2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-FEMALES 703 106 15.9 12.8-19.7 229 36.1 31.8-40.7 117 15.9 13.0-19.3 174 21.8 18.4-25.6 77 10.3 7.9-13.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 522 85 17.0 13.4-21.3 177 38.2 33.2-43.4 91 16.7 13.3-20.7 126 21.3 17.5-25.7 43 6.8 4.8- 9.5
Non-Hispanic Black 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 13.4 7.4-23.1 *** *** *** 19 19.4 12.0-29.8
Other 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 18.8 11.0-30.2 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 71 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 18.7 10.7-30.9 13 15.7 8.4-27.4 *** *** ***
35-44 105 17 16.1 9.4-26.2 *** *** *** 20 18.2 11.3-28.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 119 23 17.8 11.3-27.0 35 31.8 22.8-42.4 16 13.5 8.1-21.6 28 24.4 16.6-34.5 17 12.5 7.5-20.0
55-64 155 29 17.9 11.3-27.1 56 42.7 33.0-52.9 20 12.1 7.4-19.1 34 16.6 11.3-23.8 16 10.7 6.1-18.2
65-74 146 18 12.8 7.3-21.3 47 33.7 25.1-43.7 23 12.3 7.8-18.8 40 27.1 19.7-36.1 18 14.1 8.0-23.6
75+ 99 *** *** *** 17 18.1 10.5-29.6 24 24.0 15.0-35.9 36 28.3 19.3-39.5 15 17.6 9.9-29.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 157 23 14.8 9.4-22.5 55 36.3 27.9-45.5 24 14.6 9.3-22.2 39 23.0 16.3-31.5 16 11.3 6.3-19.4
Some Post-H.S. 253 48 19.9 14.4-26.9 84 38.7 31.6-46.3 40 15.2 10.7-21.0 55 17.8 13.3-23.5 26 8.4 5.5-12.8
College Graduate 246 29 10.7 7.1-15.7 74 31.2 24.8-38.3 45 19.0 13.9-25.3 69 26.8 20.6-34.0 29 12.4 8.3-18.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 16.9 9.0-29.5 18 19.7 11.8-31.1 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 98 17 17.9 10.1-29.7 *** *** *** 14 13.7 7.7-23.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 27 23.0 14.7-34.2 15 15.9 9.0-26.4
$75,000+ 200 31 14.6 10.0-20.9 70 38.5 30.8-46.9 38 18.0 12.9-24.6 46 20.2 14.6-27.4 15 8.6 4.9-14.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 276 45 17.2 12.3-23.5 94 41.0 33.8-48.7 46 15.4 10.9-21.3 65 19.2 14.3-25.3 26 7.2 4.6-11.0
No 420 59 14.8 10.9-19.8 130 32.2 27.1-37.7 71 16.5 12.8-20.9 109 23.9 19.4-29.0 51 12.6 9.2-17.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 672 99 15.9 12.6-19.8 225 37.2 32.8-41.9 111 15.3 12.4-18.8 165 21.5 18.1-25.4 72 10.0 7.7-13.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 218 30 12.8 8.6-18.6 74 37.2 29.8-45.2 36 16.7 11.8-23.2 54 23.4 17.6-30.3 24 9.9 6.4-15.2
Regional City or Suburban County 202 32 16.7 11.3-23.9 70 37.0 29.2-45.6 32 15.5 10.5-22.2 50 22.1 16.2-29.4 18 8.7 4.9-15.1
Rural 283 44 17.9 12.5-25.0 85 34.5 27.8-41.9 49 15.5 11.1-21.2 70 20.2 15.1-26.6 35 11.9 8.1-17.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 310 51 16.6 11.9-22.6 111 39.4 32.9-46.2 54 17.4 13.0-22.9 63 18.9 14.1-24.8 31 7.7 5.2-11.3
Unemployed 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 244 22 10.1 6.3-15.9 65 30.9 24.1-38.7 43 15.9 11.2-22.0 82 28.2 22.2-35.0 32 14.9 9.9-21.9
Unable to Work 70 15 18.8 10.8-30.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 18.4 10.3-30.6 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 21.2 12.8-32.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 332 44 13.3 9.5-18.3 114 38.0 31.9-44.4 57 17.0 12.9-22.1 84 21.2 16.6-26.6 33 10.6 7.3-15.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 137 24 16.1 10.1-24.8 47 34.9 25.8-45.2 20 13.0 7.6-21.3 30 20.9 13.6-30.8 16 15.1 8.5-25.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 259 37 16.1 11.1-22.9 80 38.3 31.0-46.1 42 15.3 10.8-21.3 65 18.7 14.0-24.6 35 11.5 7.9-16.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 307 45 15.7 11.2-21.6 102 34.7 28.5-41.4 55 17.6 13.3-23.0 79 24.9 19.6-31.1 26 7.1 4.7-10.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 249 40 17.1 11.9-24.0 77 35.7 28.6-43.5 46 16.8 12.3-22.5 66 24.1 18.3-31.2 20 6.3 3.9- 9.9
2nd Quartile 229 31 14.0 9.4-20.4 82 39.8 32.3-47.8 35 15.3 10.6-21.5 53 18.3 13.6-24.3 28 12.6 8.2-18.9
3rd Quartile 167 25 17.2 10.8-26.2 57 33.8 25.6-43.0 25 16.5 10.5-25.0 43 24.8 17.6-33.8 17 7.8 4.3-13.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.3 6.2-22.8 12 17.0 9.3-29.0 *** *** ***

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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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