2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Pain

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 862 57 6.8 5.1- 8.9 805 93.2 91.1-94.9
GENDER
Male 342 31 8.8 6.1-12.6 311 91.2 87.4-93.9
Female 520 26 5.3 3.4- 8.2 494 94.7 91.8-96.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 781 47 6.0 4.4- 8.1 734 94.0 91.9-95.6
No 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 183 20 11.3 6.9-17.9 163 88.7 82.1-93.1
Overweight 263 16 6.2 3.7-10.3 247 93.8 89.7-96.3
Obese 362 19 5.1 3.1- 8.3 343 94.9 91.7-96.9
Current Smoker
Yes 184 29 14.8 9.9-21.6 155 85.2 78.4-90.1
No 670 27 4.1 2.7- 6.1 643 95.9 93.9-97.3
History of CVD**
Yes 155 11 7.4 4.0-13.0 144 92.6 87.0-96.0
No 693 45 6.6 4.8- 9.1 648 93.4 90.9-95.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 87 16 19.9 11.8-31.5 71 80.1 68.5-88.2
No 744 39 5.3 3.7- 7.4 705 94.7 92.6-96.3
COPD
Yes 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 721 46 6.7 4.8- 9.1 675 93.3 90.9-95.2
Current Asthma
Yes 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 725 46 6.6 4.8- 9.0 679 93.4 91.0-95.2
Functional Disability
Yes 524 42 8.7 6.3-12.0 482 91.3 88.0-93.7
No 332 14 3.6 2.0- 6.4 318 96.4 93.6-98.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 510 33 6.3 4.4- 8.9 477 93.7 91.1-95.6
No 352 24 7.3 4.7-11.3 328 92.7 88.7-95.3

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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