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%)
North Carolina 1,496 339 22.0 19.5-24.6 1,157 78.0 75.4-80.5
-MALES 732 172 22.2 18.8-25.9 560 77.8 74.1-81.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 524 124 21.7 18.0-26.0 400 78.3 74.0-82.0
Non-Hispanic Black 111 31 23.6 16.0-33.3 80 76.4 66.7-84.0
Other 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 96 *** *** *** 90 93.6 84.2-97.6
35-44 78 *** *** *** 75 95.5 86.1-98.7
45-54 89 13 15.7 8.6-26.9 76 84.3 73.1-91.4
55-64 156 45 26.6 19.2-35.4 111 73.4 64.6-80.8
65-74 176 65 37.4 29.5-45.9 111 62.6 54.1-70.5
75+ 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 170 45 23.9 17.3-32.1 125 76.1 67.9-82.7
Some Post-H.S. 187 51 24.3 18.1-31.7 136 75.7 68.3-81.9
College Graduate 308 55 15.5 11.6-20.4 253 84.5 79.6-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 285 45 15.2 11.1-20.6 240 84.8 79.4-88.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 307 86 26.0 20.7-32.2 221 74.0 67.8-79.3
No 415 83 19.3 15.2-24.3 332 80.7 75.7-84.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 54 25.6 19.2-33.3 139 74.4 66.7-80.8
Non-Veteran 539 118 21.1 17.3-25.4 421 78.9 74.6-82.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 218 36 14.3 10.1-19.9 182 85.7 80.1-89.9
Regional City or Suburban County 219 50 22.4 16.3-29.9 169 77.6 70.1-83.7
Rural 295 86 28.1 22.5-34.5 209 71.9 65.5-77.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 346 52 15.7 11.6-20.9 294 84.3 79.1-88.4
Unemployed 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 274 90 31.3 25.1-38.3 184 68.7 61.7-74.9
Unable to Work 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 429 89 19.4 15.5-24.1 340 80.6 75.9-84.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 162 44 29.0 21.4-37.9 118 71.0 62.1-78.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 240 65 22.3 17.0-28.6 175 77.7 71.4-83.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 330 63 18.4 13.8-24.1 267 81.6 75.9-86.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 258 58 21.5 15.9-28.3 200 78.5 71.7-84.1
2nd Quartile 230 47 18.3 13.3-24.5 183 81.7 75.5-86.7
3rd Quartile 180 46 23.7 17.4-31.4 134 76.3 68.6-82.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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