2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A non-medication pain therapy like acupuncture, physical therapy, or yoga?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 863 263 28.8 25.4-32.5 600 71.2 67.5-74.6
GENDER
Male 343 93 26.5 21.4-32.4 250 73.5 67.6-78.6
Female 520 170 30.5 26.0-35.4 350 69.5 64.6-74.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 781 250 30.0 26.4-33.9 531 70.0 66.1-73.6
No 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 183 60 31.0 23.6-39.4 123 69.0 60.6-76.4
Overweight 264 74 26.1 20.4-32.6 190 73.9 67.4-79.6
Obese 362 112 29.7 24.6-35.4 250 70.3 64.6-75.4
Current Smoker
Yes 185 38 17.4 12.0-24.5 147 82.6 75.5-88.0
No 670 223 32.7 28.6-37.0 447 67.3 63.0-71.4
History of CVD**
Yes 155 42 27.0 19.5-36.1 113 73.0 63.9-80.5
No 694 217 29.2 25.4-33.4 477 70.8 66.6-74.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 745 224 28.5 24.9-32.5 521 71.5 67.5-75.1
COPD
Yes 136 26 15.7 10.0-23.8 110 84.3 76.2-90.0
No 722 237 31.4 27.6-35.6 485 68.6 64.4-72.4
Current Asthma
Yes 135 40 28.0 20.3-37.2 95 72.0 62.8-79.7
No 726 222 28.9 25.2-33.0 504 71.1 67.0-74.8
Functional Disability
Yes 525 143 26.6 22.3-31.4 382 73.4 68.6-77.7
No 332 119 32.3 26.7-38.3 213 67.7 61.7-73.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 510 148 26.7 22.5-31.4 362 73.3 68.6-77.5
No 353 115 31.4 26.0-37.4 238 68.6 62.6-74.0

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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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