2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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%)
North Carolina 1,493 237 17.0 14.8-19.5 500 35.4 32.5-38.4 264 18.0 15.8-20.5 322 19.0 16.8-21.4 170 10.6 8.9-12.5
Eastern NC 440 78 16.4 12.7-20.8 154 36.4 31.2-42.0 75 16.8 13.1-21.3 81 15.7 12.2-20.0 52 14.6 10.9-19.3
GENDER
Male 236 44 15.9 11.4-21.7 91 39.7 32.6-47.3 37 16.3 11.5-22.7 31 11.9 8.1-17.3 33 16.1 11.1-22.7
Female 204 34 17.1 11.6-24.5 63 31.7 24.6-39.8 38 17.5 12.2-24.4 50 21.2 15.3-28.6 19 12.5 7.7-19.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 308 62 19.7 15.0-25.4 113 40.3 34.0-47.0 52 16.4 12.1-21.8 56 13.8 10.3-18.1 25 9.8 6.4-14.7
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 105 21 18.5 11.7-28.1 *** *** *** 14 13.7 7.7-23.0 16 12.2 7.2-20.1 12 13.1 7.2-22.8
65-74 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 18.6 10.6-30.4 21 21.8 13.5-33.1 *** *** ***
75+ 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 15.6 8.6-26.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 131 16 9.6 5.6-16.1 53 43.6 34.0-53.8 22 17.3 10.9-26.3 22 12.1 7.4-19.1 18 17.4 10.5-27.3
Some Post-H.S. 143 29 18.9 12.6-27.3 42 29.6 21.8-38.9 32 22.4 15.5-31.2 27 17.3 11.6-25.1 13 11.8 6.8-19.7
College Graduate 119 18 12.4 7.6-19.5 44 38.6 29.1-49.1 18 15.1 9.2-23.8 25 19.1 12.6-27.8 14 14.8 8.4-24.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 41 24.0 17.1-32.5 58 30.2 23.0-38.6 27 17.5 11.5-25.7 30 13.1 8.8-19.0 20 15.2 9.5-23.4
No 261 37 11.8 8.2-16.7 93 39.3 32.4-46.5 48 16.7 12.2-22.4 51 17.7 12.9-23.9 32 14.6 10.0-20.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 110 *** *** *** 32 29.2 20.5-39.8 27 26.4 17.9-37.2 21 20.1 12.7-30.3 16 14.3 8.5-23.1
Non-Veteran 330 64 18.7 14.2-24.1 122 39.0 32.8-45.5 48 13.4 9.7-18.2 60 14.2 10.5-18.9 36 14.8 10.4-20.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 204 31 13.4 9.0-19.4 75 38.8 31.4-46.9 38 17.7 12.6-24.3 36 15.9 10.9-22.5 24 14.2 9.2-21.2
Unemployed 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 154 24 15.7 9.7-24.3 48 31.3 23.3-40.6 28 18.9 12.3-27.9 38 19.9 13.7-27.9 16 14.2 8.2-23.6
Unable to Work 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 18 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 35 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 53 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 144 27 15.1 10.0-22.0 57 43.5 34.5-53.0 25 16.5 10.7-24.6 19 12.2 7.4-19.4 16 12.7 7.7-20.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 17.1 10.3-27.1 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 13 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 227 41 15.3 10.8-21.2 81 38.7 31.7-46.3 39 17.4 12.4-23.8 39 15.0 10.7-20.7 27 13.6 9.2-19.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 17.1 10.3-27.1 *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 300 50 15.4 11.3-20.7 110 38.5 32.3-45.1 52 17.7 13.2-23.2 49 13.2 9.4-18.1 39 15.2 10.8-21.0
Rent 105 16 13.1 7.5-22.1 33 26.8 18.8-36.7 17 13.8 8.2-22.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 135 19 12.2 7.4-19.3 48 34.8 26.0-44.8 20 14.8 9.1-23.2 27 16.8 11.2-24.6 21 21.4 13.7-31.7
Rural 267 53 19.4 14.3-25.8 91 36.0 29.4-43.2 47 17.6 12.8-23.7 46 14.4 10.1-20.2 30 12.6 8.6-18.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 249 49 17.2 12.6-23.2 77 30.8 24.3-38.1 39 16.5 11.5-23.0 46 17.4 12.4-23.7 38 18.1 13.0-24.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 137 17 11.1 6.4-18.5 54 46.7 37.1-56.6 30 19.8 13.5-28.0 28 15.7 10.5-22.8 *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 94 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 20.3 12.7-30.9 23 20.4 13.2-30.3 *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 18.9 11.3-29.8 14 11.0 6.1-19.0 *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 142 31 21.0 14.1-30.0 50 31.4 23.2-40.9 14 11.0 6.1-19.1 26 19.5 12.4-29.2 21 17.1 10.6-26.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 117 25 18.0 11.3-27.3 *** *** *** 24 20.2 12.7-30.5 18 11.5 6.9-18.4 16 15.5 9.4-24.5

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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).

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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