2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Chronic Pain

Are you doing anything to cope with your chronic pain?*
(Using) something else? (Please specify ____________)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 860 176 19.8 16.9-23.1 684 80.2 76.9-83.1
-Piedmont NC 409 82 19.0 15.1-23.6 327 81.0 76.4-84.9
GENDER
Male 162 29 17.5 11.7-25.2 133 82.5 74.8-88.3
Female 247 53 20.0 15.0-26.1 194 80.0 73.9-85.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 273 62 20.8 16.1-26.6 211 79.2 73.4-83.9
Non-Hispanic Black 102 15 15.2 8.7-25.2 87 84.8 74.8-91.3
Other 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 61 11 16.6 9.0-28.5 50 83.4 71.5-91.0
55-64 115 23 20.9 13.4-31.0 92 79.1 69.0-86.6
65-74 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 95 15 15.6 9.1-25.5 80 84.4 74.5-90.9
Some Post-H.S. 134 24 18.0 11.9-26.3 110 82.0 73.7-88.1
College Graduate 151 40 25.3 18.5-33.5 111 74.7 66.5-81.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 224 47 20.4 15.0-27.0 177 79.6 73.0-85.0
No 182 35 17.5 12.2-24.3 147 82.5 75.7-87.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 352 71 19.5 15.3-24.6 281 80.5 75.4-84.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 173 36 19.5 13.7-27.0 137 80.5 73.0-86.3
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 126 20 15.1 9.4-23.3 106 84.9 76.7-90.6
Unable to Work 84 21 23.9 15.2-35.6 63 76.1 64.4-84.8
Other not in Labor Force 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 105 26 22.4 15.2-31.9 79 77.6 68.1-84.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 188 43 21.6 15.8-28.8 145 78.4 71.2-84.2
HOUSING
Own 264 49 18.6 13.9-24.3 215 81.4 75.7-86.1
Rent 113 25 18.5 11.9-27.6 88 81.5 72.4-88.1
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 199 45 20.8 15.2-27.6 154 79.2 72.4-84.8
Regional City or Suburban County 109 21 20.7 13.1-31.0 88 79.3 69.0-86.9
Rural 101 16 13.5 7.8-22.4 85 86.5 77.6-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 182 39 20.7 14.7-28.3 143 79.3 71.7-85.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 201 37 17.9 12.8-24.5 164 82.1 75.5-87.2

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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