2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Oral Health

How many of your permanent teeth have been removed because of tooth decay or gum disease?
Do not include teeth lost for other reasons, such as injury or orthodontics.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 5 6 or more but not all All None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,619 1,350 28.1 26.5-29.7 623 11.8 10.6-13.0 330 5.7 5.0- 6.5 2,316 54.5 52.7-56.3
Medicaid Region 1 757 227 29.4 25.1-34.1 117 12.9 10.1-16.2 77 9.9 7.3-13.3 336 47.9 43.0-52.8
GENDER
Male 349 108 31.3 24.9-38.4 49 11.8 7.9-17.3 31 6.6 4.0-10.7 161 50.4 43.0-57.6
Female 408 119 27.7 22.0-34.1 68 13.9 10.3-18.4 46 12.9 8.8-18.5 175 45.6 39.0-52.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 652 188 28.3 23.8-33.3 106 13.7 10.7-17.5 70 10.2 7.4-13.9 288 47.7 42.5-53.1
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 199 44 22.9 16.2-31.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 142 71.3 62.7-78.7
45-64 257 88 38.6 30.7-47.2 35 11.7 7.6-17.6 17 7.4 3.4-15.2 117 42.3 34.5-50.5
65+ 282 89 26.4 19.9-34.1 72 28.1 21.1-36.4 54 24.6 17.9-32.9 67 20.9 15.1-28.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 265 79 30.3 23.4-38.2 49 13.9 9.6-19.7 47 17.5 12.1-24.6 90 38.3 30.8-46.5
Some Post-H.S. 229 68 31.6 23.7-40.9 45 17.2 11.7-24.4 22 5.8 3.4- 9.9 94 45.3 36.6-54.4
College Graduate 263 80 24.7 18.9-31.6 23 5.2 3.2- 8.3 *** *** *** 152 67.7 60.5-74.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 335 103 29.1 22.8-36.3 65 17.4 12.6-23.6 52 16.1 11.1-22.7 115 37.4 30.7-44.6
$50,000+ 257 83 30.7 23.5-39.1 24 9.1 5.8-14.1 *** *** *** 145 59.1 50.6-67.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 156 38 26.6 17.8-37.6 27 10.2 5.5-18.0 20 12.0 7.1-19.4 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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