2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 to 14 years old 15 to 17 years old 18 years old 19 to 24 years old 25+ years old
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,382 234 18.6 16.2-21.3 454 33.9 31.0-37.0 235 16.5 14.3-18.9 308 21.6 19.1-24.2 151 9.4 7.8-11.3
GENDER
Male 734 145 21.5 18.1-25.3 250 33.6 29.7-37.7 122 16.4 13.5-19.8 151 20.9 17.6-24.6 66 7.6 5.9- 9.8
Female 648 89 15.2 12.0-19.0 204 34.3 29.9-39.0 113 16.5 13.3-20.3 157 22.3 18.9-26.2 85 11.6 9.0-14.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 947 167 19.9 17.0-23.3 341 37.0 33.4-40.7 162 16.2 13.6-19.1 190 18.7 16.1-21.7 87 8.2 6.4-10.4
Non-Hispanic Black 262 32 13.1 8.8-19.0 66 28.5 22.2-35.7 44 14.7 10.5-20.2 76 29.9 23.7-36.9 44 13.8 10.0-18.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 71 14 18.1 10.1-30.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 20.5 12.1-32.6 11 16.6 9.0-28.6
AGE
18-34 171 32 18.4 12.9-25.7 49 29.1 22.2-37.2 34 22.2 15.8-30.1 49 26.5 19.8-34.6 *** *** ***
35-44 197 41 24.7 18.2-32.6 64 34.2 26.9-42.3 31 15.8 10.8-22.5 44 18.7 13.3-25.7 17 6.6 4.0-10.8
45-54 228 32 15.2 10.3-21.8 77 35.0 28.3-42.3 39 18.1 13.0-24.8 48 20.1 14.9-26.6 32 11.6 8.1-16.4
55-64 305 64 22.2 16.9-28.6 110 37.3 31.0-44.1 46 12.9 9.4-17.5 55 16.8 12.6-21.9 30 10.8 7.0-16.2
65-74 275 42 15.3 11.2-20.7 82 32.1 25.6-39.5 52 15.7 11.6-21.1 62 25.9 20.2-32.6 37 10.9 7.6-15.3
75+ 197 21 11.6 6.6-19.6 66 32.6 25.3-40.8 33 14.8 9.8-21.8 49 24.5 18.3-32.0 28 16.5 10.4-25.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 43 29.9 22.3-38.8 52 33.0 25.3-41.7 23 14.4 8.9-22.3 25 13.9 8.9-21.0 20 8.9 5.2-14.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 383 68 19.0 14.7-24.1 147 38.3 32.8-44.1 63 16.5 12.7-21.3 73 18.8 14.7-23.6 32 7.4 5.0-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 465 85 17.6 13.9-22.0 144 32.4 27.5-37.7 73 15.9 12.4-20.1 108 24.4 20.0-29.3 55 9.7 7.2-13.1
College Graduate 370 38 9.7 6.9-13.4 110 29.9 24.9-35.4 76 19.6 15.4-24.6 102 28.1 23.3-33.5 44 12.8 9.3-17.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 629 130 23.9 20.0-28.3 209 35.3 30.9-40.0 90 12.4 9.7-15.7 127 18.6 15.4-22.3 73 9.7 7.3-12.8
No 747 102 14.6 11.8-18.1 243 32.9 29.0-37.0 145 19.7 16.5-23.3 179 23.5 20.1-27.3 78 9.3 7.3-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 246 41 17.4 12.1-24.3 97 37.5 30.8-44.8 34 12.8 8.8-18.2 53 25.0 18.9-32.3 21 7.4 4.6-11.5
Non-Veteran 1,135 193 18.9 16.2-21.8 357 33.3 30.0-36.7 200 17.1 14.7-19.9 255 21.0 18.4-23.8 130 9.8 8.0-11.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 646 107 18.1 14.8-21.9 210 32.4 28.3-36.7 114 18.0 14.8-21.7 150 23.0 19.4-27.0 65 8.5 6.6-11.0
Unemployed 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.7 6.8-22.5 *** *** ***
Retired 419 57 15.7 11.7-20.8 133 31.0 26.0-36.5 79 16.4 12.7-20.9 98 24.1 19.6-29.2 52 12.8 9.1-17.7
Unable to Work 201 42 18.0 13.0-24.6 72 42.9 34.7-51.4 22 11.6 7.0-18.6 37 16.5 11.4-23.2 28 11.1 7.0-17.1
Other not in Labor Force 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 127 34 22.7 15.7-31.5 38 34.0 24.9-44.6 15 17.6 10.3-28.5 21 15.2 9.4-23.6 19 10.5 6.3-17.0
$15,000- 24,999 231 42 17.8 12.7-24.3 72 31.0 24.5-38.3 38 17.3 12.0-24.4 45 17.5 12.8-23.5 34 16.4 11.1-23.5
$25,000- 34,999 140 25 23.9 16.2-33.9 48 31.2 23.3-40.3 23 17.0 10.8-25.9 28 18.9 12.6-27.2 16 9.0 5.2-15.1
$35,000- 49,999 173 29 21.5 14.6-30.4 61 37.5 29.1-46.8 25 9.8 6.4-14.8 42 23.1 16.7-31.0 16 8.1 4.8-13.4
$50,000-74,999 156 29 23.1 15.6-32.9 58 35.8 27.2-45.4 26 17.5 11.6-25.5 34 18.2 12.4-25.9 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 309 33 11.9 8.1-17.0 101 34.2 28.3-40.5 64 18.2 13.9-23.4 79 26.7 21.3-33.0 32 9.1 6.2-13.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 246 42 18.3 13.0-25.1 76 34.3 27.1-42.2 44 16.4 11.6-22.7 59 24.8 18.7-32.1 25 6.2 3.9- 9.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 159 37 21.8 15.2-30.3 49 30.9 23.1-39.8 26 20.4 13.5-29.7 29 16.3 10.9-23.7 18 10.5 6.0-17.8
101% to 150% 185 41 22.0 15.6-30.0 55 33.0 25.5-41.5 30 15.2 9.9-22.7 34 16.8 11.7-23.6 25 13.1 8.1-20.4
151% to 200% 131 24 23.7 15.9-33.7 53 34.9 26.0-45.0 15 9.7 5.4-16.9 26 22.0 14.9-31.3 13 9.7 5.4-16.7
More than 200% 607 77 15.5 12.1-19.6 205 34.7 30.4-39.3 114 17.0 14.0-20.6 150 23.8 20.0-27.9 61 9.0 6.9-11.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 246 42 18.3 13.0-25.1 76 34.3 27.1-42.2 44 16.4 11.6-22.7 59 24.8 18.7-32.1 25 6.2 3.9- 9.7
HOUSING
Own 901 141 18.0 15.1-21.3 305 34.8 31.2-38.6 152 16.0 13.5-19.0 201 21.1 18.3-24.3 102 10.0 8.0-12.4
Rent 389 71 19.3 15.1-24.4 118 30.6 25.5-36.3 68 17.9 13.6-23.3 89 23.4 18.5-29.0 43 8.8 6.4-12.1
Other arrangement 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 17.2 10.0-27.8 16 18.3 11.0-29.0 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 365 53 16.7 12.3-22.3 118 32.2 26.9-38.0 63 16.4 12.6-21.0 90 25.3 20.3-30.9 41 9.5 6.8-13.0
Regional City or Suburban County 392 66 17.3 13.3-22.2 127 34.3 29.0-40.2 76 20.1 15.6-25.5 90 21.0 16.8-26.0 33 7.3 5.0-10.4
Rural 625 115 20.7 17.0-24.9 209 34.7 30.2-39.4 96 14.2 11.3-17.8 128 19.7 16.3-23.6 77 10.7 8.2-14.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 361 74 26.0 20.6-32.1 101 28.5 23.2-34.5 60 14.3 10.8-18.7 81 20.2 16.0-25.2 45 11.0 8.0-15.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 488 82 18.3 14.4-22.9 168 37.4 32.4-42.7 78 15.2 11.8-19.4 102 19.4 15.6-23.7 58 9.7 7.1-13.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 533 78 14.8 11.6-18.8 185 33.6 29.0-38.4 97 18.9 15.3-23.2 125 24.5 20.4-29.0 48 8.2 6.0-11.0

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*Asked of respondents that have smoked in the past or are currently smoking.
Regularly is at least one cigarette or more on days that a respondent smokes (either every day or some days) or smoked (not at all).

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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