2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

Chronic Pain

Do you suffer from any type of chronic pain, that is pain that occurs constantly or flares up often?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,170 1,045 31.4 29.5-33.3 2,125 68.6 66.7-70.5
Region 5 456 132 29.4 24.8-34.5 324 70.6 65.5-75.2
GENDER
Male 208 52 26.8 20.2-34.5 156 73.2 65.5-79.8
Female 248 80 31.9 25.6-38.9 168 68.1 61.1-74.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 265 83 31.5 25.4-38.2 182 68.5 61.8-74.6
Non-Hispanic Black 117 34 29.1 20.8-39.3 83 70.9 60.7-79.2
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 159 35 25.0 17.9-33.7 124 75.0 66.3-82.1
45-64 154 51 33.4 25.3-42.5 103 66.6 57.5-74.7
65+ 136 42 28.6 20.8-38.0 94 71.4 62.0-79.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 41 31.3 23.1-40.9 99 68.7 59.1-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 114 33 30.1 21.5-40.3 81 69.9 59.7-78.5
College Graduate 200 58 27.0 21.0-34.0 142 73.0 66.0-79.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 53 34.2 26.2-43.3 104 65.8 56.7-73.8
$50,000+ 193 55 29.8 22.8-37.8 138 70.2 62.2-77.2
Don't know/Not Sure 106 24 21.5 13.9-31.7 82 78.5 68.3-86.1

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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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