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
Non-Hispanic White 828 168 20.7 17.4-24.5 236 30.4 26.6-34.5 173 20.1 16.9-23.8 119 13.7 11.1-16.8 132 15.0 11.7-19.1
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 95 19 17.6 10.7-27.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 114 20 14.4 8.8-22.6 26 21.7 14.1-31.9 *** *** *** 26 24.3 15.6-35.7 *** *** ***
55-64 170 28 16.6 10.1-25.9 41 25.6 18.2-34.8 38 23.9 16.9-32.5 42 23.9 17.0-32.6 21 10.0 6.0-16.1
65-74 202 27 11.2 7.0-17.4 49 23.3 16.8-31.3 36 13.9 9.0-20.8 28 15.4 10.1-22.9 *** *** ***
75+ 142 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 14.5 8.7-23.0 23 15.5 9.5-24.1 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 178 33 20.7 14.1-29.3 43 26.5 19.3-35.3 40 23.1 16.1-31.9 29 12.5 8.2-18.4 33 17.2 11.0-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 268 42 19.4 13.9-26.5 81 32.4 26.1-39.4 56 21.0 15.8-27.3 46 16.3 11.7-22.3 43 10.9 7.7-15.2
College Graduate 342 88 25.5 20.4-31.4 105 34.8 28.9-41.2 71 18.6 14.4-23.7 37 11.5 7.8-16.5 41 9.6 6.7-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 16.4 9.3-27.2 16 14.8 8.1-25.6
$50,000- 74,999 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 18.6 12.2-27.3 *** *** *** 17 10.5 5.8-18.1
$75,000+ 292 71 21.3 16.5-27.2 89 33.9 27.7-40.7 74 25.6 20.2-31.9 34 13.1 8.9-18.9 24 6.1 3.9- 9.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 323 50 16.8 12.0-23.0 71 23.1 17.8-29.5 76 22.0 16.9-28.1 54 15.7 11.6-21.0 72 22.4 15.8-30.7
No 496 116 23.5 19.2-28.5 165 36.2 31.2-41.7 93 18.4 14.5-23.1 65 12.4 9.3-16.4 57 9.4 6.9-12.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 152 36 21.5 14.5-30.8 45 35.5 26.0-46.4 30 22.1 14.4-32.4 20 10.9 6.5-17.5 21 10.0 6.0-16.3
Non-Veteran 675 132 20.6 16.9-24.8 191 29.4 25.3-33.8 143 19.7 16.3-23.6 98 14.2 11.3-17.8 111 16.1 12.2-20.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 228 58 24.5 18.4-31.8 63 29.0 22.5-36.6 47 18.6 13.5-25.0 38 17.1 11.8-24.0 22 10.8 5.9-18.9
Regional City or Suburban County 238 54 22.7 16.6-30.2 63 28.9 22.3-36.6 59 26.2 19.6-34.0 27 10.9 7.1-16.5 35 11.3 7.6-16.5
Rural 362 56 16.8 12.2-22.7 110 32.5 26.5-39.2 67 16.3 12.2-21.4 54 13.7 9.9-18.5 75 20.7 14.5-28.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 393 108 26.2 21.4-31.7 129 34.3 28.9-40.1 93 24.5 19.6-30.1 44 11.1 7.7-15.6 19 4.0 2.3- 6.9
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 327 39 11.8 7.7-17.6 79 27.5 21.5-34.6 62 16.7 12.3-22.2 55 17.6 13.1-23.1 92 26.4 20.5-33.3
Unable to Work 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 11 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 497 101 19.8 15.8-24.6 156 34.1 29.2-39.4 113 21.8 17.9-26.4 65 14.3 10.9-18.7 62 9.9 7.4-13.1
HOUSING
Own 624 101 16.0 12.6-20.0 183 31.1 26.7-35.9 135 21.3 17.5-25.6 100 15.5 12.4-19.2 105 16.1 12.1-21.0
Rent 170 58 39.3 30.4-48.9 42 27.5 19.9-36.6 34 17.7 12.1-25.1 14 4.2 2.4- 7.2 22 11.4 6.6-19.0
Other arrangement 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 169 29 18.9 11.9-28.7 37 23.4 15.6-33.7 38 20.8 13.9-29.9 31 16.9 10.9-25.5 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 279 47 16.0 11.6-21.8 79 29.7 23.7-36.5 64 21.1 15.7-27.6 41 15.0 10.6-20.8 48 18.2 12.8-25.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 380 92 25.0 19.8-30.9 120 34.0 28.3-40.1 71 19.1 14.7-24.5 47 11.3 8.1-15.6 50 10.6 7.6-14.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 328 80 24.0 18.8-30.2 103 33.7 27.7-40.3 60 18.3 13.7-24.0 39 11.2 7.8-15.8 46 12.8 9.0-17.9
2nd Quartile 219 38 19.3 13.4-27.0 65 32.4 25.4-40.3 49 23.3 17.0-31.1 34 14.9 10.2-21.4 33 10.0 6.9-14.3
3rd Quartile 178 34 17.8 11.6-26.2 47 25.4 18.0-34.6 41 19.2 13.2-27.0 27 13.5 8.6-20.5 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 103 *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 19.5 11.7-30.7 *** *** *** 24 18.7 10.7-30.4

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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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