2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) A prescription anti-inflammatory like Celebrex.

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 857 188 19.6 16.7-22.8 669 80.4 77.2-83.3
-Piedmont NC 408 83 18.9 15.0-23.5 325 81.1 76.5-85.0
GENDER
Male 160 27 15.5 10.0-23.2 133 84.5 76.8-90.0
Female 248 56 21.3 16.3-27.4 192 78.7 72.6-83.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 272 57 19.4 14.8-25.0 215 80.6 75.0-85.2
Non-Hispanic Black 102 20 16.6 10.2-25.7 82 83.4 74.3-89.8
Other 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 113 28 20.4 13.6-29.3 85 79.6 70.7-86.4
65-74 79 16 21.7 13.1-33.8 63 78.3 66.2-86.9
75+ 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 93 22 22.4 14.1-33.7 71 77.6 66.3-85.9
Some Post-H.S. 133 32 22.5 15.8-31.2 101 77.5 68.8-84.2
College Graduate 152 27 17.8 12.2-25.3 125 82.2 74.7-87.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 224 52 21.2 15.8-27.7 172 78.8 72.3-84.2
No 181 30 15.9 10.8-22.9 151 84.1 77.1-89.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 351 74 19.1 14.9-24.0 277 80.9 76.0-85.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 172 31 16.2 10.9-23.4 141 83.8 76.6-89.1
Unemployed 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 126 30 24.7 17.2-34.3 96 75.3 65.7-82.8
Unable to Work 85 16 17.7 10.3-28.6 69 82.3 71.4-89.7
Other not in Labor Force 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 105 26 24.2 16.5-34.0 79 75.8 66.0-83.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 189 45 22.9 17.0-30.0 144 77.1 70.0-83.0
HOUSING
Own 264 58 21.1 16.1-27.1 206 78.9 72.9-83.9
Rent 112 17 10.4 6.3-16.9 95 89.6 83.1-93.7
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 199 40 19.1 13.9-25.8 159 80.9 74.2-86.1
Regional City or Suburban County 109 22 19.9 12.7-29.8 87 80.1 70.2-87.3
Rural 100 21 17.5 10.5-27.8 79 82.5 72.2-89.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 180 28 12.9 8.5-19.1 152 87.1 80.9-91.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 201 48 23.4 17.5-30.4 153 76.6 69.6-82.5

Back to Chronic Pain.

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