2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

How old were you when you first started to smoke cigarettes regularly?*

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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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,196 189 17.4 14.9-20.3 390 33.4 30.2-36.6 208 16.6 14.3-19.3 277 22.6 20.0-25.5 132 10.0 8.2-12.1
No 184 45 25.1 18.5-33.2 64 37.2 29.3-45.9 26 15.3 10.1-22.4 30 15.6 10.3-22.9 19 6.8 4.2-11.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 375 66 18.4 14.1-23.7 113 32.2 26.6-38.3 55 14.9 11.0-19.9 100 25.9 21.0-31.5 41 8.6 6.1-12.0
Overweight 451 68 17.1 13.1-22.0 150 34.2 29.2-39.6 80 17.2 13.5-21.7 96 20.4 16.4-25.0 57 11.1 8.2-14.9
Obese 469 88 20.0 16.0-24.7 158 34.9 29.9-40.2 83 17.0 13.3-21.4 94 19.1 15.3-23.6 46 9.0 6.4-12.6
Current Smoker
Yes 534 104 20.9 17.0-25.4 170 34.5 29.8-39.4 79 14.9 11.7-18.8 112 19.1 15.5-23.2 69 10.7 8.1-14.0
No 848 130 17.0 14.1-20.4 284 33.5 29.8-37.4 156 17.6 14.8-20.9 196 23.4 20.2-26.9 82 8.5 6.6-10.8
History of CVD**
Yes 239 44 18.7 13.5-25.2 81 34.3 27.6-41.6 31 10.0 6.8-14.5 57 26.3 20.3-33.2 26 10.8 6.7-17.0
No 1,133 187 18.5 15.9-21.5 371 33.9 30.7-37.3 203 17.7 15.2-20.5 249 20.7 18.1-23.6 123 9.1 7.5-11.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 198 35 18.3 12.8-25.6 69 34.3 27.1-42.4 24 14.1 9.1-21.1 53 26.4 19.9-34.1 17 6.8 4.2-11.1
No 1,130 187 18.4 15.7-21.4 367 33.8 30.6-37.2 203 17.1 14.7-19.9 245 20.9 18.2-23.8 128 9.8 8.0-12.0
COPD
Yes 222 54 22.0 16.5-28.5 83 41.9 34.2-50.0 39 16.6 11.5-23.4 37 16.6 11.7-22.9 *** *** ***
No 1,154 179 18.1 15.5-21.1 368 32.3 29.2-35.6 195 16.5 14.1-19.2 270 22.5 19.8-25.4 142 10.6 8.8-12.7
Current Asthma
Yes 147 33 24.2 17.2-32.9 48 34.2 26.1-43.4 25 13.4 8.7-20.1 30 21.9 15.1-30.7 *** *** ***
No 1,230 198 17.8 15.3-20.7 406 34.0 30.9-37.3 209 16.9 14.5-19.5 277 21.5 18.9-24.3 140 9.8 8.1-11.8
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
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 594 111 19.7 16.1-23.9 201 35.5 31.0-40.3 89 13.6 10.6-17.2 135 23.1 19.3-27.3 58 8.1 6.0-11.0
No 788 123 18.0 14.9-21.6 253 32.9 29.1-36.9 146 18.3 15.3-21.6 173 20.6 17.5-24.1 93 10.2 8.1-12.8

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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).

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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