2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

How old were you when you first started to smoke cigarettes regularly?*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 1,652 268 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
Females 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
Non-Hispanic White 541 81 13.5 10.3-17.6 207 35.2 30.0-40.7 92 18.7 14.3-24.0 99 20.1 15.1-26.1 62 12.6 8.7-17.8
Non-Hispanic Black 139 *** *** *** 35 25.3 17.0-35.8 24 19.3 12.1-29.2 42 30.1 21.2-40.8 28 16.7 10.8-24.9
Other 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 9.4 4.5-18.8 *** *** *** 13 11.7 5.4-23.2
AGE
18-34 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 21.6 13.2-33.4 *** *** ***
35-44 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 16.5 9.1-27.9 *** *** *** 13 11.3 6.3-19.5
45-54 121 23 19.2 12.2-28.9 45 35.3 26.0-45.9 17 15.8 9.0-26.3 19 16.0 9.8-24.9 17 13.7 8.2-22.0
55-64 185 33 17.1 10.9-25.9 66 34.5 25.6-44.5 32 15.9 10.5-23.3 28 17.1 9.2-29.5 26 15.4 9.8-23.4
65-74 172 15 7.2 4.0-12.7 50 23.7 16.7-32.6 30 18.3 11.4-28.1 *** *** *** 28 13.9 8.5-21.9
75+ 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 17.1 9.2-29.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 176 32 14.5 9.6-21.3 59 33.1 25.0-42.3 28 17.6 11.3-26.3 36 21.8 15.0-30.6 21 13.0 8.0-20.5
Some Post-H.S. 279 35 12.1 7.8-18.1 95 39.9 31.1-49.3 52 16.9 12.2-23.0 59 18.9 14.0-25.1 38 12.2 8.3-17.5
College Graduate 269 27 10.4 6.8-15.7 94 29.7 23.8-36.4 49 22.0 16.2-29.2 58 22.4 16.8-29.2 41 15.4 10.7-21.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 60 16 14.7 7.3-27.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 14.3 7.6-25.3 *** *** *** 13 13.3 7.0-23.9
$25,000- 34,999 95 12 10.9 5.2-21.7 *** *** *** 16 17.4 10.0-28.4 *** *** *** 12 9.6 5.0-17.6
$35,000- 49,999 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.7 5.6-23.0
$50,000- 74,999 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 12.2 6.6-21.4 15 15.3 8.2-26.8
$75,000+ 179 25 12.7 8.1-19.3 68 38.3 30.0-47.3 31 19.8 13.6-28.1 32 17.2 11.7-24.6 23 12.0 7.4-18.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 341 65 14.6 10.5-19.8 101 29.2 21.6-38.3 53 17.0 11.5-24.3 76 26.4 18.9-35.6 46 12.8 8.0-19.9
No 427 41 11.9 7.7-17.8 165 37.1 31.6-43.0 79 19.0 14.7-24.2 85 18.8 14.7-23.7 57 13.2 9.7-17.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 747 104 13.0 10.0-16.7 261 33.8 28.8-39.2 127 17.7 14.1-22.1 152 22.3 17.8-27.6 103 13.2 10.0-17.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 218 29 12.5 8.1-18.9 *** *** *** 36 16.1 10.8-23.3 47 19.6 13.8-27.1 39 18.5 12.8-26.1
Regional City or Suburban County 204 32 18.6 11.7-28.3 66 28.2 21.0-36.7 41 22.7 15.0-32.8 39 17.7 12.1-25.0 26 12.8 6.7-23.3
Rural 356 45 9.1 6.3-13.0 136 37.2 30.0-45.0 57 15.5 11.0-21.2 77 29.1 20.7-39.2 41 9.0 6.1-13.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 343 39 11.1 7.6-15.8 140 39.9 33.6-46.5 52 15.6 11.3-21.1 68 20.3 15.4-26.1 44 13.2 9.5-18.1
Unemployed 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 245 23 8.9 5.0-15.5 *** *** *** 48 20.3 14.0-28.6 62 22.6 16.3-30.4 40 18.2 10.6-29.5
Unable to Work 107 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 10.2 4.8-20.3 *** *** *** 13 8.4 4.1-16.6
Other not in Labor Force 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 103 19 13.2 7.6-22.2 *** *** *** 17 15.0 7.5-27.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 346 36 9.4 6.5-13.5 124 36.2 30.2-42.7 63 19.4 14.8-25.0 73 21.1 16.3-26.8 50 13.9 10.0-19.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 220 30 7.2 4.4-11.5 76 31.8 22.7-42.6 39 17.0 11.0-25.4 *** *** *** 27 8.9 5.3-14.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 245 32 12.5 7.4-20.3 82 31.9 24.6-40.1 40 19.9 13.0-29.3 56 21.0 15.4-27.9 35 14.8 8.7-23.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 313 44 16.9 12.0-23.2 111 35.2 27.4-44.0 55 16.6 12.1-22.4 59 17.0 12.5-22.7 44 14.3 10.1-19.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 234 30 16.2 10.7-23.7 85 33.6 26.8-41.1 41 16.9 11.9-23.4 41 16.8 11.7-23.5 37 16.6 11.5-23.3
2nd Quartile 214 32 16.3 10.3-24.7 *** *** *** 35 18.9 12.0-28.6 51 19.7 13.9-27.0 31 14.3 8.3-23.7
3rd Quartile 191 22 6.1 3.7- 9.8 64 34.9 26.1-44.9 35 18.7 12.4-27.3 *** *** *** 26 10.5 6.4-16.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 139 22 10.4 5.7-18.2 *** *** *** 23 15.1 8.4-25.4 *** *** *** 12 6.4 2.7-14.5

Back to Lung Cancer Screening.

*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 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 15DEC23.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts