2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

What is the main cause of your chronic pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Arthritis Back Pain** Accident or Injury Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 999 297 25.6 22.7-28.8 121 12.3 10.0-15.0 160 17.0 14.3-20.2 421 45.1 41.3-48.8
GENDER
Male 399 95 19.2 15.3-23.8 45 11.1 8.1-15.0 92 26.8 21.5-32.8 167 43.0 37.3-48.8
Female 600 202 30.4 26.3-34.7 76 13.2 10.1-17.1 68 9.9 7.6-12.7 254 46.6 41.7-51.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 897 283 27.2 24.1-30.5 109 12.7 10.2-15.7 134 15.4 12.6-18.7 371 44.7 40.8-48.7
No 102 14 15.5 8.7-26.2 *** *** *** 26 27.4 18.4-38.7 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 216 62 24.6 18.6-31.8 19 10.9 6.1-18.6 39 19.4 13.5-27.2 96 45.2 37.3-53.2
Overweight 316 86 22.8 18.0-28.3 42 13.7 9.7-18.9 58 20.5 15.0-27.4 130 43.1 36.6-49.9
Obese 401 134 30.0 25.3-35.2 50 11.8 8.6-16.0 58 14.8 11.2-19.2 159 43.4 37.7-49.2
Current Smoker
Yes 216 52 22.3 16.4-29.5 32 15.9 10.4-23.5 46 21.2 15.5-28.3 86 40.6 33.1-48.6
No 775 245 27.1 23.8-30.7 88 11.2 8.9-14.0 113 15.8 12.7-19.5 329 45.9 41.7-50.2
History of CVD**
Yes 185 64 30.9 23.7-39.1 22 12.2 7.7-18.9 31 18.5 12.0-27.5 68 38.4 30.4-47.1
No 798 226 24.1 20.9-27.5 96 12.2 9.6-15.3 129 17.0 14.0-20.6 347 46.7 42.5-50.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 105 20 17.9 11.3-27.2 14 11.5 6.3-20.1 20 18.8 11.6-29.0 *** *** ***
No 852 262 26.5 23.3-30.0 104 12.5 10.0-15.6 134 16.6 13.7-20.1 352 44.3 40.3-48.4
COPD
Yes 164 50 27.8 20.5-36.5 20 15.5 9.1-25.2 23 15.4 9.1-25.0 71 41.3 32.4-50.7
No 830 245 25.3 22.1-28.7 101 11.7 9.4-14.5 137 17.5 14.5-20.9 347 45.5 41.5-49.6
Current Asthma
Yes 151 49 29.7 22.2-38.4 19 12.0 7.4-18.8 21 13.7 8.7-20.7 62 44.7 35.9-53.8
No 844 247 24.9 21.8-28.3 102 12.4 9.8-15.4 138 17.6 14.5-21.2 357 45.1 41.1-49.3
Functional Disability
Yes 586 182 26.5 22.7-30.8 67 11.3 8.6-14.7 87 16.1 12.6-20.5 250 46.0 41.1-51.0
No 406 111 24.0 19.8-28.9 54 13.8 10.0-18.6 70 17.8 13.7-22.9 171 44.4 38.7-50.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 569 203 31.5 27.2-36.0 68 12.2 9.2-16.1 74 15.3 11.7-19.9 224 41.0 36.1-46.0
No 430 94 19.0 15.3-23.3 53 12.3 9.1-16.5 86 19.0 15.0-23.7 197 49.7 44.2-55.3

Back to Chronic Pain.

*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.
**Includes sciatica, slipped or ruptured discs, and spondylosis.

**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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