2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

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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%)
TOTAL 1,098 198 20.4 17.6-23.6 358 32.1 28.9-35.5 231 21.2 18.5-24.3 142 12.3 10.2-14.7 169 13.9 11.7-16.5
GENDER
Male 591 112 19.8 16.3-23.9 197 33.6 29.3-38.3 130 21.5 17.9-25.7 73 11.9 9.2-15.2 79 13.2 10.2-16.8
Female 507 86 21.2 16.9-26.3 161 30.2 25.7-35.0 101 20.9 16.9-25.5 69 12.8 9.7-16.7 90 14.9 11.7-18.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 806 149 21.9 18.5-25.7 256 32.5 28.7-36.4 172 21.5 18.3-25.0 104 11.7 9.4-14.4 125 12.5 10.2-15.2
Non-Hispanic Black 138 14 9.3 5.4-15.7 39 27.9 20.0-37.4 30 22.8 15.3-32.7 21 15.5 9.6-24.0 34 24.4 17.1-33.6
Non-Hispanic Other 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 18.3 11.3-28.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 140 66 53.3 43.8-62.5 74 46.7 37.5-56.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 153 27 17.3 11.7-24.8 65 38.9 30.7-47.8 61 43.8 35.1-52.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 168 20 11.6 7.0-18.5 49 31.5 23.8-40.3 54 30.6 23.5-38.9 44 25.3 18.6-33.5 *** *** ***
55-64 208 29 15.0 10.1-21.8 50 21.9 16.2-29.0 38 18.6 13.0-25.9 41 20.8 14.7-28.7 50 23.6 17.3-31.3
65-74 221 32 12.9 8.8-18.4 56 24.6 18.5-31.8 36 17.1 11.7-24.1 35 16.5 11.4-23.3 62 29.0 22.3-36.7
75+ 193 22 10.1 5.9-16.8 57 28.6 21.4-37.2 41 23.5 16.3-32.7 21 11.8 7.4-18.4 52 25.9 19.0-34.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 100 20 20.1 12.3-31.1 27 27.4 18.2-38.9 *** *** *** 16 15.4 9.1-24.9 12 9.6 5.0-17.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 240 40 17.8 12.8-24.2 74 32.0 25.6-39.2 50 22.0 16.2-29.0 29 11.1 7.3-16.6 47 17.1 12.3-23.3
Some Post-H.S. 351 62 22.0 17.1-27.8 95 28.4 23.3-34.2 78 20.5 16.3-25.4 52 12.8 9.3-17.3 64 16.3 12.4-21.1
College Graduate 401 76 21.2 16.7-26.5 159 39.5 34.1-45.1 77 18.8 14.9-23.4 45 11.5 8.4-15.6 44 9.0 6.3-12.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 415 66 17.4 13.2-22.7 124 30.7 25.5-36.4 76 18.9 14.6-24.1 61 15.7 12.0-20.4 88 17.3 13.6-21.7
No 671 131 22.5 18.9-26.6 230 33.2 29.2-37.4 151 22.4 18.9-26.3 80 10.1 7.8-13.1 79 11.8 9.1-15.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 182 31 14.8 10.1-21.4 58 33.1 25.6-41.6 42 22.9 16.6-30.8 18 9.6 5.8-15.7 33 19.5 13.5-27.3
Non-Veteran 915 166 21.4 18.2-24.9 300 32.0 28.5-35.7 189 20.9 17.9-24.3 124 12.8 10.5-15.6 136 12.8 10.5-15.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 529 118 25.3 21.0-30.0 202 36.6 32.0-41.5 119 22.4 18.5-26.8 65 10.4 7.8-13.8 25 5.3 3.3- 8.6
Unemployed 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 391 55 13.1 9.7-17.4 101 25.0 20.2-30.6 73 19.9 15.3-25.6 53 15.0 11.1-20.0 109 26.9 22.0-32.5
Unable to Work 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 21.0 12.6-32.7 17 20.4 12.4-31.5 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 8.8 4.0-18.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 16.6 9.8-26.7 11 8.6 4.3-16.5 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 140 16 12.2 6.9-20.6 48 33.3 24.5-43.4 41 28.8 20.4-38.9 17 12.4 7.3-20.4 18 13.3 7.6-22.4
$50,000-74,999 139 20 14.2 8.7-22.3 48 36.9 27.8-46.9 37 24.4 17.3-33.1 17 12.8 6.9-22.5 17 11.8 7.0-19.3
$75,000-100,000 139 30 24.9 16.8-35.2 51 36.7 27.8-46.7 29 18.9 12.8-26.9 13 8.9 4.9-15.7 16 10.6 5.9-18.3
$100,000-150,000 109 24 24.8 16.4-35.8 37 33.1 23.9-43.7 27 26.7 18.0-37.8 15 11.4 6.6-19.1 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 131 24 17.3 11.3-25.4 56 43.7 34.6-53.3 24 19.4 12.9-28.1 20 15.4 9.8-23.5 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 226 43 22.3 16.3-29.8 65 24.0 18.3-30.8 37 20.1 14.1-27.9 31 11.6 7.6-17.2 50 22.0 16.2-29.0
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 18.9 11.1-30.3 *** *** *** 16 12.6 6.9-21.8
101% to 150% 112 13 13.2 7.3-22.7 40 33.6 24.0-44.9 13 10.9 5.2-21.4 17 16.5 8.8-28.9 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 55 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 592 106 19.1 15.5-23.3 211 35.5 31.2-40.2 139 23.2 19.5-27.3 75 12.2 9.5-15.4 61 10.0 7.5-13.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 226 43 22.3 16.3-29.8 65 24.0 18.3-30.8 37 20.1 14.1-27.9 31 11.6 7.6-17.2 50 22.0 16.2-29.0
HOUSING
Own 735 127 18.1 15.0-21.7 237 32.4 28.5-36.4 162 22.4 19.0-26.1 96 12.6 10.1-15.7 113 14.6 11.8-17.8
Rent 295 55 25.2 19.3-32.3 104 32.7 27.0-38.9 55 17.2 12.9-22.6 37 11.4 8.0-16.0 44 13.5 9.5-18.7
Other arrangement 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 7.7 3.9-14.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 341 65 19.7 15.1-25.2 136 40.6 34.6-46.8 58 16.6 12.7-21.4 38 10.6 7.5-14.8 44 12.5 9.0-17.2
Regional City or Suburban County 326 55 19.6 14.6-25.6 107 33.2 27.4-39.6 75 23.6 18.4-29.8 41 10.8 7.7-15.1 48 12.8 9.1-17.7
Rural 431 78 21.8 17.3-27.1 115 24.4 20.0-29.4 98 22.9 18.4-28.0 63 14.9 11.1-19.6 77 16.1 12.3-20.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 211 36 17.5 12.2-24.5 56 26.1 19.9-33.5 44 22.9 16.6-30.8 35 17.3 11.9-24.5 40 16.1 11.3-22.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 380 69 22.8 17.8-28.8 116 28.7 23.6-34.4 87 22.6 17.9-28.1 43 10.2 7.4-14.0 65 15.6 11.8-20.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 507 93 19.9 16.0-24.4 186 37.4 32.5-42.5 100 19.4 15.8-23.7 64 11.6 8.7-15.3 64 11.7 8.7-15.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 398 78 22.4 17.8-28.0 138 34.1 28.8-40.0 83 20.2 16.0-25.3 47 11.0 7.7-15.4 52 12.2 8.7-16.8
2nd Quartile 352 53 17.6 13.0-23.3 121 35.5 29.9-41.6 79 23.6 18.7-29.3 46 11.2 8.2-15.1 53 12.1 8.8-16.4
3rd Quartile 265 49 19.8 14.7-26.2 77 27.8 21.9-34.5 56 21.7 16.2-28.4 31 11.6 7.7-17.2 52 19.1 14.1-25.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 83 *** *** *** 22 23.4 14.7-34.9 13 14.6 8.0-25.2 *** *** *** 12 12.7 6.5-23.3

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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