 71.7-89.5 17 17.7 10.5-28.3
No 890 822 91.4 88.7-93.4 68 8.6 6.6-11.3
COPD
Yes 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 869 788 89.4 86.6-91.8 81 10.6 8.2-13.4
Current Asthma
Yes 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 878 802 89.8 87.0-92.1 76 10.2 7.9-13.0
Functional Disability
Yes 618 571 91.6 88.6-93.9 47 8.4 6.1-11.4
No 418 376 88.4 83.7-91.9 42 11.6 8.1-16.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 590 571 97.4 95.6-98.5 19 2.6 1.5- 4.4
No 453 382 82.3 77.5-86.2 71 17.7 13.8-22.5

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*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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