2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 6,180 3,429 48.1 46.6-49.6 2,751 51.9 50.4-53.4
No 936 544 54.8 51.1-58.5 392 45.2 41.5-48.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 2,105 1,041 40.1 37.7-42.7 1,064 59.9 57.3-62.3
Overweight 2,350 1,326 50.6 48.1-53.0 1,024 49.4 47.0-51.9
Obese 1,950 1,260 59.4 56.7-62.0 690 40.6 38.0-43.3
Current Smoker
Yes 1,148 787 63.3 59.8-66.6 361 36.7 33.4-40.2
No 5,696 3,039 45.9 44.4-47.5 2,657 54.1 52.5-55.6
History of CVD**
Yes 932 769 82.9 79.8-85.5 163 17.1 14.5-20.2
No 6,138 3,164 45.2 43.7-46.7 2,974 54.8 53.3-56.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 695 275 35.6 31.6-39.9 420 64.4 60.1-68.4
No 5,971 3,460 51.4 49.9-53.0 2,511 48.6 47.0-50.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 305 129 38.3 31.9-45.2 176 61.7 54.8-68.1
No 6,369 3,608 49.9 48.4-51.3 2,761 50.1 48.7-51.6
COPD
Yes 632 520 80.4 76.2-84.0 112 19.6 16.0-23.8
No 6,467 3,440 46.5 45.0-47.9 3,027 53.5 52.1-55.0
Current Asthma
Yes 558 359 57.5 52.1-62.7 199 42.5 37.3-47.9
No 6,538 3,606 48.5 47.0-49.9 2,932 51.5 50.1-53.0
Diabetes
Yes 955 747 76.7 73.2-79.8 208 23.3 20.2-26.8
No 6,166 3,232 45.8 44.4-47.3 2,934 54.2 52.7-55.6
Disability
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
Has two or more chronic diseases
Yes 2,359 1,776 74.0 71.8-76.2 583 26.0 23.8-28.2
No 4,774 2,208 40.3 38.7-42.0 2,566 59.7 58.0-61.3

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

#Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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