2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

How old were you when you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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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%)
North Carolina 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
-FEMALES 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
Non-Hispanic White 421 41 12.8 9.1-17.8 85 19.7 15.7-24.5 86 20.4 16.2-25.2 87 20.6 16.4-25.6 122 26.5 21.8-31.8
Non-Hispanic Black 132 *** *** *** 21 18.9 12.0-28.4 34 30.3 21.3-41.2 31 20.5 14.0-29.0 41 23.0 16.3-31.4
Other 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 16.2 8.5-28.6 16 14.5 7.6-25.8
AGE
18-34 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 90 *** *** *** 20 20.8 13.0-31.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 110 *** *** *** 14 12.4 6.8-21.5 18 14.2 8.4-23.1 70 64.9 54.1-74.4 *** *** ***
55-64 158 *** *** *** 19 10.8 6.4-17.7 22 14.6 8.6-23.7 26 18.5 11.9-27.8 83 48.6 39.0-58.4
65-74 127 12 9.8 5.3-17.4 15 11.2 6.2-19.4 16 11.8 6.9-19.5 20 12.9 8.1-20.0 *** *** ***
75+ 80 *** *** *** 17 19.0 11.2-30.3 11 12.7 6.4-23.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 164 17 13.5 8.1-21.5 26 14.8 9.6-22.1 26 21.4 14.3-30.9 36 20.2 14.3-27.9 59 30.1 22.6-38.8
Some Post-H.S. 238 19 13.2 8.0-21.1 44 21.0 15.5-27.8 54 22.3 17.0-28.7 56 21.6 16.2-28.1 65 21.9 16.3-28.7
College Graduate 168 17 12.8 7.7-20.7 46 29.6 22.3-38.1 42 22.5 16.3-30.3 29 15.2 10.4-21.6 34 19.9 13.9-27.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 17.2 9.4-29.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 102 *** *** *** 19 16.3 9.8-25.8 *** *** *** 19 21.0 12.7-32.7 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 22.5 14.0-34.2 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 19.4 11.0-31.8 13 17.9 10.1-29.8 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 127 14 15.7 9.0-26.0 36 27.2 19.3-36.7 30 22.3 15.3-31.4 31 22.1 15.2-30.9 16 12.8 7.3-21.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 292 20 8.6 5.2-13.9 47 16.0 11.5-21.9 65 25.7 19.8-32.7 65 23.8 18.2-30.3 95 25.8 20.7-31.7
No 330 36 14.7 10.1-20.8 76 23.9 19.0-29.7 69 20.2 15.6-25.6 67 17.9 13.7-22.9 82 23.4 18.1-29.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 602 55 12.4 9.2-16.5 121 20.9 17.3-25.0 130 22.9 19.0-27.3 124 19.7 16.3-23.7 172 24.1 20.4-28.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 155 16 11.9 7.0-19.4 34 22.0 15.4-30.3 39 26.2 18.8-35.3 31 19.8 13.5-28.2 35 20.1 13.7-28.5
Regional City or Suburban County 169 16 14.9 8.9-24.0 37 20.7 14.4-28.7 31 18.5 12.7-26.1 32 18.5 12.5-26.6 53 27.4 20.5-35.6
Rural 301 24 10.2 6.1-16.5 53 19.4 14.5-25.4 64 22.8 17.3-29.4 69 21.9 16.9-27.8 91 25.7 20.2-32.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 252 29 14.7 9.9-21.1 63 26.1 20.3-32.8 74 29.1 22.9-36.1 50 17.0 12.4-22.8 36 13.2 8.7-19.4
Unemployed 31 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 191 14 7.3 4.0-12.8 31 15.4 10.2-22.6 25 14.2 9.3-21.2 37 22.6 15.7-31.4 84 40.5 32.7-48.8
Unable to Work 113 *** *** *** 11 6.8 3.5-13.0 *** *** *** 29 27.8 19.0-38.9 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 80 *** *** *** 11 9.6 4.9-17.9 *** *** *** 16 18.5 10.7-30.0 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 85 *** *** *** 17 20.4 12.4-31.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 268 26 14.8 9.6-22.1 64 23.7 18.3-30.1 57 20.7 15.7-26.7 65 22.2 17.2-28.1 56 18.7 13.6-25.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 173 *** *** *** 33 20.9 14.4-29.3 30 18.2 11.7-27.1 42 26.1 19.2-34.5 59 28.6 21.7-36.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 213 19 11.0 6.7-17.6 37 19.1 13.5-26.3 54 24.4 18.3-31.7 44 20.6 14.7-28.2 59 24.9 18.3-33.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 239 28 16.0 10.5-23.6 54 21.5 16.2-27.9 50 23.4 17.4-30.5 46 17.0 12.5-22.7 61 22.1 17.0-28.3

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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 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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