ArticlePreventive medicine reports2026
Socioeconomic and smoking-related disparities in lung Cancer prevalence among U.S.Adults: a pooled analysis of the behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2022-2024.
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Objective: To examine independent and cumulative effects of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, geographic, and smoking-related factors associated with lung cancer among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years using pooled Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2022-2024 data. Methods: We conducted a pooled, survey-weighted cross-sectional analysis of BRFSS 2022-2024 to examine factors associated with self-reported lung cancer among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years. Sequential logistic regression models assessed independent and cumulative effects of demographic, socioeconomic, geographic, and smoking-related variables. Results: In fully adjusted models, lung cancer was associated with female sex (OR = 1.60, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.19), Black race (OR = 2.36, 95% CI: 1.34, 4.17), low income (<$25,000: OR = 2.50, 95% CI: 1.19, 5.26), and residence in the Northeast (OR = 2.39, 95% CI: 1.39, 4.12) and Midwest (OR = 1.95, 95% CI: 1.19, 3.18). Education remained independently associated after smoking adjustment. Heavy and very heavy cumulative smoking exposure showed strongest associations (31-40 pack-years: OR = 3.01; >40 pack-years: OR = 4.40). Adjustment for pack-years attenuated effects of age of smoking initiation, indicating cumulative exposure as the dominant behavioral driver. Conclusions: Lung cancer among U.S. adults is strongly patterned by cumulative smoking exposure and persistent socioeconomic and geographic disparities. Prevention should prioritize tobacco exposure reduction alongside structural interventions addressing social disadvantage.
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