2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 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
-Piedmont NC 698 112 17.8 14.6-21.7 226 33.6 29.6-37.9 124 17.4 14.4-21.0 166 23.0 19.6-26.7 70 8.2 6.3-10.5
GENDER
Male 370 74 21.2 16.5-26.7 121 33.7 28.3-39.5 60 16.0 12.1-20.7 81 21.8 17.2-27.0 34 7.4 5.2-10.6
Female 328 38 13.8 9.6-19.4 105 33.6 27.8-39.8 64 19.2 14.6-24.8 85 24.4 19.5-30.1 36 9.0 6.2-13.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 486 82 20.1 16.0-24.9 168 36.1 31.3-41.2 90 17.7 14.0-22.0 108 19.9 16.4-24.0 38 6.3 4.4- 9.0
Non-Hispanic Black 137 15 11.3 6.2-19.6 34 28.6 20.4-38.4 21 13.3 8.3-20.7 42 32.3 23.5-42.5 25 14.6 9.5-21.7
Other 75 15 15.1 8.3-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 86 18 18.2 11.0-28.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 27 28.4 19.2-39.9 *** *** ***
35-44 101 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 15.9 9.6-25.1 21 18.9 11.5-29.6 *** *** ***
45-54 106 *** *** *** 40 36.3 26.9-46.9 23 24.1 15.8-35.0 17 15.5 9.2-24.7 18 14.4 9.0-22.2
55-64 162 30 20.6 13.8-29.6 59 38.4 30.0-47.6 27 14.1 9.4-20.7 31 18.0 12.4-25.4 15 8.9 4.8-15.7
65-74 142 26 16.2 10.7-23.8 37 30.0 21.9-39.6 26 15.3 10.1-22.7 38 30.4 22.3-40.0 15 8.0 4.7-13.3
75+ 95 *** *** *** 28 27.4 18.3-38.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 179 35 20.0 14.0-27.7 65 37.1 29.4-45.5 28 13.6 8.8-20.3 36 22.4 16.2-30.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 227 39 16.7 11.8-23.1 69 30.1 23.9-37.2 38 18.6 13.5-25.2 56 25.9 19.7-33.2 25 8.6 5.7-12.9
College Graduate 218 22 8.9 5.7-13.5 65 31.0 24.5-38.4 44 19.9 14.6-26.5 65 29.5 23.3-36.5 22 10.7 6.8-16.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 283 60 23.0 17.5-29.5 89 35.1 28.8-42.0 40 12.5 8.8-17.5 65 21.5 16.6-27.4 29 7.9 5.3-11.6
No 413 52 14.9 10.9-19.9 137 33.0 27.9-38.4 84 20.5 16.3-25.5 99 23.3 18.9-28.3 41 8.4 5.9-11.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 122 20 19.2 11.6-30.0 43 32.5 23.8-42.6 16 13.0 7.8-21.1 32 28.1 19.7-38.5 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 575 92 17.6 14.1-21.8 183 33.8 29.4-38.5 107 18.2 14.7-22.2 134 22.0 18.4-26.1 59 8.4 6.3-11.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 345 52 17.3 12.9-22.7 114 32.8 27.3-38.7 62 18.5 14.1-23.7 85 24.0 19.2-29.6 32 7.5 5.2-10.8
Unemployed 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 207 33 19.4 13.4-27.2 59 28.7 22.2-36.3 36 15.3 10.5-21.8 57 27.6 21.2-35.2 22 9.0 5.6-14.0
Unable to Work 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 15.0 8.2-25.8 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 55 13 15.7 8.5-27.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 100 18 18.4 11.1-29.1 *** *** *** 16 15.5 8.9-25.5 19 18.6 11.7-28.3 17 16.1 9.5-26.0
$25,000- 34,999 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 21.6 13.2-33.2 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 18.3 10.4-30.2 17 19.5 11.2-31.8 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 186 15 9.9 5.8-16.3 65 34.5 27.3-42.6 39 19.9 14.2-27.1 50 27.4 20.6-35.4 17 8.3 5.0-13.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 16.2 9.2-27.0 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 98 22 22.7 14.1-34.6 *** *** *** 15 15.1 8.2-26.1 19 19.4 12.2-29.5 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 333 37 15.3 10.9-21.1 119 34.5 28.9-40.6 63 17.9 13.8-23.0 85 24.3 19.4-30.0 29 7.9 5.3-11.5
HOUSING
Own 448 62 16.8 12.8-21.7 151 34.3 29.4-39.5 82 17.4 13.7-21.8 112 23.5 19.3-28.3 41 8.0 5.7-11.2
Rent 200 37 18.5 13.0-25.6 56 28.8 21.9-36.8 35 19.6 13.5-27.4 43 22.1 16.0-29.8 29 11.1 7.4-16.1
Other arrangement 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 333 45 16.0 11.5-21.9 106 31.9 26.4-38.0 59 16.5 12.6-21.4 85 26.2 21.0-32.2 38 9.3 6.6-13.0
Regional City or Suburban County 198 30 15.1 10.0-22.1 71 38.2 30.5-46.5 35 18.9 12.9-26.9 48 21.9 16.1-29.2 14 5.8 3.3-10.1
Rural 167 37 24.7 17.7-33.4 49 31.3 23.8-39.9 30 17.2 11.7-24.6 33 18.0 12.6-25.2 18 8.8 5.0-14.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 289 49 19.9 14.6-26.4 95 36.3 30.1-43.1 53 16.2 11.9-21.8 64 20.1 15.4-25.9 28 7.4 4.8-11.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 356 48 13.6 9.8-18.5 118 32.0 26.6-37.8 60 18.4 14.0-23.8 94 27.0 22.0-32.7 36 9.0 6.4-12.7

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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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