2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Pain

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means no pain at all and 10 means the worst pain you can imagine, how severe has your pain usually been over the past 3 months?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Mild pain Moderate pain Severe pain
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,041 446 41.0 37.5-44.6 236 25.4 22.2-28.9 359 33.6 30.2-37.1
-Piedmont NC 493 230 44.3 39.2-49.4 99 22.3 18.1-27.1 164 33.5 28.7-38.6
GENDER
Male 202 99 47.0 39.0-55.1 39 20.5 14.6-28.1 64 32.5 25.0-41.0
Female 291 131 42.1 35.8-48.7 60 23.7 18.2-30.3 100 34.2 28.2-40.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 330 178 49.1 42.8-55.4 58 19.0 14.3-24.7 94 31.9 26.0-38.5
Non-Hispanic Black 116 29 28.2 19.2-39.3 30 29.1 20.2-39.8 57 42.7 33.0-53.0
Other 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 73 *** *** *** 16 21.7 13.1-33.8 *** *** ***
55-64 131 51 37.5 28.7-47.3 26 22.3 14.7-32.4 54 40.2 31.0-50.1
65-74 95 *** *** *** 20 21.0 12.8-32.6 31 30.5 21.3-41.6
75+ 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 113 37 34.8 25.4-45.4 23 24.5 15.9-35.8 53 40.7 31.2-51.0
Some Post-H.S. 158 70 48.4 39.6-57.4 35 21.5 15.1-29.7 53 30.0 22.7-38.5
College Graduate 182 118 65.0 56.9-72.3 29 18.0 12.3-25.5 35 17.0 12.0-23.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 267 82 27.8 22.0-34.4 63 26.8 20.7-34.0 122 45.4 38.4-52.6
No 223 145 63.3 55.5-70.4 36 17.1 12.0-23.8 42 19.6 14.0-26.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 423 202 44.6 39.1-50.1 82 21.8 17.3-27.0 139 33.6 28.4-39.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 212 125 57.9 50.0-65.3 42 22.3 16.3-29.7 45 19.8 14.4-26.7
Unemployed 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 149 71 41.5 32.6-51.0 26 21.6 13.9-32.0 52 36.9 28.1-46.6
Unable to Work 99 19 20.1 12.3-31.1 24 26.0 17.0-37.6 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 10 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 124 83 67.0 57.4-75.4 21 17.2 11.1-25.7 20 15.8 10.0-24.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 15 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 224 134 60.3 52.9-67.3 46 22.7 16.9-29.8 44 16.9 12.3-22.8
HOUSING
Own 311 167 50.3 43.8-56.8 59 21.6 16.4-27.7 85 28.2 22.5-34.6
Rent 143 49 29.9 22.2-38.9 30 23.3 15.9-32.7 64 46.9 37.5-56.4
Other arrangement 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 230 124 50.7 43.0-58.3 42 20.3 14.6-27.5 64 29.0 22.3-36.8
Regional City or Suburban County 133 63 45.0 35.6-54.8 26 20.9 13.9-30.1 44 34.1 25.3-44.2
Rural 130 43 31.7 23.3-41.5 31 27.4 18.8-38.1 56 41.0 31.5-51.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 226 104 43.5 36.0-51.3 38 18.9 13.2-26.4 84 37.6 30.4-45.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 230 120 50.4 42.9-57.8 45 21.3 15.7-28.1 65 28.4 21.8-36.0

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*Asked of respondents that stated they suffer from Chronic Pain.

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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