2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

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

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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%)
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
MALES 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
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 591 121 22.4 18.3-27.0 209 37.2 32.2-42.4 81 12.6 9.6-16.3 130 19.7 16.0-24.0 50 8.2 5.9-11.3
Non-Hispanic Black 119 13 14.0 7.5-24.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 24.8 16.9-34.8 15 8.7 4.8-15.2
Other 144 25 20.7 12.7-31.9 40 28.5 19.2-39.9 26 16.4 10.4-24.8 39 24.6 16.4-35.1 14 9.9 5.3-17.7
AGE
18-34 155 26 19.5 12.5-28.9 45 31.6 22.8-42.0 28 17.0 10.8-25.8 39 21.7 15.0-30.3 17 10.2 5.4-18.6
35-44 118 26 26.7 18.1-37.4 29 21.9 14.5-31.5 22 15.7 9.6-24.7 28 20.8 13.4-30.8 13 15.0 8.4-25.2
45-54 147 28 22.2 14.8-31.9 48 33.9 24.8-44.4 16 11.0 5.8-19.8 41 23.9 16.4-33.4 14 9.1 4.9-16.2
55-64 165 29 18.9 12.0-28.5 61 38.0 28.7-48.4 22 13.8 7.6-23.6 35 21.1 14.3-30.0 18 8.1 4.7-13.7
65-74 172 34 20.2 13.3-29.3 69 43.9 34.0-54.2 24 13.9 8.4-22.1 36 18.3 12.4-26.3 *** *** ***
75+ 111 18 15.3 8.4-26.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 29 19.6 12.0-30.3 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 15.6 8.2-27.7 20 14.0 8.0-23.1 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 228 56 21.7 15.7-29.2 70 36.6 28.4-45.7 34 15.9 10.3-23.8 46 16.3 11.5-22.6 22 9.4 5.7-15.1
Some Post-H.S. 263 42 19.6 14.0-26.7 101 35.0 28.1-42.6 40 14.1 9.9-19.8 59 21.8 16.1-28.8 21 9.5 5.5-16.0
College Graduate 266 31 12.6 8.4-18.6 78 27.9 21.9-34.9 39 13.3 9.4-18.6 85 33.4 26.7-40.9 33 12.7 8.5-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 12.5 6.6-22.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 82 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 15.2 8.6-25.3 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.7 6.2-21.1 25 14.5 8.4-23.9 13 13.3 7.2-23.4
$50,000- 74,999 116 21 17.9 11.1-27.5 33 26.9 18.0-38.1 23 20.2 12.3-31.3 30 23.7 15.1-35.2 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 289 54 22.2 16.6-29.0 90 27.6 22.0-33.9 35 13.5 9.0-19.9 80 25.6 20.1-32.1 30 11.0 7.3-16.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 349 76 23.3 18.1-29.5 141 44.8 38.0-51.9 43 11.3 7.4-16.7 67 15.2 11.3-20.2 22 5.4 3.2- 9.1
No 516 85 18.7 14.6-23.7 147 27.8 23.0-33.3 84 16.9 13.0-21.6 142 25.3 20.8-30.2 58 11.3 8.2-15.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 241 46 19.4 13.5-27.1 81 35.8 28.0-44.4 37 17.8 12.1-25.5 68 23.3 17.5-30.2 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 629 115 20.9 17.1-25.4 210 34.4 29.6-39.5 91 13.6 10.4-17.6 141 20.2 16.6-24.4 72 10.8 8.1-14.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 276 41 16.2 11.6-22.0 94 36.4 29.6-43.8 38 13.5 9.5-18.8 74 24.7 19.1-31.4 29 9.2 6.2-13.6
Regional City or Suburban County 233 56 26.3 19.8-34.1 69 32.9 25.5-41.3 38 15.2 10.3-21.9 53 19.2 13.9-25.9 17 6.4 3.6-11.2
Rural 365 65 20.0 14.7-26.6 129 34.4 27.8-41.7 53 15.2 10.3-21.9 83 19.6 14.9-25.4 35 10.7 6.8-16.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 476 92 22.6 18.1-27.9 144 30.6 25.5-36.2 74 14.3 11.0-18.5 114 21.0 17.0-25.5 52 11.5 8.2-15.9
Unemployed 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 269 41 16.4 11.1-23.5 101 39.9 31.9-48.4 39 16.6 10.8-24.5 70 21.3 15.9-27.8 18 5.9 3.4-10.1
Unable to Work 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 11 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 14.5 7.4-26.3 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.9 7.6-27.2 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 487 88 20.7 16.4-25.8 151 28.7 24.0-33.9 69 15.5 11.7-20.2 128 23.0 18.7-27.9 51 12.1 8.6-16.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 243 39 15.9 10.3-23.8 86 39.1 30.1-49.0 40 14.8 8.9-23.8 55 18.2 12.7-25.3 23 12.0 6.7-20.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 272 60 27.4 20.9-34.9 88 30.1 24.0-36.9 38 16.0 11.2-22.4 64 19.6 14.8-25.6 22 6.9 4.3-10.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 359 63 18.2 13.9-23.5 118 35.4 29.3-42.1 51 13.5 9.8-18.4 91 24.0 19.0-29.9 36 8.8 6.1-12.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 281 49 19.2 14.2-25.5 88 31.3 24.8-38.5 47 17.8 12.8-24.3 71 23.7 18.5-29.9 26 8.0 5.1-12.3
2nd Quartile 218 48 22.8 16.7-30.3 75 36.3 28.8-44.6 24 11.1 7.1-17.0 50 21.4 15.4-29.0 21 8.3 5.1-13.4
3rd Quartile 222 41 21.9 15.4-30.1 69 34.4 26.2-43.6 37 15.2 10.0-22.5 51 16.9 12.0-23.4 24 11.6 6.8-19.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 153 24 15.1 8.0-26.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 38 23.9 15.5-35.0 *** *** ***

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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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