2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

The next question is about CT or CAT scans of your chest area. During this test, you lie flat on your back and are moved through an open, donut shaped x-ray machine.
Have you ever had a CT or CAT scan of your chest area?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,138 1,654 39.2 37.1-41.2 2,484 60.8 58.8-62.9
GENDER
Male 1,948 802 40.0 37.2-43.0 1,146 60.0 57.0-62.8
Female 2,190 852 38.3 35.5-41.3 1,338 61.7 58.7-64.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,594 1,070 40.9 38.5-43.5 1,524 59.1 56.5-61.5
Non-Hispanic Black 723 320 44.1 39.5-48.8 403 55.9 51.2-60.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 92 19 18.9 11.7-29.1 73 81.1 70.9-88.3
Hispanic 415 99 23.0 17.5-29.7 316 77.0 70.3-82.5
AGE
18-34 955 189 19.8 16.7-23.3 766 80.2 76.7-83.3
35-44 621 178 32.3 27.4-37.6 443 67.7 62.4-72.6
45-54 656 237 35.5 31.0-40.3 419 64.5 59.7-69.0
55-64 744 345 47.8 43.0-52.7 399 52.2 47.3-57.0
65-74 683 418 63.7 58.8-68.3 265 36.3 31.7-41.2
75+ 402 266 68.0 60.8-74.4 136 32.0 25.6-39.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 332 138 51.8 44.1-59.4 194 48.2 40.6-55.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 918 402 40.6 36.5-44.8 516 59.4 55.2-63.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,184 490 38.5 34.9-42.2 694 61.5 57.8-65.1
College Graduate 1,689 617 33.4 30.8-36.2 1,072 66.6 63.8-69.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,295 707 55.2 51.2-59.0 588 44.8 41.0-48.8
No 2,807 925 31.0 28.8-33.2 1,882 69.0 66.8-71.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 540 288 51.5 46.1-56.8 252 48.5 43.2-53.9
Non-Veteran 3,586 1,362 37.5 35.4-39.8 2,224 62.5 60.2-64.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,378 717 28.5 26.3-30.8 1,661 71.5 69.2-73.7
Unemployed 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,022 616 62.4 58.1-66.5 406 37.6 33.5-41.9
Unable to Work 297 201 71.4 63.3-78.3 96 28.6 21.7-36.7
Other not in Labor Force 254 51 22.1 15.5-30.4 203 77.9 69.6-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 348 163 48.8 41.4-56.2 185 51.2 43.8-58.6
$25,000- 34,999 422 195 48.3 42.0-54.6 227 51.7 45.4-58.0
$35,000- 49,999 442 186 42.3 36.2-48.7 256 57.7 51.3-63.8
$50,000-74,999 515 201 38.5 33.2-44.2 314 61.5 55.8-66.8
$75,000-100,000 447 178 35.6 30.4-41.2 269 64.4 58.8-69.6
$100,000-150,000 421 142 30.7 25.7-36.1 279 69.3 63.9-74.3
$150,000+ 448 144 31.2 26.3-36.6 304 68.8 63.4-73.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 891 331 35.7 31.2-40.4 560 64.3 59.6-68.8
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 349 163 45.3 37.9-53.0 186 54.7 47.0-62.1
101% to 150% 267 114 45.9 37.8-54.1 153 54.1 45.9-62.2
151% to 200% 331 154 46.2 39.2-53.4 177 53.8 46.6-60.8
More than 200% 2,177 839 36.6 34.1-39.2 1,338 63.4 60.8-65.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 891 331 35.7 31.2-40.4 560 64.3 59.6-68.8
HOUSING
Own 2,693 1,161 43.0 40.5-45.6 1,532 57.0 54.4-59.5
Rent 1,125 380 31.6 28.2-35.2 745 68.4 64.8-71.8
Other arrangement 278 100 28.6 22.0-36.2 178 71.4 63.8-78.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,394 467 33.7 30.5-37.1 927 66.3 62.9-69.5
Regional City or Suburban County 1,089 423 39.1 35.2-43.1 666 60.9 56.9-64.8
Rural 1,655 764 44.7 41.3-48.1 891 55.3 51.9-58.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,033 469 46.9 42.2-51.6 564 53.1 48.4-57.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,300 554 40.5 37.1-44.0 746 59.5 56.0-62.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,805 631 34.6 31.7-37.6 1,174 65.4 62.4-68.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,304 490 36.3 33.0-39.6 814 63.7 60.4-67.0
2nd Quartile 1,127 407 35.3 31.6-39.1 720 64.7 60.9-68.4
3rd Quartile 1,041 448 43.2 39.2-47.3 593 56.8 52.7-60.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 666 309 50.0 44.0-56.1 357 50.0 43.9-56.0

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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