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
MALES 634 146 24.6 20.2-29.6 177 29.3 25.0-34.0 146 22.8 18.9-27.3 84 12.7 9.9-16.1 81 10.6 8.1-13.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 438 103 22.2 17.7-27.4 128 32.3 26.9-38.1 95 21.7 17.2-27.0 56 12.8 9.5-17.1 56 11.0 8.0-15.1
Non-Hispanic Black 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 19.1 11.0-31.0 15 13.4 7.3-23.2
Other 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 23.1 14.7-34.2 11 6.0 2.7-12.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 82 17 14.4 8.0-24.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 95 16 13.5 7.6-23.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 112 *** *** *** 28 25.0 16.2-36.4 29 25.9 17.4-36.6 23 18.4 11.5-28.1 17 14.5 8.4-23.8
65-74 138 18 11.8 6.7-19.9 30 21.3 14.1-30.8 *** *** *** 22 17.2 10.6-26.7 40 27.8 19.3-38.1
75+ 101 14 10.9 5.2-21.4 *** *** *** 19 16.5 9.5-27.1 *** *** *** 24 20.9 12.6-32.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 15.8 8.5-27.6 12 14.4 7.5-26.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 154 36 26.7 18.0-37.6 38 25.6 18.0-35.2 32 23.6 15.8-33.8 23 11.6 7.0-18.6 25 12.4 7.6-19.8
Some Post-H.S. 181 35 22.9 15.3-32.7 55 31.8 24.1-40.6 43 24.5 17.9-32.6 27 12.8 8.3-19.3 21 8.0 4.8-12.9
College Graduate 221 58 23.7 17.9-30.6 64 31.2 24.3-39.2 55 23.6 17.8-30.7 21 11.8 7.3-18.7 23 9.7 5.8-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 13.8 7.1-25.0
$50,000- 74,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 22.1 14.0-33.2 11 13.3 6.7-24.6 12 11.1 5.5-21.1
$75,000+ 221 57 24.4 17.7-32.6 69 32.6 25.6-40.5 51 23.8 17.8-31.0 29 14.7 9.9-21.3 15 4.5 2.5- 8.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 246 42 19.3 13.3-27.1 57 25.7 19.2-33.5 65 25.9 19.8-33.1 37 14.5 10.0-20.6 45 14.6 10.0-20.9
No 383 102 27.7 21.8-34.4 119 31.8 26.2-37.9 79 20.6 15.8-26.5 47 11.7 8.4-16.1 36 8.2 5.7-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 184 39 20.3 13.9-28.7 51 31.3 23.0-40.9 40 25.3 17.5-35.2 27 13.3 8.6-20.1 27 9.7 6.1-15.1
Non-Veteran 448 106 26.1 20.7-32.4 126 28.7 23.8-34.2 105 21.8 17.5-26.8 57 12.5 9.2-16.7 54 10.9 7.9-14.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 199 51 25.8 18.6-34.6 58 31.3 24.1-39.4 44 20.7 15.1-27.8 27 14.2 9.3-21.2 19 8.0 4.8-12.9
Regional City or Suburban County 184 48 27.0 19.3-36.4 47 24.8 17.9-33.3 47 26.0 18.8-34.9 22 12.0 7.6-18.6 20 10.1 6.1-16.5
Rural 251 47 21.5 14.7-30.4 72 31.7 24.3-40.0 55 21.8 15.6-29.6 35 11.9 7.8-17.6 42 13.1 8.8-19.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 341 104 29.1 23.3-35.7 102 31.9 26.1-38.3 83 25.1 19.9-31.2 32 8.5 5.6-12.6 20 5.4 3.2- 9.0
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 226 30 14.4 8.5-23.3 59 27.6 20.4-36.1 49 21.3 14.7-29.7 39 18.5 13.0-25.6 49 18.2 12.9-25.1
Unable to Work 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 10 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 372 83 21.6 16.5-27.6 112 32.4 26.8-38.5 84 22.0 17.5-27.4 50 15.0 11.1-20.0 43 9.0 6.4-12.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 166 *** *** *** 40 23.3 15.6-33.4 36 22.9 14.8-33.7 29 15.9 10.0-24.3 24 9.6 5.6-15.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 194 38 17.8 12.1-25.4 53 30.1 22.8-38.7 50 25.0 18.2-33.4 25 13.2 8.4-20.0 28 13.9 8.9-21.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 274 71 27.5 20.9-35.3 84 31.9 25.5-39.1 60 21.2 16.1-27.4 30 10.6 7.1-15.6 29 8.8 5.7-13.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 220 52 23.5 17.0-31.5 68 32.7 25.5-40.9 49 21.8 16.1-28.8 22 9.5 5.9-14.7 29 12.6 8.1-19.1
2nd Quartile 158 32 21.1 13.7-30.9 47 30.9 23.1-40.0 41 26.6 19.0-35.8 22 14.4 9.0-22.1 16 7.0 4.0-12.0
3rd Quartile 152 40 28.8 19.8-39.8 36 26.2 18.0-36.4 35 22.1 14.5-32.2 20 10.8 6.5-17.3 21 12.2 7.3-19.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 104 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 17.5 10.0-29.0 *** *** *** 15 10.7 5.2-20.7

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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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