2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Lung Cancer Screening

How old were you when you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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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%)
North Carolina 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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 194 36 26.4 18.6-35.9 60 26.3 19.8-33.9 44 21.1 15.1-28.8 23 10.7 6.7-16.5 31 15.6 10.5-22.5
Region 3 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 15.5 8.5-26.7
Region 4 219 29 14.4 9.6-21.0 87 42.5 35.0-50.3 41 18.0 12.9-24.5 33 12.7 8.8-18.0 29 12.4 8.2-18.5
Region 5 159 30 23.6 16.3-32.9 55 31.3 23.7-40.0 38 24.9 17.8-33.7 15 9.7 5.6-16.4 21 10.5 6.4-16.6
Region 6 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 163 29 19.2 12.9-27.7 58 35.9 27.7-45.0 35 21.1 14.4-29.9 19 10.1 5.9-16.8 22 13.6 8.6-20.9
Region 8 107 26 22.9 15.0-33.3 27 26.1 17.4-37.1 19 22.8 14.4-34.3 23 22.2 14.2-33.0 12 6.0 3.0-11.5
Region 9 & 10 100 19 18.6 11.1-29.5 25 23.2 15.0-34.0 24 24.1 15.6-35.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 310 59 19.8 15.0-25.6 80 25.7 20.4-31.7 65 22.8 17.6-29.0 49 16.3 11.9-21.9 57 15.5 11.4-20.7
Piedmont 555 97 19.7 15.9-24.0 204 36.5 31.9-41.3 115 21.0 17.3-25.3 65 10.5 8.0-13.7 74 12.3 9.5-15.8
Western NC 233 42 25.7 18.6-34.3 74 28.7 22.3-36.0 51 19.9 14.6-26.7 28 10.7 6.9-16.1 38 15.0 10.5-21.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 166 31 25.9 17.7-36.2 50 26.3 19.3-34.7 39 22.1 15.4-30.6 19 9.2 5.5-14.9 27 16.6 10.9-24.4
Northwest 164 25 16.9 11.0-25.1 61 41.2 32.2-50.8 32 18.5 12.5-26.5 22 12.4 7.8-19.2 24 11.0 6.7-17.3
Charlotte 171 26 17.6 11.6-25.7 66 38.3 30.3-47.0 31 18.8 12.9-26.5 23 11.1 7.1-16.8 25 14.3 9.0-21.9
Greensboro 127 26 27.4 18.5-38.5 39 27.9 20.0-37.5 32 24.8 16.9-34.9 12 9.6 5.3-16.7 18 10.3 6.1-16.9
Southern Regional 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 17.4 9.9-28.8 *** *** *** 18 17.7 10.3-28.5
Southeast 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 175 32 19.1 13.1-27.0 65 36.5 28.7-45.2 39 22.0 15.9-29.7 17 7.6 4.4-12.8 22 14.8 9.5-22.4
Area L & Eastern 148 26 17.0 11.0-25.3 42 26.9 19.4-36.0 34 27.1 19.0-37.1 18 11.9 6.7-20.2 28 17.2 11.1-25.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 194 36 26.4 18.6-35.9 60 26.3 19.8-33.9 44 21.1 15.1-28.8 23 10.7 6.7-16.5 31 15.6 10.5-22.5
Region 2 165 31 22.5 15.2-31.8 53 31.5 23.8-40.4 37 21.7 15.2-29.9 14 8.9 4.9-15.5 30 15.4 10.0-23.0
Region 3 219 29 14.7 9.8-21.4 87 42.5 35.0-50.3 41 18.2 13.1-24.8 33 12.5 8.7-17.7 29 12.1 7.9-18.1
Region 4 234 44 21.6 15.8-28.8 87 35.2 28.5-42.6 52 23.4 17.3-31.0 24 9.1 5.7-14.3 27 10.6 7.0-15.8
Region 5 151 35 24.8 17.5-33.8 35 21.6 15.0-30.1 26 18.6 12.5-26.8 29 22.1 14.7-31.8 26 12.8 8.0-19.9
Region 6 135 23 16.3 10.2-24.9 36 25.6 17.9-35.1 31 26.4 18.3-36.4 19 12.7 7.4-21.2 26 19.0 12.2-28.4

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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).

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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.

^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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