2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) Alcohol?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 863 41 5.3 3.7- 7.6 822 94.7 92.4-96.3
GENDER
Male 343 28 9.2 5.9-13.9 315 90.8 86.1-94.1
Female 520 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Have Health Insurance
Yes 781 34 5.1 3.4- 7.6 747 94.9 92.4-96.6
No 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 183 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 264 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Obese 362 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Current Smoker
Yes 185 20 13.4 8.1-21.4 165 86.6 78.6-91.9
No 670 21 2.8 1.8- 4.4 649 97.2 95.6-98.2
History of CVD**
Yes 155 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 694 35 5.7 3.8- 8.4 659 94.3 91.6-96.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 745 *** *** *** *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 722 36 5.6 3.8- 8.2 686 94.4 91.8-96.2
Current Asthma
Yes 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 726 35 5.3 3.5- 7.8 691 94.7 92.2-96.5
Functional Disability
Yes 525 27 5.2 3.5- 7.9 498 94.8 92.1-96.5
No 332 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 510 24 5.1 3.2- 8.0 486 94.9 92.0-96.8
No 353 17 5.6 3.1- 9.8 336 94.4 90.2-96.9

Back to Chronic Pain.

*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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