2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 862 57 6.8 5.1- 8.9 805 93.2 91.1-94.9
-Piedmont NC 411 32 7.3 5.0-10.5 379 92.7 89.5-95.0
GENDER
Male 162 13 7.9 4.4-13.8 149 92.1 86.2-95.6
Female 249 19 6.8 4.2-10.9 230 93.2 89.1-95.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 274 18 6.3 3.8-10.2 256 93.7 89.8-96.2
Non-Hispanic Black 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 51 *** *** *** 51 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 152 15 11.5 6.8-18.8 137 88.5 81.2-93.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 226 25 10.6 7.0-15.7 201 89.4 84.3-93.0
No 182 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 354 29 7.7 5.2-11.2 325 92.3 88.8-94.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 173 12 6.4 3.5-11.3 161 93.6 88.7-96.5
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 85 13 13.7 7.8-22.9 72 86.3 77.1-92.2
Other not in Labor Force 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 189 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 265 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 114 18 17.4 10.6-27.2 96 82.6 72.8-89.4
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 199 18 8.0 4.8-12.8 181 92.0 87.2-95.2
Regional City or Suburban County 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 182 15 7.7 4.4-12.9 167 92.3 87.1-95.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 202 15 7.2 4.2-12.1 187 92.8 87.9-95.8

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*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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