2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health

Adults aged 18+ that have had permanent teeth extracted: Indicator for Healthy North Carolina 2020

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,138 3,984 49.1 47.7-50.5 3,154 50.9 49.5-52.3
GENDER
Male 3,067 1,661 48.0 45.9-50.1 1,406 52.0 49.9-54.1
Female 4,071 2,323 50.2 48.3-52.0 1,748 49.8 48.0-51.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 4,845 2,592 46.9 45.2-48.6 2,253 53.1 51.4-54.8
Non-Hispanic Black 1,355 904 58.5 55.2-61.7 451 41.5 38.3-44.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 251 122 38.1 30.7-46.1 129 61.9 53.9-69.3
Hispanic 497 250 46.6 41.7-51.7 247 53.4 48.3-58.3
AGE
18-34 1,260 288 22.4 19.9-25.1 972 77.6 74.9-80.1
35-44 947 400 45.0 41.4-48.6 547 55.0 51.4-58.6
45-54 1,089 548 50.6 47.2-54.0 541 49.4 46.0-52.8
55-64 1,498 991 66.8 64.0-69.4 507 33.2 30.6-36.0
65-74 1,329 974 75.8 73.2-78.2 355 24.2 21.8-26.8
75+ 918 732 82.1 79.2-84.7 186 17.9 15.3-20.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 906 693 71.1 67.2-74.7 213 28.9 25.3-32.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,950 1,289 55.2 52.5-57.9 661 44.8 42.1-47.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,886 1,069 46.8 44.2-49.4 817 53.2 50.6-55.8
College Graduate 2,363 915 30.9 28.9-33.0 1,448 69.1 67.0-71.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 840 588 61.5 57.3-65.5 252 38.5 34.5-42.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,169 806 61.6 58.1-65.1 363 38.4 34.9-41.9
$25,000- 34,999 687 444 57.2 52.5-61.6 243 42.8 38.4-47.5
$35,000- 49,999 839 460 50.8 46.7-55.0 379 49.2 45.0-53.3
$50,000-74,999 781 373 41.2 37.1-45.3 408 58.8 54.7-62.9
$75,000+ 1,442 501 30.5 27.8-33.3 941 69.5 66.7-72.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,898 1,417 72.2 69.6-74.7 481 27.8 25.3-30.4
No 4,988 2,435 42.4 40.8-44.1 2,553 57.6 55.9-59.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 972 595 55.5 51.6-59.3 377 44.5 40.7-48.4
Non-Veteran 6,153 3,383 48.2 46.7-49.7 2,770 51.8 50.3-53.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,170 2,436 51.8 50.0-53.7 1,734 48.2 46.3-50.0
No 2,968 1,548 45.5 43.4-47.7 1,420 54.5 52.3-56.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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