2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Lung Cancer Screening

Were any of the CT or CAT scans of your chest area done mainly to check or screen for lung cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,496 339 22.0 19.5-24.6 1,157 78.0 75.4-80.5
Piedmont NC 773 153 18.5 15.5-21.8 620 81.5 78.2-84.5
GENDER
Male 379 69 16.9 13.0-21.6 310 83.1 78.4-87.0
Female 394 84 20.2 16.0-25.3 310 79.8 74.7-84.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 502 102 18.6 15.1-22.7 400 81.4 77.3-84.9
Non-Hispanic Black 147 33 17.7 12.1-25.2 114 82.3 74.8-87.9
Other 117 17 19.4 11.0-31.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 120 21 20.0 12.7-30.1 99 80.0 69.9-87.3
55-64 164 41 22.3 15.8-30.5 123 77.7 69.5-84.2
65-74 160 48 28.9 21.5-37.5 112 71.1 62.5-78.5
75+ 130 35 26.0 18.1-35.9 95 74.0 64.1-81.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 158 36 19.5 13.5-27.4 122 80.5 72.6-86.5
Some Post-H.S. 215 50 22.0 16.3-29.0 165 78.0 71.0-83.7
College Graduate 338 53 13.5 10.1-17.7 285 86.5 82.3-89.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 297 69 20.0 15.5-25.4 228 80.0 74.6-84.5
No 464 80 17.2 13.5-21.8 384 82.8 78.2-86.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 87 19 20.5 12.5-31.6 68 79.5 68.4-87.5
Non-Veteran 686 134 18.2 15.1-21.8 552 81.8 78.2-84.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 368 49 13.7 9.9-18.6 319 86.3 81.4-90.1
Unemployed 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 261 73 24.4 19.0-30.7 188 75.6 69.3-81.0
Unable to Work 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 271 38 13.3 9.4-18.4 233 86.7 81.6-90.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 35 18.4 12.9-25.6 136 81.6 74.4-87.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 404 69 15.8 12.3-20.2 335 84.2 79.8-87.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 171 35 18.4 12.9-25.6 136 81.6 74.4-87.1
HOUSING
Own 478 99 19.6 15.9-24.0 379 80.4 76.0-84.1
Rent 238 36 13.5 9.6-18.8 202 86.5 81.2-90.4
Other arrangement 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 404 79 17.2 13.6-21.6 325 82.8 78.4-86.4
Regional City or Suburban County 228 46 20.2 14.7-27.1 182 79.8 72.9-85.3
Rural 141 28 18.5 12.1-27.1 113 81.5 72.9-87.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 291 64 19.8 15.1-25.5 227 80.2 74.5-84.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 448 83 17.7 13.9-22.3 365 82.3 77.7-86.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 272 54 19.0 14.0-25.3 218 81.0 74.7-86.0
2nd Quartile 327 60 16.3 12.3-21.2 267 83.7 78.8-87.7
3rd Quartile 156 34 21.4 14.9-29.6 122 78.6 70.4-85.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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