2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 to 24 years old 25 to 34 years old 35 to 44 years old 45 to 54 years old 55+ years old
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,329 164 15.3 12.9-17.9 278 22.1 19.6-24.9 286 22.7 20.1-25.5 260 18.0 15.7-20.5 341 22.0 19.5-24.6
GENDER
Male 704 108 18.0 14.6-21.8 154 23.4 19.9-27.4 152 22.8 19.3-26.6 128 16.0 13.2-19.4 162 19.8 16.7-23.4
Female 625 56 11.9 8.8-15.9 124 20.4 16.9-24.4 134 22.6 18.8-26.9 132 20.4 17.0-24.4 179 24.6 20.9-28.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 912 120 16.2 13.4-19.5 186 21.2 18.2-24.4 192 21.3 18.4-24.6 176 18.0 15.3-21.1 238 23.2 20.2-26.6
Non-Hispanic Black 251 13 7.0 3.9-12.3 44 20.3 14.8-27.3 61 28.9 22.3-36.5 58 20.0 15.2-25.9 75 23.9 18.6-30.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 165 68 44.2 35.9-52.9 96 55.0 46.4-63.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 190 13 8.0 4.1-14.9 41 20.4 14.8-27.6 136 71.6 63.5-78.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 221 22 11.4 7.1-17.6 30 12.2 8.2-17.8 45 19.0 13.9-25.3 124 57.4 49.9-64.7 *** *** ***
55-64 297 19 8.4 4.9-13.9 31 9.8 6.5-14.4 32 11.1 7.4-16.4 59 21.5 16.2-28.0 156 49.2 42.4-56.0
65-74 266 27 10.2 6.8-14.9 43 16.1 11.6-21.9 33 12.1 8.2-17.5 41 12.8 9.2-17.5 122 48.9 41.6-56.2
75+ 182 13 5.7 3.2-10.2 35 19.4 13.5-27.0 36 19.0 13.3-26.3 36 20.6 14.0-29.3 62 35.3 27.3-44.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 16 11.3 6.5-18.9 26 19.1 12.7-27.5 36 24.4 17.3-33.3 30 22.7 15.7-31.7 45 22.5 16.1-30.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 368 52 18.4 13.9-23.9 73 19.4 15.3-24.4 66 21.3 16.7-26.9 67 16.3 12.6-20.8 110 24.5 20.0-29.7
Some Post-H.S. 449 45 14.1 10.3-19.1 88 23.2 18.8-28.2 99 21.9 17.9-26.6 96 18.4 14.8-22.6 121 22.4 18.3-27.2
College Graduate 358 50 15.5 11.6-20.4 91 27.5 22.5-33.1 85 25.0 20.2-30.5 67 15.8 12.3-20.1 65 16.2 12.4-20.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 607 63 13.1 10.0-17.2 111 18.7 15.3-22.8 122 22.2 18.3-26.6 117 19.4 15.8-23.5 194 26.5 22.7-30.8
No 715 101 17.0 13.7-20.8 166 24.7 21.2-28.7 164 23.3 19.9-27.1 140 16.8 14.0-20.0 144 18.2 15.1-21.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 241 24 10.0 6.3-15.3 49 24.2 18.2-31.5 39 17.4 12.3-24.1 48 16.1 11.7-21.8 81 32.3 25.2-40.3
Non-Veteran 1,087 140 16.3 13.6-19.3 229 21.7 18.9-24.7 247 23.7 20.8-26.8 211 18.3 15.8-21.2 260 20.0 17.5-22.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 624 101 19.0 15.5-23.1 164 27.4 23.5-31.7 170 27.5 23.6-31.7 114 15.6 12.7-19.0 75 10.4 8.0-13.5
Unemployed 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 397 31 7.2 4.9-10.5 68 18.0 13.9-23.0 64 16.0 12.2-20.7 75 19.0 14.5-24.5 159 39.8 34.0-45.8
Unable to Work 194 *** *** *** 20 8.4 5.1-13.4 32 20.6 13.8-29.5 46 25.1 18.5-33.1 87 38.2 30.6-46.4
Other not in Labor Force 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 12 13.2 6.9-23.8 13 11.7 6.7-19.7 23 18.7 11.8-28.3 28 21.1 14.0-30.7 48 35.3 26.4-45.3
$15,000- 24,999 215 20 13.2 8.3-20.4 45 20.0 14.5-26.8 42 18.5 13.2-25.3 42 20.3 14.5-27.7 66 28.1 21.6-35.5
$25,000- 34,999 136 22 21.3 13.9-31.2 31 21.8 15.1-30.5 27 22.4 15.0-32.1 17 10.5 6.1-17.4 39 23.9 17.0-32.7
$35,000- 49,999 165 17 10.5 6.2-17.1 35 24.5 17.1-33.7 34 21.7 15.2-30.0 43 23.6 17.0-31.7 36 19.8 13.3-28.4
$50,000-74,999 151 20 17.8 10.7-28.0 41 28.1 20.5-37.3 36 23.2 16.3-32.0 26 15.4 10.0-22.9 28 15.5 9.8-23.7
$75,000+ 302 46 17.1 12.6-22.8 76 26.1 20.7-32.3 74 25.5 20.2-31.7 66 18.9 14.6-24.1 40 12.5 8.7-17.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 236 27 13.8 8.6-21.3 37 18.4 12.9-25.5 50 25.3 18.8-33.2 38 15.6 10.6-22.3 84 27.0 20.9-34.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 22 18.1 11.6-27.1 29 16.9 11.3-24.4 29 20.5 13.7-29.6 29 15.8 10.5-23.0 49 28.6 21.2-37.5
101% to 150% 174 19 15.8 9.9-24.4 31 20.2 13.9-28.5 38 20.7 14.6-28.5 31 17.2 11.5-25.0 55 26.1 19.6-33.8
151% to 200% 122 15 14.3 8.5-23.2 33 26.7 18.6-36.6 26 20.4 13.5-29.6 21 16.3 10.1-25.3 27 22.3 14.1-33.3
More than 200% 590 76 15.2 11.9-19.3 139 24.9 21.0-29.3 132 23.5 19.7-27.8 130 19.8 16.4-23.6 113 16.6 13.5-20.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 236 27 13.8 8.6-21.3 37 18.4 12.9-25.5 50 25.3 18.8-33.2 38 15.6 10.6-22.3 84 27.0 20.9-34.1
HOUSING
Own 871 91 12.1 9.6-15.1 187 21.9 18.8-25.3 192 23.6 20.4-27.1 177 19.3 16.4-22.5 224 23.2 20.1-26.6
Rent 371 59 24.2 18.6-30.8 75 22.3 17.7-27.7 79 21.9 17.3-27.5 69 14.6 11.2-18.7 89 17.0 13.4-21.3
Other arrangement 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 13.1 7.3-22.3 14 17.1 9.9-28.1 27 26.1 17.4-37.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 350 49 14.5 10.7-19.2 82 23.8 19.1-29.4 83 25.7 20.5-31.6 58 15.5 11.6-20.3 78 20.5 16.1-25.9
Regional City or Suburban County 372 54 19.2 14.4-25.1 82 22.6 17.9-27.9 65 18.1 14.0-23.2 77 19.3 15.0-24.5 94 20.8 16.6-25.6
Rural 607 61 13.3 10.0-17.4 114 20.8 17.1-25.0 138 23.7 19.9-28.1 125 18.7 15.4-22.5 169 23.6 19.8-27.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 349 35 13.8 9.6-19.5 71 21.6 16.9-27.2 61 19.0 14.2-24.9 78 21.3 16.8-26.6 104 24.3 19.7-29.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 464 48 11.7 8.4-16.0 91 21.0 16.9-25.7 111 23.2 19.1-27.9 88 19.5 15.5-24.3 126 24.6 20.2-29.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 516 81 19.5 15.5-24.3 116 23.5 19.4-28.1 114 24.3 20.1-29.1 94 14.6 11.7-18.1 111 18.0 14.8-21.8

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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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