2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

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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 1,652 268 17.1 14.8-19.7 561 34.0 30.8-37.3 263 16.1 13.8-18.8 373 21.9 19.1-24.8 187 10.9 9.0-13.2
GENDER
Male 874 162 20.6 17.3-24.4 292 34.6 30.5-39.0 129 14.7 11.8-18.1 210 21.1 18.0-24.7 81 9.0 6.8-11.7
Female 778 106 13.0 10.1-16.7 269 33.3 28.4-38.5 134 17.8 14.3-22.1 163 22.7 18.3-27.8 106 13.1 10.0-17.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,132 202 18.2 15.5-21.3 416 36.2 32.6-40.0 173 15.4 12.8-18.5 229 19.9 16.7-23.4 112 10.2 8.0-13.1
Non-Hispanic Black 258 23 11.5 7.2-18.1 71 28.2 21.3-36.3 44 20.5 14.3-28.6 77 27.3 21.1-34.5 43 12.4 8.7-17.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 31 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 102 17 18.3 11.0-28.7 33 32.4 23.0-43.5 18 16.8 10.1-26.6 25 23.6 15.5-34.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 248 36 16.0 11.1-22.6 82 33.9 26.8-41.8 47 20.3 14.2-28.1 60 21.7 16.2-28.4 23 8.2 4.8-13.7
35-44 231 44 23.0 16.2-31.5 75 27.9 21.6-35.2 41 16.1 11.0-23.0 45 19.9 13.1-28.9 26 13.1 8.7-19.4
45-54 268 51 21.0 15.5-27.8 93 34.5 27.6-42.0 33 12.9 8.4-19.2 60 20.8 15.4-27.4 31 10.9 7.3-15.9
55-64 350 62 18.0 13.1-24.2 127 36.2 29.6-43.3 54 14.9 10.5-20.6 63 19.1 13.5-26.3 44 11.9 8.3-16.6
65-74 344 49 13.8 9.7-19.3 119 34.0 27.3-41.4 54 16.1 11.4-22.1 85 27.4 20.3-35.8 37 8.7 5.8-13.0
75+ 201 25 10.2 6.1-16.7 61 33.2 24.2-43.7 33 16.8 10.7-25.5 56 23.9 17.1-32.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 164 42 24.3 16.5-34.2 60 31.2 22.7-41.2 21 15.0 8.1-25.9 *** *** *** 11 7.0 2.5-18.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 404 88 18.6 14.5-23.7 129 35.1 29.2-41.6 62 16.6 12.2-22.2 82 18.7 14.5-23.7 43 10.9 7.7-15.2
Some Post-H.S. 542 77 15.9 12.2-20.4 196 37.4 31.7-43.5 92 15.5 12.2-19.5 118 20.4 16.4-24.9 59 10.9 7.9-14.8
College Graduate 535 58 11.6 8.6-15.4 172 28.8 24.5-33.6 88 17.6 13.9-21.9 143 28.0 23.5-33.0 74 14.0 10.7-18.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 690 141 18.8 15.3-22.8 242 36.8 31.4-42.5 96 14.2 10.7-18.6 143 21.0 16.5-26.4 68 9.2 6.4-13.2
No 943 126 15.9 12.8-19.6 312 31.7 28.0-35.6 163 17.7 14.8-21.2 227 22.6 19.4-26.1 115 12.1 9.7-15.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 271 48 18.8 13.1-26.3 89 34.0 26.8-42.0 44 18.1 12.7-25.2 78 24.3 18.7-31.0 12 4.7 2.5- 8.8
Non-Veteran 1,376 219 16.8 14.3-19.6 471 34.1 30.6-37.8 218 15.8 13.3-18.7 293 21.3 18.3-24.7 175 12.0 9.9-14.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 819 131 18.1 15.0-21.8 284 34.2 30.2-38.5 126 14.8 12.1-18.0 182 20.7 17.5-24.2 96 12.2 9.6-15.3
Unemployed 76 15 18.0 10.3-29.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 514 64 12.9 9.3-17.6 173 35.3 28.6-42.5 87 18.3 13.9-23.8 132 21.9 17.7-26.8 58 11.7 7.6-17.5
Unable to Work 183 49 22.0 14.4-32.2 62 34.4 25.0-45.2 20 9.2 5.0-16.2 *** *** *** 18 6.5 3.5-11.7
Other not in Labor Force 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 29 20.7 12.3-32.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 178 25 14.2 7.8-24.3 *** *** *** 33 13.5 8.6-20.6 30 20.3 12.0-32.3 20 10.5 6.2-17.3
$25,000- 34,999 177 28 16.3 10.4-24.7 62 36.9 28.2-46.7 31 18.5 12.4-26.6 38 20.5 14.1-28.8 18 7.7 4.4-13.2
$35,000- 49,999 193 27 17.9 11.2-27.2 60 32.1 23.3-42.4 30 15.8 10.3-23.5 52 21.6 15.1-30.0 24 12.6 7.9-19.7
$50,000-74,999 205 28 12.9 8.4-19.2 67 29.8 22.5-38.4 42 25.3 16.9-35.9 44 19.1 13.2-27.0 24 12.9 7.5-21.3
$75,000-100,000 176 33 22.6 15.2-32.2 60 33.1 25.3-42.0 22 13.7 8.4-21.6 37 18.2 12.8-25.2 24 12.3 7.6-19.2
$100,000-150,000 155 29 21.6 14.7-30.5 49 26.2 18.9-35.1 23 15.9 10.2-24.1 40 27.9 19.6-37.9 14 8.4 4.3-15.8
$150,000+ 137 17 11.6 6.9-18.9 49 34.7 26.0-44.5 21 18.1 10.8-28.8 35 22.4 15.6-31.2 15 13.2 7.7-21.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 323 52 17.9 12.8-24.4 112 37.4 29.3-46.2 48 12.5 8.5-18.1 72 20.1 15.1-26.2 39 12.1 7.3-19.5
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 180 36 15.9 10.3-23.8 *** *** *** 26 11.2 6.5-18.4 33 19.8 11.7-31.5 17 7.9 4.4-13.6
101% to 150% 128 *** *** *** 41 29.4 20.0-40.9 *** *** *** 24 17.5 10.3-28.0 11 6.4 3.0-13.0
151% to 200% 138 22 16.9 10.2-26.6 *** *** *** 20 15.1 8.9-24.4 29 18.7 12.4-27.3 15 10.0 5.6-17.2
More than 200% 833 124 16.5 13.5-20.0 275 31.5 27.8-35.6 132 16.9 13.9-20.5 201 22.3 19.0-25.9 101 12.8 10.0-16.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 323 52 17.9 12.8-24.4 112 37.4 29.3-46.2 48 12.5 8.5-18.1 72 20.1 15.1-26.2 39 12.1 7.3-19.5
HOUSING
Own 1,081 169 17.1 14.2-20.4 361 32.8 28.8-37.0 177 16.2 13.4-19.5 248 22.4 19.0-26.3 126 11.5 9.1-14.5
Rent 460 75 16.6 12.8-21.3 159 35.5 30.2-41.1 69 15.6 11.9-20.3 106 22.1 17.8-27.1 51 10.2 7.4-13.9
Other arrangement 101 23 19.9 12.1-31.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 16.2 9.2-26.9 *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 494 70 14.5 11.2-18.7 161 34.9 29.0-41.4 74 14.7 11.3-18.9 121 22.4 18.2-27.3 68 13.5 10.2-17.5
Regional City or Suburban County 437 88 22.7 17.7-28.6 135 30.7 25.4-36.6 79 18.7 14.0-24.5 92 18.5 14.5-23.3 43 9.5 5.9-14.8
Rural 721 110 15.0 11.7-19.0 265 35.7 30.8-41.0 110 15.3 11.8-19.6 160 24.0 19.1-29.7 76 9.9 7.3-13.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 463 69 12.0 8.4-16.7 162 35.8 29.2-43.1 79 15.8 11.3-21.7 103 25.8 18.9-34.0 50 10.6 7.1-15.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 517 92 20.3 15.9-25.6 170 30.9 26.1-36.1 78 17.9 13.5-23.2 120 20.3 16.5-24.7 57 10.6 7.2-15.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 672 107 17.6 14.2-21.5 229 35.3 30.3-40.7 106 14.9 11.9-18.5 150 20.8 17.3-24.9 80 11.3 8.8-14.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 515 79 17.8 14.0-22.4 173 32.3 27.6-37.5 88 17.4 13.7-21.9 112 20.5 16.7-24.9 63 12.0 9.0-15.8
2nd Quartile 432 80 19.6 15.1-25.1 140 33.7 27.4-40.5 59 14.9 10.7-20.3 101 20.6 16.3-25.7 52 11.2 7.6-16.3
3rd Quartile 413 63 15.0 11.0-20.1 133 34.6 28.5-41.3 72 16.7 12.5-22.0 95 22.5 16.8-29.6 50 11.1 7.7-15.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 292 46 13.0 8.2-20.0 115 37.8 29.4-46.9 44 15.0 9.0-23.8 65 27.5 18.7-38.4 22 6.8 3.8-11.8

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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).

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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