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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,492 238 16.8 14.4-19.6 500 33.3 30.1-36.6 242 16.6 14.2-19.4 339 22.3 19.3-25.5 173 11.0 9.1-13.4
No 143 27 21.6 14.4-31.2 53 33.6 24.3-44.4 21 16.0 8.8-27.4 30 20.3 13.4-29.6 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 425 68 19.0 14.3-25.0 140 33.0 27.1-39.5 79 17.6 12.9-23.7 84 16.6 12.8-21.2 54 13.7 9.1-20.1
Overweight 564 91 16.6 13.1-20.8 179 31.3 26.6-36.4 80 16.3 12.6-20.9 148 25.0 20.8-29.7 66 10.8 8.1-14.3
Obese 537 92 17.5 13.5-22.5 186 36.0 30.1-42.2 89 16.2 12.4-20.9 115 21.4 16.8-26.8 55 8.9 6.5-12.0
Current Smoker
Yes 538 101 18.7 14.6-23.8 163 30.8 25.5-36.7 75 14.3 10.4-19.5 128 25.9 20.4-32.3 71 10.2 7.7-13.4
No 1,114 167 16.2 13.5-19.2 398 35.8 31.9-39.9 188 17.2 14.4-20.3 245 19.6 16.9-22.5 116 11.3 8.8-14.4
History of CVD**
Yes 255 50 18.8 13.0-26.3 91 38.9 29.9-48.9 29 8.8 5.5-13.7 57 21.4 13.9-31.7 *** *** ***
No 1,380 217 17.1 14.6-20.0 464 33.2 29.8-36.7 230 17.4 14.8-20.4 312 21.4 18.7-24.4 157 10.9 9.0-13.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 304 44 14.9 10.6-20.6 109 36.2 29.4-43.5 61 18.9 14.1-24.9 57 19.0 14.2-25.1 33 11.0 7.1-16.7
No 1,264 205 17.6 14.9-20.8 429 34.0 30.3-37.9 193 15.1 12.5-18.1 292 22.3 19.0-25.9 145 11.0 8.8-13.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 158 32 22.3 15.1-31.6 58 37.1 27.7-47.5 22 11.6 7.0-18.6 29 20.2 12.9-30.4 17 8.8 5.0-15.1
No 1,423 220 16.5 14.0-19.4 487 34.3 30.9-38.0 231 16.3 13.8-19.1 322 21.6 18.7-24.9 163 11.3 9.2-13.8
COPD
Yes 245 69 27.9 19.9-37.7 84 32.2 24.1-41.7 24 5.8 3.6- 9.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,400 197 15.0 12.8-17.6 475 34.4 31.0-38.0 239 18.0 15.3-21.0 322 21.4 18.7-24.3 167 11.2 9.3-13.5
Current Asthma
Yes 169 *** *** *** 59 30.2 21.6-40.5 28 13.1 7.7-21.4 *** *** *** 15 6.4 3.5-11.2
No 1,476 231 16.2 13.9-18.7 502 35.0 31.6-38.5 235 16.7 14.2-19.6 337 20.7 18.2-23.4 171 11.5 9.4-14.0
Diabetes
Yes 280 63 23.3 16.9-31.3 85 37.0 29.2-45.5 35 11.0 7.2-16.6 66 19.6 14.8-25.4 31 9.1 5.9-13.8
No 1,368 204 16.2 13.7-18.9 475 32.8 29.6-36.2 227 17.1 14.5-20.1 307 22.6 19.5-25.9 155 11.4 9.2-13.9
Functional Disability
Yes 690 141 18.8 15.3-22.8 242 36.8 31.4-42.5 96 14.2 10.7-18.6 143 21.0 16.5-26.4 68 9.2 6.4-13.2
No 943 126 15.9 12.8-19.6 312 31.7 28.0-35.6 163 17.7 14.8-21.2 227 22.6 19.4-26.1 115 12.1 9.7-15.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 688 152 22.0 17.9-26.7 233 33.4 28.6-38.6 97 13.5 10.5-17.2 136 21.4 16.7-27.0 70 9.7 6.7-13.8
No 964 116 13.8 11.2-17.0 328 34.4 30.3-38.8 166 17.9 14.7-21.6 237 22.2 19.0-25.6 117 11.7 9.4-14.5

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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).

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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