2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Lung Cancer Screening

On average, when you [smoke/ smoked] regularly, about how many cigarettes {do/did} you usually smoke each day?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 to 9 cigarettes (less than half a pack) 10 to 19 cigarettes (half a pack to less than a pack) 20 cigarettes (one pack) 21+ cigarettes (more than one pack)
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,415 413 28.5 25.8-31.3 460 32.4 29.6-35.5 396 28.8 26.0-31.8 146 10.3 8.5-12.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 239 44 19.8 14.0-27.2 84 30.9 24.3-38.4 84 38.2 30.9-46.1 27 11.1 7.2-16.7
Region 3 124 41 29.6 21.1-39.7 35 26.5 18.6-36.3 38 34.7 25.1-45.8 *** *** ***
Region 4 277 95 32.3 26.4-39.0 85 33.4 27.0-40.5 68 24.6 19.1-31.1 29 9.6 6.3-14.5
Region 5 200 57 25.1 19.0-32.4 71 35.8 28.4-43.9 52 28.7 21.7-36.9 20 10.4 6.2-16.9
Region 6 98 *** *** *** 26 24.0 15.9-34.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 204 81 36.5 29.0-44.8 67 33.4 26.1-41.5 40 21.9 15.6-29.7 16 8.2 4.8-13.6
Region 8 144 37 25.2 17.9-34.1 51 37.7 28.6-47.7 40 25.3 18.1-34.1 16 11.8 6.8-19.9
Region 9 & 10 129 27 22.3 14.9-32.0 41 32.6 23.7-43.0 42 32.7 23.7-43.1 19 12.4 7.3-20.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 411 109 26.8 22.0-32.2 136 34.3 29.0-40.0 117 28.0 23.2-33.5 49 10.9 8.0-14.8
Piedmont 714 245 31.1 27.3-35.0 224 32.3 28.3-36.6 180 27.0 23.2-31.1 65 9.7 7.3-12.7
Western NC 290 59 20.6 15.2-27.2 100 30.7 24.7-37.4 99 38.2 31.4-45.4 32 10.6 7.1-15.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 199 35 19.1 13.0-27.2 69 31.8 24.5-40.1 70 36.2 28.5-44.7 25 12.9 8.2-19.7
Northwest 226 68 28.2 21.7-35.7 70 29.7 22.9-37.5 68 32.0 25.0-39.9 20 10.2 6.0-16.8
Charlotte 215 77 34.1 27.3-41.7 65 32.2 25.2-40.1 52 25.6 19.3-33.2 21 8.0 4.8-13.1
Greensboro 164 43 21.8 15.8-29.4 61 37.0 28.7-46.1 44 30.1 22.3-39.3 16 11.1 6.2-19.0
Southern Regional 119 38 29.1 20.6-39.3 34 28.9 20.2-39.4 *** *** *** 11 12.1 6.1-22.6
Southeast 85 16 19.2 11.1-31.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 14.1 6.9-26.6
Wake 214 87 39.5 32.2-47.3 64 29.0 22.6-36.4 44 22.9 16.7-30.6 19 8.6 5.2-13.7
Area L & Eastern 193 49 27.7 20.6-36.3 65 35.3 27.6-43.8 57 27.3 20.6-35.3 22 9.7 6.0-15.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 239 44 19.8 14.0-27.2 84 30.9 24.3-38.4 84 38.2 30.9-46.1 27 11.1 7.2-16.7
Region 2 229 66 24.4 18.7-31.1 74 31.8 25.1-39.4 65 32.8 25.7-40.9 24 11.0 6.9-17.2
Region 3 277 95 32.4 26.4-39.0 85 33.2 26.8-40.3 68 24.8 19.3-31.3 29 9.6 6.3-14.5
Region 4 286 107 35.1 28.8-41.9 95 34.0 27.7-40.8 62 22.6 17.3-29.0 22 8.3 5.0-13.5
Region 5 209 58 26.1 19.8-33.6 67 30.8 24.0-38.5 60 30.2 23.2-38.3 24 12.9 8.2-19.9
Region 6 175 43 26.4 19.3-35.0 55 33.3 25.4-42.2 57 30.6 23.2-39.2 20 9.7 5.8-15.7

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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).

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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