2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) Over-the-counter medication like ibuprofen or aspirin.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 862 580 67.9 64.0-71.5 282 32.1 28.5-36.0
GENDER
Male 343 227 66.7 60.6-72.3 116 33.3 27.7-39.4
Female 519 353 68.7 63.7-73.4 166 31.3 26.6-36.3
Have Health Insurance
Yes 780 520 67.0 62.9-70.8 260 33.0 29.2-37.1
No 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 183 119 67.8 59.1-75.4 64 32.2 24.6-40.9
Overweight 264 180 66.4 59.0-73.0 84 33.6 27.0-41.0
Obese 361 247 70.3 64.7-75.4 114 29.7 24.6-35.3
Current Smoker
Yes 185 129 69.7 61.2-77.1 56 30.3 22.9-38.8
No 669 444 66.8 62.4-70.9 225 33.2 29.1-37.6
History of CVD**
Yes 155 99 67.1 57.9-75.2 56 32.9 24.8-42.1
No 694 473 68.1 63.7-72.1 221 31.9 27.9-36.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 744 498 67.7 63.5-71.7 246 32.3 28.3-36.5
COPD
Yes 136 82 62.3 52.3-71.4 54 37.7 28.6-47.7
No 721 494 68.8 64.5-72.7 227 31.2 27.3-35.5
Current Asthma
Yes 135 92 66.0 56.2-74.6 43 34.0 25.4-43.8
No 725 487 68.2 64.0-72.2 238 31.8 27.8-36.0
Functional Disability
Yes 524 329 63.7 58.6-68.4 195 36.3 31.6-41.4
No 332 246 73.8 67.4-79.3 86 26.2 20.7-32.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 509 317 63.8 58.7-68.6 192 36.2 31.4-41.3
No 353 263 72.9 66.8-78.3 90 27.1 21.7-33.2

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*Asked of respondents that stated they were doing something to cope with their 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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