2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 591 112 19.8 16.3-23.9 197 33.6 29.3-38.3 130 21.5 17.9-25.7 73 11.9 9.2-15.2 79 13.2 10.2-16.8
Female 507 86 21.2 16.9-26.3 161 30.2 25.7-35.0 101 20.9 16.9-25.5 69 12.8 9.7-16.7 90 14.9 11.7-18.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 995 169 18.6 15.8-21.7 321 31.8 28.5-35.3 211 21.9 18.9-25.2 127 12.3 10.1-15.0 167 15.4 12.9-18.2
No 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 15.6 9.1-25.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 270 59 23.7 18.0-30.7 78 29.4 23.2-36.5 58 19.4 14.3-25.6 30 11.3 7.5-16.6 45 16.2 11.4-22.4
Overweight 368 62 19.3 14.8-24.8 124 33.8 28.3-39.8 73 21.4 16.7-27.0 48 11.4 8.3-15.6 61 14.0 10.5-18.5
Obese 387 60 17.4 13.2-22.6 137 34.2 29.0-39.9 87 23.2 18.6-28.5 56 14.0 10.4-18.6 47 11.2 8.0-15.5
Current Smoker
Yes 102 *** *** *** 27 26.4 17.6-37.7 18 20.4 12.8-31.1 16 10.2 6.0-16.7 *** *** ***
No 996 188 21.2 18.3-24.6 331 32.8 29.4-36.3 213 21.3 18.4-24.5 126 12.5 10.3-15.2 138 12.2 10.0-14.8
History of CVD**
Yes 157 16 10.9 6.2-18.5 34 19.1 13.1-27.1 33 23.0 15.9-32.1 26 15.2 9.8-23.0 48 31.7 23.6-41.1
No 930 180 21.8 18.6-25.2 320 34.1 30.5-37.7 197 21.2 18.2-24.5 113 11.6 9.4-14.3 120 11.4 9.2-14.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 167 41 28.0 20.3-37.2 62 33.3 25.7-42.0 38 23.0 16.3-31.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 896 154 18.8 15.9-22.2 278 30.9 27.4-34.6 188 21.3 18.2-24.7 124 13.7 11.2-16.6 152 15.3 12.8-18.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 998 177 20.0 17.1-23.3 319 31.7 28.4-35.2 212 21.5 18.6-24.7 132 12.8 10.5-15.4 158 14.0 11.8-16.6
COPD
Yes 119 *** *** *** 21 19.5 12.0-30.0 15 13.6 7.5-23.5 *** *** *** 49 33.9 24.9-44.3
No 977 187 22.0 18.9-25.4 336 33.6 30.2-37.2 216 22.3 19.3-25.6 119 10.8 8.8-13.2 119 11.3 9.1-13.8
Current Asthma
Yes 111 20 21.5 13.0-33.5 32 26.2 17.9-36.6 24 22.1 14.2-32.6 13 12.5 7.0-21.5 22 17.7 11.1-27.2
No 982 178 20.4 17.5-23.7 325 32.9 29.5-36.4 207 21.2 18.3-24.5 127 12.1 9.9-14.7 145 13.4 11.1-16.1
Diabetes
Yes 171 15 8.0 4.6-13.6 47 24.1 17.5-32.2 37 24.7 17.2-34.1 32 19.3 12.7-28.1 40 23.9 16.9-32.7
No 926 183 22.7 19.5-26.2 311 33.6 30.1-37.3 194 20.6 17.7-23.8 110 11.0 8.9-13.5 128 12.1 9.9-14.8
Functional Disability
Yes 415 66 17.4 13.2-22.7 124 30.7 25.5-36.4 76 18.9 14.6-24.1 61 15.7 12.0-20.4 88 17.3 13.6-21.7
No 671 131 22.5 18.9-26.6 230 33.2 29.2-37.4 151 22.4 18.9-26.3 80 10.1 7.8-13.1 79 11.8 9.1-15.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 427 53 13.3 9.7-18.1 129 29.1 24.2-34.5 75 18.1 14.1-22.9 66 16.3 12.4-21.2 104 23.1 18.8-28.2
No 671 145 24.6 20.8-28.8 229 33.9 29.8-38.2 156 23.1 19.5-27.1 76 9.9 7.6-12.7 65 8.5 6.3-11.4

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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).

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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