2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

Were any of the CT or CAT scans of your chest area done mainly to check or screen for lung cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,529 314 22.7 19.4-26.4 1,215 77.3 73.6-80.6
Piedmont NC 729 135 21.8 17.2-27.1 594 78.2 72.9-82.8
GENDER
Male 355 66 22.2 16.6-29.0 289 77.8 71.0-83.4
Female 374 69 21.4 14.8-30.0 305 78.6 70.0-85.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 472 84 20.9 15.8-27.3 388 79.1 72.7-84.2
Non-Hispanic Black 155 31 20.0 13.2-29.2 124 80.0 70.8-86.8
Other 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 150 42 29.7 20.8-40.6 108 70.3 59.4-79.2
65-74 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 156 39 24.5 17.0-34.0 117 75.5 66.0-83.0
Some Post-H.S. 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 304 37 13.0 9.0-18.4 267 87.0 81.6-91.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 282 74 33.2 24.6-43.1 208 66.8 56.9-75.4
No 440 59 13.0 9.4-17.8 381 87.0 82.2-90.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 106 19 17.5 10.5-27.8 87 82.5 72.2-89.5
Non-Veteran 621 116 22.6 17.5-28.6 505 77.4 71.4-82.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 352 43 13.4 9.0-19.3 309 86.6 80.7-91.0
Unemployed 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 241 58 30.5 21.4-41.5 183 69.5 58.5-78.6
Unable to Work 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 247 29 12.7 7.9-19.7 218 87.3 80.3-92.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 407 57 16.3 11.7-22.2 350 83.7 77.8-88.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 497 84 22.1 16.6-28.9 413 77.9 71.1-83.4
Rent 182 42 24.0 16.0-34.3 140 76.0 65.7-84.0
Other arrangement 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 394 68 20.2 14.1-28.1 326 79.8 71.9-85.9
Regional City or Suburban County 196 39 21.4 14.4-30.7 157 78.6 69.3-85.6
Rural 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 304 59 22.0 16.1-29.3 245 78.0 70.7-83.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 375 66 20.0 13.8-28.0 309 80.0 72.0-86.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 221 42 18.4 12.5-26.3 179 81.6 73.7-87.5
2nd Quartile 282 47 20.5 13.5-30.0 235 79.5 70.0-86.5
3rd Quartile 198 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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