2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 753 219 27.9 24.4-31.7 219 28.4 24.7-32.4 226 31.4 27.6-35.5 89 12.3 9.7-15.4
Female 662 194 29.2 25.2-33.5 241 37.6 33.1-42.2 170 25.5 21.6-29.8 57 7.8 5.7-10.5
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,270 342 26.9 24.1-29.8 420 32.5 29.4-35.7 368 29.5 26.6-32.7 140 11.1 9.2-13.4
No 123 62 44.2 34.3-54.7 *** *** *** 23 18.6 11.7-28.2 *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 357 117 31.4 25.9-37.5 110 31.1 25.4-37.3 101 29.3 23.8-35.4 29 8.3 5.5-12.3
Overweight 475 129 26.5 22.2-31.5 161 33.3 28.4-38.6 134 28.4 23.7-33.5 51 11.8 8.5-16.2
Obese 484 130 26.7 22.3-31.4 154 32.5 27.7-37.7 141 30.0 25.4-35.1 59 10.8 8.1-14.3
Current Smoker
Yes 435 134 28.5 23.9-33.6 158 35.0 29.8-40.6 114 29.9 24.9-35.4 29 6.7 4.2-10.3
No 980 279 28.5 25.2-31.9 302 31.2 27.8-34.8 282 28.3 25.0-31.8 117 12.0 9.8-14.7
History of CVD**
Yes 217 47 24.5 18.1-32.2 58 25.4 19.1-32.8 76 33.6 26.6-41.5 36 16.6 11.4-23.5
No 1,184 364 29.3 26.4-32.4 398 33.6 30.4-37.0 314 27.8 24.8-31.0 108 9.3 7.5-11.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 216 75 31.7 25.1-39.2 61 28.4 21.5-36.4 54 28.6 21.8-36.6 26 11.3 7.2-17.2
No 1,149 324 27.8 24.9-31.0 379 33.0 29.8-36.4 333 29.2 26.1-32.5 113 9.9 8.0-12.2
Heavy Drinker
Yes 89 18 18.7 11.3-29.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,279 380 29.2 26.3-32.2 410 31.8 28.9-34.9 358 28.7 25.8-31.8 131 10.3 8.5-12.5
COPD
Yes 194 38 18.2 12.8-25.1 59 29.6 22.5-38.0 61 31.9 24.2-40.7 36 20.3 14.0-28.5
No 1,216 375 30.2 27.2-33.3 399 32.7 29.6-35.9 333 28.4 25.4-31.6 109 8.8 7.0-10.9
Current Asthma
Yes 156 44 29.9 22.1-39.2 52 31.1 23.2-40.3 48 31.0 22.9-40.4 *** *** ***
No 1,252 368 28.3 25.5-31.3 406 32.6 29.5-35.8 345 28.6 25.6-31.7 133 10.6 8.7-12.8
Diabetes
Yes 232 50 21.3 15.8-28.0 66 28.2 21.8-35.6 78 34.7 27.3-42.8 38 15.9 10.8-22.6
No 1,183 363 29.8 26.9-33.0 394 33.2 30.1-36.6 318 27.7 24.8-30.9 108 9.2 7.4-11.4
Functional Disability
Yes 556 137 25.1 21.0-29.6 165 29.2 24.7-34.2 175 31.3 26.7-36.2 79 14.5 11.2-18.5
No 845 274 31.1 27.6-34.8 293 35.0 31.3-38.9 213 26.5 23.1-30.3 65 7.4 5.6- 9.8
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 583 137 22.5 18.8-26.7 172 30.5 26.1-35.2 192 32.7 28.1-37.5 82 14.4 11.3-18.2
No 832 276 32.3 28.7-36.1 288 33.7 30.0-37.7 204 26.3 22.9-30.1 64 7.6 5.7-10.2

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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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