2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,040 863 82.3 79.3-85.0 177 17.7 15.0-20.7
GENDER
Male 424 343 79.0 73.8-83.4 81 21.0 16.6-26.2
Female 616 520 84.8 81.2-87.9 96 15.2 12.1-18.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 930 781 84.3 81.3-86.9 149 15.7 13.1-18.7
No 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 224 183 80.6 73.8-86.0 41 19.4 14.0-26.2
Overweight 333 264 78.3 72.0-83.5 69 21.7 16.5-28.0
Obese 416 362 86.6 82.3-90.0 54 13.4 10.0-17.7
Current Smoker
Yes 231 185 78.6 71.6-84.2 46 21.4 15.8-28.4
No 801 670 83.3 79.9-86.3 131 16.7 13.7-20.1
History of CVD**
Yes 196 155 79.1 71.8-85.0 41 20.9 15.0-28.2
No 828 694 82.8 79.4-85.8 134 17.2 14.2-20.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 111 87 73.6 62.2-82.5 24 26.4 17.5-37.8
No 888 745 83.5 80.3-86.3 143 16.5 13.7-19.7
COPD
Yes 166 136 79.9 70.2-87.0 30 20.1 13.0-29.8
No 868 722 82.7 79.4-85.5 146 17.3 14.5-20.6
Current Asthma
Yes 159 135 83.0 75.0-88.9 24 17.0 11.1-25.0
No 876 726 82.4 79.1-85.3 150 17.6 14.7-20.9
Functional Disability
Yes 616 525 84.1 80.0-87.5 91 15.9 12.5-20.0
No 417 332 79.7 74.9-83.8 85 20.3 16.2-25.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 588 510 86.2 82.3-89.4 78 13.8 10.6-17.7
No 452 353 77.9 73.1-82.1 99 22.1 17.9-26.9

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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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