2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 1,496 339 22.0 19.5-24.6 1,157 78.0 75.4-80.5
Eastern NC 439 113 25.6 21.0-30.9 326 74.4 69.1-79.0
GENDER
Male 215 59 27.5 21.1-35.1 156 72.5 64.9-78.9
Female 224 54 23.5 17.2-31.2 170 76.5 68.8-82.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 288 73 23.2 18.1-29.2 215 76.8 70.8-81.9
Non-Hispanic Black 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 104 30 27.8 19.0-38.9 74 72.2 61.1-81.0
Some Post-H.S. 133 36 25.1 17.7-34.2 97 74.9 65.8-82.3
College Graduate 164 32 17.7 12.2-25.0 132 82.3 75.0-87.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 197 56 27.4 20.8-35.2 141 72.6 64.8-79.2
No 239 56 24.5 18.3-32.1 183 75.5 67.9-81.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 341 87 25.6 20.3-31.7 254 74.4 68.3-79.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 175 37 22.2 15.5-30.8 138 77.8 69.2-84.5
Unemployed 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 172 51 31.2 23.3-40.3 121 68.8 59.7-76.7
Unable to Work 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 66 13 17.8 10.0-29.7 53 82.2 70.3-90.0
$75,000+ 134 25 20.1 13.1-29.5 109 79.9 70.5-86.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 21 19.6 11.6-31.2 65 80.4 68.8-88.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 228 49 22.4 16.6-29.4 179 77.6 70.6-83.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 86 21 19.6 11.6-31.2 65 80.4 68.8-88.4
HOUSING
Own 301 82 27.8 22.2-34.3 219 72.2 65.7-77.8
Rent 106 26 20.3 13.1-30.1 80 79.7 69.9-86.9
Other arrangement 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 134 31 21.4 14.6-30.3 103 78.6 69.7-85.4
Rural 269 72 27.4 21.2-34.6 197 72.6 65.4-78.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 259 65 26.4 20.2-33.6 194 73.6 66.4-79.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 133 34 23.2 16.1-32.1 99 76.8 67.9-83.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 79 19 19.3 11.4-30.8 60 80.7 69.2-88.6
3rd Quartile 139 40 29.6 21.0-40.0 99 70.4 60.0-79.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 130 32 25.0 17.0-35.2 98 75.0 64.8-83.0

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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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