2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

Number of pack years*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than 5 pack years 5+ pack years and less than 10 pack years 10+ pack years and less than 20 pack years 20+ pack years and less than 30 pack years 30+ pack years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,236 272 22.6 19.9-25.6 190 15.7 13.5-18.3 262 22.5 19.9-25.4 187 14.5 12.4-16.9 325 24.7 21.9-27.6
GENDER
Male 662 153 22.5 19.1-26.4 83 14.4 11.4-17.9 144 23.7 20.0-27.8 95 13.8 11.0-17.1 187 25.6 22.0-29.6
Female 574 119 22.7 18.6-27.5 107 17.4 14.1-21.3 118 21.1 17.3-25.3 92 15.4 12.3-19.1 138 23.4 19.4-27.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 851 150 18.2 15.3-21.6 107 13.8 11.2-16.8 190 22.8 19.7-26.3 145 16.6 13.9-19.7 259 28.5 25.1-32.2
Non-Hispanic Black 232 56 24.8 18.8-32.0 57 23.1 17.5-29.8 52 27.5 20.9-35.4 28 9.9 6.4-15.1 39 14.6 10.4-20.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 151 84 55.1 46.1-63.7 43 27.6 20.4-36.1 17 12.7 7.7-20.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 185 47 23.2 16.8-31.1 44 21.2 15.5-28.2 53 31.5 24.2-39.8 24 14.6 9.5-21.6 17 9.6 5.7-15.5
45-54 202 37 14.2 10.0-19.8 31 14.6 10.0-20.9 58 30.2 23.5-37.9 37 17.2 12.3-23.5 39 23.8 17.3-31.7
55-64 284 32 10.6 7.0-15.6 25 8.5 5.2-13.5 60 20.8 15.9-26.8 49 18.8 13.9-24.9 118 41.4 34.8-48.3
65-74 247 38 14.8 10.6-20.3 27 9.0 5.8-13.6 45 19.3 14.1-25.8 42 16.2 11.7-22.1 95 40.6 33.4-48.3
75+ 160 31 17.0 11.5-24.3 19 11.5 7.2-18.0 27 17.2 11.5-25.0 31 19.9 13.6-28.2 52 34.4 25.8-44.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 137 25 15.6 10.0-23.5 16 10.7 6.0-18.3 31 23.8 16.4-33.1 21 16.8 10.6-25.5 44 33.2 24.7-42.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 335 84 25.4 20.4-31.2 47 15.2 11.2-20.3 51 17.7 13.4-23.2 50 13.9 10.2-18.7 103 27.7 22.7-33.4
Some Post-H.S. 430 68 19.4 14.9-24.8 70 17.0 13.2-21.5 113 27.0 22.4-32.1 70 14.5 11.3-18.4 109 22.2 18.1-27.0
College Graduate 333 94 30.5 25.1-36.4 57 18.4 14.0-23.8 67 20.5 16.0-25.8 46 13.5 10.0-18.1 69 17.1 13.3-21.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 558 105 18.4 14.8-22.7 71 12.5 9.5-16.1 115 23.1 19.0-27.7 95 16.4 13.2-20.3 172 29.6 25.4-34.2
No 672 167 25.9 22.1-30.0 119 18.2 15.0-21.8 144 21.8 18.4-25.7 92 13.2 10.5-16.4 150 20.9 17.5-24.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 37 16.9 12.0-23.3 23 12.9 8.2-19.8 42 22.0 16.0-29.4 34 16.1 10.9-23.3 84 32.1 25.5-39.4
Non-Veteran 1,015 235 23.7 20.6-27.0 167 16.2 13.7-19.0 220 22.6 19.7-25.8 153 14.2 11.9-16.8 240 23.3 20.4-26.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 587 164 28.3 24.3-32.8 110 19.2 15.8-23.2 132 23.2 19.4-27.4 69 11.3 8.8-14.6 112 17.9 14.6-21.9
Unemployed 64 *** *** *** 13 17.1 9.1-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 360 59 14.5 11.0-19.0 39 10.4 7.1-15.1 65 20.4 15.8-25.9 63 16.8 12.8-21.7 134 37.8 32.0-44.1
Unable to Work 183 21 9.2 5.5-14.9 20 9.1 5.4-14.8 41 23.3 16.6-31.8 40 22.3 16.1-30.1 61 36.1 28.2-44.7
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 21 20.4 12.7-31.1 16 11.1 6.4-18.6 25 22.0 14.5-31.8 18 14.2 8.2-23.6 36 32.3 23.2-42.9
$15,000- 24,999 202 49 23.6 17.4-31.3 35 18.2 12.6-25.5 40 19.1 13.4-26.3 26 13.8 9.1-20.4 52 25.3 18.8-33.1
$25,000- 34,999 121 28 23.9 16.3-33.7 21 15.5 9.7-23.8 20 16.1 9.9-25.1 23 22.4 14.5-32.9 29 22.0 14.6-31.8
$35,000- 49,999 160 33 19.1 13.0-27.3 26 16.6 11.1-24.1 26 18.2 11.7-27.1 26 14.3 9.4-21.0 49 31.8 23.5-41.5
$50,000-74,999 148 35 26.0 18.0-36.0 25 18.4 12.1-27.2 27 21.1 14.3-30.1 24 13.8 8.3-22.0 37 20.7 14.3-28.9
$75,000+ 283 68 23.1 18.0-29.2 46 16.9 12.3-22.9 83 31.1 25.2-37.8 37 12.6 9.0-17.5 49 16.2 11.8-21.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 206 38 21.3 14.8-29.7 21 10.9 6.6-17.4 41 22.3 16.0-30.2 33 13.8 9.5-19.7 73 31.7 24.6-39.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 149 40 29.8 21.7-39.2 19 11.1 6.7-17.9 28 18.7 12.2-27.5 22 16.3 10.2-25.0 40 24.1 17.2-32.8
101% to 150% 163 36 21.9 15.3-30.5 31 19.3 13.1-27.4 37 23.1 16.1-31.9 22 14.3 8.9-22.4 37 21.3 15.1-29.3
151% to 200% 112 20 18.9 11.9-28.7 24 19.4 12.6-28.9 16 13.0 7.6-21.2 21 17.6 11.2-26.6 *** *** ***
More than 200% 561 125 21.6 17.8-25.9 88 17.1 13.6-21.2 129 25.1 21.1-29.7 85 14.4 11.4-18.0 134 21.8 18.2-26.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 206 38 21.3 14.8-29.7 21 10.9 6.6-17.4 41 22.3 16.0-30.2 33 13.8 9.5-19.7 73 31.7 24.6-39.7
HOUSING
Own 811 165 20.2 17.1-23.6 109 13.9 11.3-17.0 178 23.8 20.5-27.5 133 16.0 13.3-19.0 226 26.2 22.8-29.9
Rent 343 91 30.8 24.9-37.5 73 23.2 18.4-28.9 67 18.6 14.4-23.8 38 8.7 5.9-12.6 74 18.6 14.4-23.7
Other arrangement 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 18.8 11.2-29.9 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 328 84 24.2 19.3-29.9 57 17.6 13.4-22.8 70 23.1 18.1-29.1 56 17.4 13.0-22.9 61 17.7 13.4-22.9
Regional City or Suburban County 341 74 23.6 18.5-29.7 45 12.8 9.2-17.4 77 24.3 19.3-30.0 49 12.2 8.9-16.4 96 27.2 22.0-33.2
Rural 567 114 21.0 17.2-25.5 88 16.4 13.0-20.5 115 21.1 17.3-25.4 82 14.2 11.2-17.8 168 27.3 23.2-31.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 328 65 19.2 14.7-24.6 59 18.4 13.8-24.0 67 22.0 17.1-27.9 41 12.9 9.1-18.1 96 27.5 22.4-33.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 431 89 21.7 17.4-26.7 53 11.5 8.5-15.4 94 20.9 16.8-25.7 69 15.3 11.8-19.6 126 30.6 25.5-36.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 477 118 25.5 21.1-30.6 78 18.2 14.4-22.8 101 24.4 20.0-29.4 77 14.6 11.5-18.5 103 17.2 14.0-21.1

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*Pack years is computed as the number of years the respondent smoked multiplied by the number of packs of cigarettes they usually smoked each day.
See the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

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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