2022 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
Females 797 158 21.2 16.5-26.8 639 78.8 73.2-83.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 501 95 20.4 15.1-27.0 406 79.6 73.0-84.9
Non-Hispanic Black 182 35 18.0 11.8-26.5 147 82.0 73.5-88.2
Other 98 24 16.1 8.5-28.2 74 83.9 71.8-91.5
AGE
18-34 96 11 14.2 7.3-25.9 85 85.8 74.1-92.7
35-44 91 *** *** *** 83 92.8 82.1-97.3
45-54 124 13 9.4 5.2-16.6 111 90.6 83.4-94.8
55-64 170 48 26.2 18.2-36.2 122 73.8 63.8-81.8
65-74 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 184 48 25.4 17.6-35.2 136 74.6 64.8-82.4
Some Post-H.S. 260 56 21.8 13.5-33.2 204 78.2 66.8-86.5
College Graduate 304 40 10.9 7.6-15.5 264 89.1 84.5-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 92 24 16.5 9.7-26.6 68 83.5 73.4-90.3
$25,000- 34,999 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 85 17 18.3 10.3-30.2 68 81.7 69.8-89.7
$75,000+ 192 24 9.9 6.3-15.3 168 90.1 84.7-93.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 343 87 30.0 21.8-39.7 256 70.0 60.3-78.2
No 442 70 12.4 9.2-16.6 372 87.6 83.4-90.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 764 151 21.4 16.5-27.2 613 78.6 72.8-83.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 209 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 204 38 17.4 11.2-26.0 166 82.6 74.0-88.8
Rural 384 82 21.8 15.4-30.0 302 78.2 70.0-84.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 323 40 11.8 7.8-17.5 283 88.2 82.5-92.2
Unemployed 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 279 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 369 56 13.8 10.3-18.4 313 86.2 81.6-89.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 220 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 293 59 19.8 13.8-27.5 234 80.2 72.5-86.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 284 51 20.0 12.3-30.8 233 80.0 69.2-87.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 219 34 13.9 9.1-20.6 185 86.1 79.4-90.9
2nd Quartile 204 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 226 54 28.4 19.2-39.8 172 71.6 60.2-80.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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