2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 555 110 21.2 16.9-26.2 171 30.2 25.6-35.2 129 23.8 18.8-29.6 76 12.5 9.6-16.1 69 12.4 8.8-17.2
GENDER
Male 312 69 23.8 17.8-31.0 93 28.7 23.1-35.1 79 25.1 19.6-31.5 37 12.2 8.5-17.3 34 10.2 6.9-14.8
Female 243 41 17.9 12.4-25.0 78 32.0 24.7-40.2 50 22.1 13.9-33.3 39 12.8 8.7-18.5 35 15.2 8.9-24.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 384 81 22.3 17.3-28.3 122 31.5 26.1-37.5 81 19.7 15.3-25.0 52 12.6 9.1-17.1 48 13.8 9.1-20.5
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 19.2 11.6-30.2 16 13.6 7.7-23.0
Other 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 83 15 15.9 9.0-26.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 92 14 13.4 7.5-23.0 25 24.8 16.1-36.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 116 *** *** *** 26 24.1 16.0-34.8 29 22.8 15.2-32.7 29 23.2 15.6-33.2 15 13.0 7.5-21.5
65-74 116 *** *** *** 34 27.2 18.2-38.5 *** *** *** 17 12.9 7.2-22.0 *** *** ***
75+ 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 123 17 16.4 9.7-26.2 35 31.3 22.5-41.7 26 22.8 14.8-33.3 21 12.9 7.9-20.3 24 16.6 10.1-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 163 32 26.0 17.3-37.1 48 27.0 19.6-35.9 *** *** *** 26 14.6 9.3-22.3 18 6.1 3.6-10.2
College Graduate 224 51 22.4 16.6-29.6 75 34.8 27.8-42.5 52 20.9 15.5-27.6 26 11.8 7.5-18.0 20 10.0 6.0-16.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 191 27 15.7 9.8-24.2 47 24.0 17.0-32.8 *** *** *** 31 13.2 8.5-19.8 34 19.3 11.4-30.8
No 362 82 24.2 18.7-30.6 124 33.8 28.2-39.9 76 21.2 16.3-27.2 45 12.2 8.7-16.8 35 8.6 5.9-12.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 13.9 7.7-23.7 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 469 96 22.1 17.4-27.8 144 29.6 24.7-35.1 111 23.0 17.6-29.4 62 12.3 9.2-16.3 56 13.0 8.9-18.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 303 74 25.1 19.4-31.9 98 31.2 25.5-37.7 86 27.5 21.9-34.0 33 11.9 8.1-17.2 *** *** ***
Unemployed 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 166 *** *** *** 46 27.2 18.9-37.5 *** *** *** 34 15.5 10.1-22.9 39 20.7 13.5-30.4
Unable to Work 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 16.8 9.4-28.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 204 47 22.2 15.9-30.2 66 32.2 25.1-40.2 59 29.1 22.3-37.0 25 13.9 9.0-21.0 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 26 22.1 13.6-33.8 28 21.5 13.3-32.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 13.6 7.7-22.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 315 63 20.7 15.4-27.2 102 32.2 26.4-38.6 75 23.0 18.0-28.8 49 16.9 12.4-22.6 26 7.3 4.6-11.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 113 26 22.1 13.6-33.8 28 21.5 13.3-32.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 13.6 7.7-22.7
HOUSING
Own 362 63 18.8 13.8-25.1 115 29.9 24.4-36.1 84 25.1 18.7-32.6 57 13.6 10.1-18.2 43 12.6 8.1-19.1
Rent 162 41 26.5 18.9-35.8 47 32.7 24.3-42.4 38 20.2 13.6-28.9 15 7.8 4.3-13.7 21 12.9 7.9-20.4
Other arrangement 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 313 73 23.3 17.6-30.2 92 29.5 23.5-36.3 65 21.2 14.2-30.4 48 15.6 11.2-21.4 35 10.3 6.7-15.6
Regional City or Suburban County 140 24 22.0 13.8-33.3 40 27.0 19.2-36.6 41 29.2 20.6-39.6 17 10.7 6.2-17.9 18 11.0 6.4-18.2
Rural 102 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 204 33 17.3 11.5-25.3 57 29.0 22.2-36.9 53 25.1 18.3-33.3 28 13.3 8.7-19.8 33 15.3 9.9-22.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 327 74 24.2 18.4-31.2 108 31.6 25.5-38.3 71 23.4 16.6-31.9 44 12.6 8.9-17.6 30 8.2 5.4-12.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 201 40 20.6 14.5-28.5 70 33.9 26.5-42.1 49 24.5 18.0-32.4 22 10.4 6.3-16.7 20 10.6 6.4-17.1
2nd Quartile 222 44 22.3 15.5-31.0 66 30.0 23.0-38.0 50 24.9 16.3-36.1 35 14.9 10.1-21.4 27 8.0 5.2-12.2
3rd Quartile 113 *** *** *** *** *** *** 25 19.2 11.0-31.2 16 10.9 6.1-18.6 *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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