2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

Were any of the CT or CAT scans of your chest area done mainly to check or screen for lung cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,529 314 22.7 19.4-26.4 1,215 77.3 73.6-80.6
Eastern NC 613 138 21.3 16.9-26.6 475 78.7 73.4-83.1
GENDER
Male 282 66 22.8 15.9-31.5 216 77.2 68.5-84.1
Female 331 72 19.9 14.7-26.4 259 80.1 73.6-85.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 365 79 18.2 14.1-23.2 286 81.8 76.8-85.9
Non-Hispanic Black 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 153 47 30.5 21.4-41.5 106 69.5 58.5-78.6
75+ 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 195 47 18.7 13.1-25.9 148 81.3 74.1-86.9
College Graduate 200 34 14.2 9.6-20.6 166 85.8 79.4-90.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 266 71 21.2 15.7-27.9 195 78.8 72.1-84.3
No 339 66 21.8 15.2-30.2 273 78.2 69.8-84.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 122 35 24.9 16.2-36.3 87 75.1 63.7-83.8
Non-Veteran 489 102 20.4 15.4-26.6 387 79.6 73.4-84.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 256 41 15.8 10.6-23.1 215 84.2 76.9-89.4
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 228 63 27.9 20.7-36.5 165 72.1 63.5-79.3
Unable to Work 88 29 20.0 12.1-31.3 59 80.0 68.7-87.9
Other not in Labor Force 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 150 28 18.3 11.9-27.2 122 81.7 72.8-88.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 126 25 16.4 9.2-27.6 101 83.6 72.4-90.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 281 61 23.5 17.5-31.0 220 76.5 69.0-82.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 126 25 16.4 9.2-27.6 101 83.6 72.4-90.8
HOUSING
Own 433 95 21.7 16.9-27.4 338 78.3 72.6-83.1
Rent 139 30 12.7 7.6-20.3 109 87.3 79.7-92.4
Other arrangement 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 132 29 17.2 11.3-25.3 103 82.8 74.7-88.7
Rural 438 100 22.9 17.0-30.0 338 77.1 70.0-83.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 322 71 22.5 15.4-31.6 251 77.5 68.4-84.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 151 35 20.6 13.9-29.5 116 79.4 70.5-86.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 140 32 19.8 13.6-28.0 108 80.2 72.0-86.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 122 22 19.4 11.8-30.1 100 80.6 69.9-88.2
2nd Quartile 76 20 18.8 11.4-29.3 56 81.2 70.7-88.6
3rd Quartile 165 37 19.9 13.7-28.0 128 80.1 72.0-86.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 250 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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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