2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

How old were you when you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 24 years old 25 to 34 years old 35 to 44 years old 45 to 54 years old 55+ years old
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,170 234 21.7 18.5-25.2 337 30.2 26.9-33.8 251 21.8 18.4-25.5 175 13.1 11.0-15.6 173 13.2 10.7-16.3
Females 536 88 17.8 13.9-22.6 160 31.4 26.4-36.9 105 20.3 14.8-27.3 91 13.7 10.6-17.6 92 16.7 12.1-22.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 390 65 19.0 14.4-24.8 108 28.2 23.0-34.0 78 18.2 13.9-23.3 63 14.7 10.9-19.5 76 19.9 14.0-27.6
Non-Hispanic Black 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 15.8 9.1-26.1 12 9.8 4.9-18.6
Other 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 72 12 17.6 9.7-29.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 76 11 14.9 7.7-27.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 127 *** *** *** 25 22.7 14.7-33.4 28 21.7 14.1-31.7 37 27.4 18.9-38.0 15 9.3 5.2-16.1
65-74 130 14 8.7 4.7-15.6 31 23.9 15.5-35.0 20 9.8 5.6-16.8 20 12.0 6.8-20.3 *** *** ***
75+ 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 119 17 16.2 9.5-26.4 30 28.6 19.4-39.9 22 19.0 11.6-29.4 24 15.4 9.6-23.8 26 20.9 12.5-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 186 27 19.4 12.5-28.8 59 31.7 23.4-41.3 *** *** *** 35 16.6 10.9-24.3 31 9.9 6.4-15.1
College Graduate 207 44 22.6 16.2-30.6 65 36.2 28.6-44.4 43 17.9 12.6-24.6 28 11.1 7.1-16.9 27 12.3 7.5-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.6 5.8-25.4 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.5 6.3-23.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 16.3 8.9-28.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 135 32 23.5 16.0-33.3 41 32.2 23.6-42.1 38 28.0 19.8-37.9 14 10.3 5.3-18.9 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 227 23 12.7 7.5-20.6 57 25.6 18.5-34.3 *** *** *** 49 15.7 10.8-22.1 52 24.1 15.5-35.4
No 301 63 22.2 17.0-28.5 103 37.7 31.3-44.6 56 18.1 13.2-24.3 42 12.4 8.5-17.7 37 9.5 6.4-14.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 513 83 17.5 13.5-22.4 151 31.3 26.1-36.9 100 20.0 14.4-27.2 89 14.2 11.0-18.3 90 17.0 12.1-23.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 147 28 17.8 11.4-26.7 42 27.7 19.0-38.5 *** *** *** 29 17.5 11.1-26.6 19 13.8 7.0-25.2
Regional City or Suburban County 140 26 22.8 14.9-33.3 40 33.3 24.5-43.4 35 24.2 16.3-34.3 17 9.1 5.2-15.6 22 10.5 6.6-16.5
Rural 249 34 14.1 9.1-21.3 78 33.0 25.6-41.4 41 15.1 10.4-21.6 45 14.1 9.6-20.1 51 23.7 15.0-35.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 234 49 20.3 14.8-27.3 91 41.4 34.0-49.2 56 23.9 17.7-31.3 31 12.3 7.9-18.6 *** *** ***
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 192 18 10.7 5.5-19.8 41 22.0 14.8-31.3 *** *** *** 37 16.2 10.7-23.8 65 29.8 20.8-40.8
Unable to Work 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 11 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 10.0 4.9-19.6 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 255 47 18.6 13.3-25.3 83 34.7 28.1-42.1 59 22.1 16.6-28.8 37 14.7 10.0-20.9 29 9.9 6.2-15.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 137 19 13.1 6.7-23.9 *** *** *** 28 18.2 11.1-28.4 27 13.8 7.8-23.2 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 162 23 18.3 11.7-27.6 47 30.2 22.6-39.2 32 16.8 10.9-24.9 26 13.6 8.8-20.5 34 21.1 13.6-31.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 237 46 19.5 13.8-26.9 74 31.8 24.4-40.2 *** *** *** 38 13.8 9.4-20.0 34 11.5 7.5-17.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 182 39 22.2 15.5-30.8 57 32.8 25.1-41.4 32 18.0 11.9-26.3 27 13.4 8.5-20.5 27 13.6 8.6-20.8
2nd Quartile 140 22 20.3 12.6-30.9 43 30.7 21.5-41.9 *** *** *** 21 11.7 6.9-19.0 25 11.4 7.2-17.7
3rd Quartile 126 14 11.5 6.0-20.8 *** *** *** 26 16.2 10.0-25.1 25 16.1 9.8-25.2 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 88 13 10.9 5.1-21.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 15.3 8.0-27.2 *** *** ***

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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 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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