2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 1,496 339 22.0 19.5-24.6 1,157 78.0 75.4-80.5
GENDER
Male 732 172 22.2 18.8-25.9 560 77.8 74.1-81.2
Female 764 167 21.7 18.3-25.6 597 78.3 74.4-81.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,035 240 21.8 19.1-24.9 795 78.2 75.1-80.9
Non-Hispanic Black 268 68 24.0 18.4-30.5 200 76.0 69.5-81.6
Non-Hispanic Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 109 16 15.8 9.3-25.5 93 84.2 74.5-90.7
AGE
18-34 164 *** *** *** 156 94.6 88.2-97.6
35-44 153 *** *** *** 145 92.8 84.4-96.9
45-54 216 36 18.4 12.9-25.5 180 81.6 74.5-87.1
55-64 317 90 26.9 21.4-33.1 227 73.1 66.9-78.6
65-74 336 114 34.4 28.6-40.6 222 65.6 59.4-71.4
75+ 295 80 27.6 21.5-34.7 215 72.4 65.3-78.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 123 34 28.1 19.7-38.5 89 71.9 61.5-80.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 323 78 22.5 17.6-28.2 245 77.5 71.8-82.4
Some Post-H.S. 432 120 25.9 21.4-31.1 312 74.1 68.9-78.6
College Graduate 613 105 15.0 12.2-18.3 508 85.0 81.7-87.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 654 174 24.8 21.1-28.8 480 75.2 71.2-78.9
No 825 159 19.8 16.6-23.5 666 80.2 76.5-83.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 61 25.4 19.4-32.6 159 74.6 67.4-80.6
Non-Veteran 1,276 278 21.4 18.8-24.2 998 78.6 75.8-81.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 631 99 16.6 13.3-20.6 532 83.4 79.4-86.7
Unemployed 71 11 12.6 6.6-22.9 60 87.4 77.1-93.4
Retired 571 168 28.5 24.2-33.2 403 71.5 66.8-75.8
Unable to Work 156 53 34.8 26.7-43.8 103 65.2 56.2-73.3
Other not in Labor Force 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 130 41 31.2 22.4-41.5 89 68.8 58.5-77.6
$25,000- 34,999 118 30 23.2 14.7-34.5 88 76.8 65.5-85.3
$35,000- 49,999 186 63 31.7 23.9-40.7 123 68.3 59.3-76.1
$50,000-74,999 187 37 22.8 16.0-31.4 150 77.2 68.6-84.0
$75,000-100,000 159 31 20.7 14.3-29.0 128 79.3 71.0-85.7
$100,000-150,000 146 21 16.4 10.2-25.2 125 83.6 74.8-89.8
$150,000+ 171 25 12.4 8.2-18.3 146 87.6 81.7-91.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 322 67 19.7 15.1-25.3 255 80.3 74.7-84.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 94 28 24.8 16.5-35.4 66 75.2 64.6-83.5
101% to 150% 177 55 32.9 24.3-42.9 122 67.1 57.1-75.7
151% to 200% 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 766 154 19.5 16.4-22.9 612 80.5 77.1-83.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 322 67 19.7 15.1-25.3 255 80.3 74.7-84.9
HOUSING
Own 996 243 23.9 20.9-27.2 753 76.1 72.8-79.1
Rent 401 73 15.7 12.2-19.9 328 84.3 80.1-87.8
Other arrangement 94 23 19.3 12.3-29.0 71 80.7 71.0-87.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 440 89 18.4 14.8-22.7 351 81.6 77.3-85.2
Regional City or Suburban County 438 99 21.8 17.5-26.9 339 78.2 73.1-82.5
Rural 618 151 24.7 20.7-29.3 467 75.3 70.7-79.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 335 83 25.7 20.4-32.0 252 74.3 68.0-79.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 504 117 22.0 18.1-26.6 387 78.0 73.4-81.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 657 139 19.9 16.5-23.9 518 80.1 76.1-83.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 522 116 22.2 18.0-27.0 406 77.8 73.0-82.0
2nd Quartile 455 94 18.1 14.4-22.4 361 81.9 77.6-85.6
3rd Quartile 371 92 25.4 20.4-31.1 279 74.6 68.9-79.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 148 37 24.2 16.9-33.5 111 75.8 66.5-83.1

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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 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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