2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western 284 73 27.8 21.7-34.8 211 72.2 65.2-78.3
GENDER
Male 138 44 31.1 22.7-41.1 94 68.9 58.9-77.3
Female 146 29 23.7 15.6-34.2 117 76.3 65.8-84.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 245 65 29.0 22.4-36.7 180 71.0 63.3-77.6
Non-Hispanic Black 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 111 20 15.9 9.7-25.2 91 84.1 74.8-90.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 160 49 33.2 24.7-42.9 111 66.8 57.1-75.3
No 122 23 20.6 12.9-31.2 99 79.4 68.8-87.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 249 57 25.4 19.2-33.0 192 74.6 67.0-80.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 88 13 15.2 8.6-25.4 75 84.8 74.6-91.4
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 134 36 28.2 19.8-38.5 98 71.8 61.5-80.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 217 62 31.3 24.1-39.6 155 68.7 60.4-75.9
Rent 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 208 51 27.3 20.3-35.5 157 72.7 64.5-79.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 166 39 25.0 17.7-34.1 127 75.0 65.9-82.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 159 40 26.6 19.0-35.9 119 73.4 64.1-81.0
2nd Quartile 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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