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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,338 211 17.2 14.8-19.8 447 34.5 31.5-37.6 241 18.7 16.3-21.4 290 19.1 16.8-21.6 149 10.6 8.8-12.6
No 131 21 14.5 8.9-22.8 *** *** *** 18 12.0 7.3-19.1 31 21.8 14.6-31.1 17 11.0 6.5-18.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 379 63 17.5 13.4-22.5 126 35.5 29.8-41.7 67 17.9 13.6-23.3 81 19.3 14.9-24.6 42 9.8 6.9-13.7
Overweight 500 71 15.5 11.9-20.0 173 37.5 32.4-42.9 101 20.4 16.4-25.1 96 16.2 13.0-20.0 59 10.3 7.8-13.6
Obese 511 76 15.2 11.7-19.3 174 35.4 30.7-40.5 83 16.7 13.3-20.7 122 21.4 17.6-25.8 56 11.4 8.4-15.2
Current Smoker
Yes 440 98 23.6 19.0-28.8 136 34.9 29.5-40.7 61 13.7 10.3-18.1 93 17.6 14.0-21.8 52 10.2 7.6-13.7
No 1,053 139 14.1 11.7-16.9 364 35.6 32.2-39.1 203 20.0 17.2-23.1 229 19.6 17.0-22.6 118 10.7 8.7-13.1
History of CVD**
Yes 223 40 20.4 14.4-28.0 79 35.9 28.7-43.8 35 17.3 11.8-24.5 50 18.3 13.4-24.6 19 8.1 4.9-13.1
No 1,257 191 16.2 13.8-18.9 419 35.6 32.4-38.9 226 18.1 15.7-20.8 271 19.2 16.8-21.8 150 10.9 9.1-13.1
Binge Drinker
Yes 237 39 16.9 12.1-23.2 78 34.3 27.4-42.0 42 18.3 13.0-25.0 47 17.7 12.9-23.8 31 12.8 8.5-18.9
No 1,201 190 17.0 14.5-19.8 398 35.2 32.0-38.5 213 18.5 15.9-21.3 266 19.1 16.7-21.8 134 10.2 8.5-12.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 103 18 20.5 12.6-31.5 *** *** *** 18 16.5 8.9-28.3 18 14.7 8.8-23.5 *** *** ***
No 1,338 210 16.4 14.1-19.0 442 35.4 32.3-38.6 239 18.7 16.3-21.3 296 19.2 16.9-21.7 151 10.3 8.6-12.2
COPD
Yes 198 48 27.5 20.2-36.3 74 38.0 30.1-46.6 23 10.7 6.8-16.7 35 14.7 9.9-21.3 18 9.0 5.3-15.0
No 1,290 189 15.6 13.3-18.1 426 35.2 32.1-38.4 238 19.0 16.5-21.7 285 19.4 17.1-22.0 152 10.8 9.0-12.9
Current Asthma
Yes 160 32 23.6 16.5-32.6 65 41.6 32.8-51.0 21 15.6 9.8-23.9 26 10.1 6.4-15.5 16 9.1 5.4-15.0
No 1,325 204 16.2 13.9-18.9 432 34.7 31.6-37.9 242 18.4 16.0-21.1 293 19.9 17.5-22.5 154 10.8 9.0-12.9
Diabetes
Yes 242 44 22.1 15.9-30.0 72 30.6 24.0-38.1 42 17.7 12.4-24.6 57 18.1 13.3-24.1 27 11.5 7.7-16.7
No 1,250 193 16.1 13.8-18.7 427 36.2 33.0-39.5 222 18.1 15.7-20.8 265 19.2 16.8-21.8 143 10.4 8.6-12.5
Functional Disability
Yes 579 110 20.2 16.4-24.6 202 37.5 32.7-42.6 97 16.9 13.5-20.9 114 16.4 13.2-20.1 56 9.0 6.6-12.2
No 895 122 14.7 12.0-17.8 290 33.8 30.2-37.5 163 18.7 15.8-22.0 207 21.1 18.2-24.3 113 11.8 9.6-14.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 607 113 21.8 17.9-26.4 210 37.7 33.1-42.6 100 15.8 12.7-19.5 121 15.8 12.8-19.3 63 8.9 6.7-11.6
No 886 124 14.1 11.6-17.0 290 33.9 30.3-37.8 164 19.4 16.5-22.8 201 21.0 18.1-24.2 107 11.6 9.4-14.3

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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.

^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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