2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 715 225 31.2 27.4-35.3 79 11.0 8.4-14.2 32 4.3 2.8- 6.4 379 53.6 49.4-57.7
GENDER
Male 329 102 31.3 25.7-37.5 34 10.0 6.7-14.5 11 3.0 1.6- 5.5 182 55.8 49.6-61.8
Female 386 123 31.1 26.0-36.6 45 11.9 8.2-16.9 21 5.4 3.2- 9.1 197 51.6 45.9-57.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 468 139 30.0 25.3-35.2 53 12.6 9.1-17.1 23 4.1 2.6- 6.4 253 53.3 48.1-58.5
Non-Hispanic Black 134 45 32.4 24.4-41.6 15 7.2 4.0-12.4 *** *** *** 67 53.7 44.2-62.9
Other 113 41 35.1 26.1-45.3 11 9.2 4.7-17.2 *** *** *** 59 54.8 44.5-64.7
AGE
18-44 288 67 25.2 19.9-31.2 11 3.7 1.9- 7.1 *** *** *** 207 70.0 63.8-75.6
45-64 235 84 37.1 30.3-44.4 28 12.7 8.6-18.2 *** *** *** 115 46.2 39.2-53.3
65+ 178 72 36.6 28.3-45.8 40 28.1 19.0-39.5 20 13.1 7.6-21.7 46 22.2 16.0-29.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 91 35.3 28.8-42.3 48 19.8 14.3-26.7 23 8.2 5.2-12.9 81 36.7 30.1-43.8
Some Post-H.S. 217 80 37.5 30.6-45.0 19 6.6 4.0-10.8 *** *** *** 112 53.3 45.8-60.6
College Graduate 250 54 16.4 12.2-21.7 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 *** *** *** 182 80.1 74.6-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 280 107 35.4 29.4-41.9 45 15.3 10.9-21.1 21 7.7 4.6-12.5 107 41.6 35.1-48.3
$50,000+ 295 74 28.6 22.8-35.2 17 5.1 3.0- 8.4 *** *** *** 199 64.9 58.3-71.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 41 27.9 19.9-37.6 17 16.5 8.9-28.5 *** *** *** 69 52.5 42.1-62.7

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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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