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
-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
GENDER
Male 491 79 19.0 15.0-23.8 101 22.4 18.3-27.0 106 22.1 18.2-26.7 89 15.9 12.6-20.0 116 20.5 16.7-24.9
Female 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
AGE
18-34 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 119 *** *** *** 28 21.6 14.7-30.5 83 68.4 58.0-77.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 141 18 14.3 8.5-22.9 21 13.1 8.1-20.3 31 21.1 14.6-29.6 71 51.5 42.1-60.8 *** *** ***
55-64 201 16 8.9 4.9-15.7 22 9.7 6.0-15.3 23 10.7 6.9-16.2 42 23.6 17.0-31.8 98 47.0 39.1-55.1
65-74 205 21 10.7 6.8-16.4 34 16.4 11.4-22.9 27 11.6 7.7-17.3 32 12.5 8.6-17.7 91 48.9 40.6-57.2
75+ 144 *** *** *** 29 20.2 13.5-29.0 26 17.9 11.8-26.3 31 22.6 15.0-32.7 49 34.2 25.5-44.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 77 *** *** *** 12 18.5 10.4-30.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 237 33 19.9 14.2-27.1 41 17.3 12.6-23.3 43 20.7 15.4-27.3 41 15.4 11.2-20.9 79 26.7 21.1-33.2
Some Post-H.S. 312 36 16.1 11.4-22.3 65 23.1 18.1-28.9 64 19.4 15.2-24.5 67 18.0 13.8-23.0 80 23.5 18.5-29.3
College Graduate 286 46 18.2 13.6-24.0 68 25.4 20.1-31.6 70 25.2 20.0-31.3 49 14.5 10.8-19.2 53 16.6 12.5-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 123 15 15.4 9.2-24.6 24 19.4 12.6-28.6 23 17.4 10.9-26.8 24 19.7 12.4-29.6 37 28.1 19.9-38.1
$25,000- 34,999 87 *** *** *** 19 20.8 12.9-31.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 30 26.9 18.2-37.8
$35,000- 49,999 113 *** *** *** 19 15.2 9.3-23.8 28 28.1 19.3-39.0 27 22.8 15.1-33.0 29 24.8 16.1-36.1
$50,000- 74,999 118 *** *** *** 29 24.5 16.6-34.7 25 18.9 12.2-28.1 23 17.7 11.2-26.8 25 19.3 12.0-29.6
$75,000+ 250 39 16.6 11.9-22.6 69 28.9 22.9-35.9 60 23.9 18.5-30.3 48 17.7 13.1-23.5 34 12.9 8.8-18.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 396 45 14.0 10.1-18.9 70 17.9 13.9-22.8 81 22.0 17.5-27.2 77 20.0 15.6-25.3 123 26.1 21.5-31.4
No 514 75 17.9 14.0-22.6 116 23.6 19.5-28.1 111 20.9 17.2-25.2 98 16.6 13.3-20.5 114 21.0 17.1-25.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 182 18 10.5 6.2-17.1 35 23.1 16.4-31.4 34 19.3 13.3-27.1 37 16.1 11.1-22.7 58 31.1 23.0-40.5
Non-Veteran 730 102 17.4 14.2-21.2 151 20.8 17.6-24.4 158 21.8 18.5-25.4 139 18.5 15.4-22.0 180 21.6 18.4-25.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 210 33 16.5 11.5-23.1 55 27.0 20.7-34.5 41 18.9 13.7-25.4 32 16.2 11.1-23.1 49 21.4 15.5-28.6
Regional City or Suburban County 277 44 20.5 15.0-27.3 60 21.6 16.6-27.6 46 16.2 11.9-21.8 57 20.1 15.0-26.4 70 21.6 16.8-27.3
Rural 425 43 13.3 9.5-18.4 71 18.0 14.0-22.9 105 25.8 21.2-31.1 87 17.6 13.9-22.0 119 25.2 20.6-30.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 423 73 20.3 16.0-25.4 107 25.9 21.4-31.0 112 25.8 21.4-30.7 72 15.5 12.0-19.8 59 12.5 9.4-16.6
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 308 23 7.4 4.7-11.4 56 18.7 14.0-24.4 50 15.9 11.8-21.1 59 19.6 14.4-26.0 120 38.5 32.0-45.4
Unable to Work 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 18.9 11.2-29.9 29 26.9 18.3-37.6 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 13.2 7.4-22.3 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 105 13 16.8 9.7-27.5 19 19.2 12.0-29.2 20 19.1 11.8-29.6 20 18.8 11.4-29.3 33 26.1 18.2-35.9
151% to 200% 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 22.7 14.0-34.6 15 17.8 10.0-29.8 *** *** ***
More than 200% 467 61 15.3 11.6-19.9 113 24.8 20.5-29.6 104 22.8 18.8-27.5 92 18.5 14.9-22.8 97 18.5 14.9-22.9
HOUSING
Own 676 75 13.3 10.3-16.9 143 21.2 17.8-25.0 150 22.6 19.2-26.5 131 18.6 15.4-22.3 177 24.3 20.7-28.3
Rent 178 35 29.5 21.3-39.3 35 22.3 15.9-30.4 33 18.0 12.5-25.2 33 13.9 9.4-20.0 42 16.3 11.6-22.5
Other arrangement 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 195 23 14.9 9.6-22.4 33 18.1 12.6-25.2 36 20.9 14.7-28.9 42 19.5 14.1-26.3 61 26.6 20.5-33.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 352 38 12.4 8.6-17.6 68 19.2 14.9-24.4 79 21.4 17.0-26.7 66 19.8 15.1-25.4 101 27.2 21.8-33.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 365 59 21.0 16.1-26.9 85 24.8 19.9-30.4 77 21.4 17.0-26.6 68 15.5 11.9-19.9 76 17.3 13.7-21.7

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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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