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
-MALES 790 131 17.9 14.9-21.4 271 34.8 31.0-38.9 147 19.8 16.6-23.4 148 16.8 14.0-19.9 93 10.8 8.6-13.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 551 94 18.9 15.3-23.2 194 36.0 31.4-40.9 106 19.8 16.2-24.0 99 15.7 12.6-19.4 58 9.5 7.1-12.6
Non-Hispanic Black 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 17.5 10.7-27.3 18 16.0 9.4-25.9
Other 131 28 23.1 15.3-33.2 38 30.0 21.3-40.4 18 14.5 8.1-24.5 30 20.9 14.0-30.1 17 11.5 6.9-18.7
AGE
18-34 126 22 16.8 10.8-25.2 39 37.0 27.7-47.4 16 14.0 8.2-22.8 32 21.2 14.4-30.1 17 11.0 6.5-17.9
35-44 118 24 23.5 15.7-33.6 *** *** *** 17 11.7 7.0-19.1 25 18.5 12.1-27.2 16 11.1 6.6-18.2
45-54 118 11 10.2 5.3-18.7 33 26.1 18.3-35.7 29 26.5 18.4-36.6 25 20.6 13.7-29.7 20 16.7 10.1-26.3
55-64 147 33 23.4 16.1-32.7 53 32.7 24.8-41.7 26 22.6 14.8-32.9 17 10.5 6.1-17.6 18 10.8 6.3-17.9
65-74 143 18 14.7 8.9-23.3 59 39.2 30.3-48.8 28 22.0 14.8-31.4 30 18.0 12.0-26.2 *** *** ***
75+ 130 21 16.8 9.7-27.4 *** *** *** 29 24.4 16.1-35.1 18 11.3 6.5-18.9 12 7.5 3.9-14.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 8.0 4.2-14.8 15 11.1 6.4-18.4 13 10.0 5.6-17.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 35 15.6 11.0-21.7 76 35.2 28.1-43.0 44 25.9 19.2-33.9 32 13.8 9.3-19.8 20 9.6 5.7-15.7
Some Post-H.S. 213 38 17.3 12.2-23.9 74 35.0 28.0-42.6 42 20.6 15.0-27.6 39 18.3 13.0-25.1 20 8.9 5.5-13.9
College Graduate 259 25 9.5 6.3-14.2 85 32.9 26.7-39.8 48 18.3 13.6-24.2 62 23.7 18.3-30.0 39 15.6 11.3-21.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 102 16 16.4 9.3-27.2 *** *** *** 21 19.0 11.4-29.9 21 18.6 11.5-28.7 18 14.8 9.0-23.4
$50,000- 74,999 92 13 16.3 9.1-27.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 19.9 12.2-31.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 280 36 12.3 8.6-17.2 107 41.0 34.5-47.8 52 18.0 13.3-23.9 55 18.9 14.2-24.7 30 9.8 6.7-14.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 303 65 22.8 17.5-29.1 108 34.5 28.4-41.3 51 18.1 13.4-24.0 49 14.0 10.1-19.0 30 10.6 7.0-15.7
No 475 63 14.5 11.2-18.7 160 35.0 30.2-40.2 92 20.5 16.4-25.3 98 18.9 15.3-23.2 62 11.1 8.4-14.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 206 27 11.9 7.6-18.0 67 31.1 24.3-38.8 48 25.4 18.9-33.1 44 22.8 16.7-30.4 20 8.8 5.5-13.9
Non-Veteran 584 104 20.0 16.3-24.2 204 36.1 31.5-40.9 99 17.9 14.3-22.0 104 14.7 11.8-18.1 73 11.4 8.8-14.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 223 28 14.1 9.5-20.5 76 35.5 28.6-43.0 36 15.0 10.5-21.0 56 25.6 19.6-32.6 27 9.8 6.5-14.4
Regional City or Suburban County 252 37 16.9 12.0-23.2 92 35.1 28.4-42.4 44 19.3 13.7-26.3 47 15.1 10.8-20.8 32 13.6 9.4-19.5
Rural 315 66 21.3 16.3-27.2 103 34.1 28.1-40.7 67 23.3 18.2-29.4 45 12.4 8.9-17.0 34 8.9 6.0-13.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 421 67 16.9 13.2-21.4 133 32.9 27.9-38.3 77 19.4 15.2-24.5 86 17.8 14.2-22.1 58 13.0 9.8-17.1
Unemployed 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 247 36 15.9 10.9-22.6 94 37.7 30.6-45.4 54 24.4 18.3-31.7 44 15.2 10.8-21.1 19 6.7 3.9-11.3
Unable to Work 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.9 8.2-25.5 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 8.3 3.8-16.9 13 13.2 7.0-23.5
151% to 200% 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 430 61 14.2 10.8-18.4 147 35.9 30.7-41.4 87 20.1 16.0-24.9 88 19.7 15.7-24.3 47 10.2 7.5-13.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 179 36 17.7 12.3-24.6 50 29.1 21.8-37.8 35 21.3 15.2-29.1 28 15.2 10.2-22.1 30 16.7 11.4-23.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 268 50 19.7 14.7-26.0 95 35.5 29.1-42.6 59 23.9 18.2-30.7 39 12.2 8.5-17.2 25 8.6 5.4-13.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 343 45 16.6 12.1-22.3 126 37.5 31.6-43.8 53 15.5 11.3-20.9 81 21.3 16.7-26.7 38 9.0 6.3-12.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 250 38 22.2 15.9-30.1 85 33.9 27.1-41.5 42 16.8 11.6-23.7 55 18.4 13.6-24.4 30 8.7 5.9-12.7
2nd Quartile 259 38 14.3 10.2-19.8 93 37.2 30.5-44.4 44 18.0 13.1-24.2 53 19.0 14.1-24.9 31 11.6 7.8-16.8
3rd Quartile 206 38 18.2 12.9-24.9 68 30.6 24.1-38.0 44 22.8 16.6-30.4 31 15.6 10.6-22.4 25 12.8 8.3-19.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 75 17 17.5 10.1-28.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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