2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 796 253 30.3 26.5-34.5 120 13.6 11.0-16.6 58 5.6 4.1- 7.6 365 50.5 46.3-54.7
GENDER
Male 374 119 28.9 23.3-35.1 57 14.1 10.4-18.9 25 4.6 2.9- 7.3 173 52.4 46.1-58.5
Female 422 134 31.7 26.5-37.4 63 13.0 9.8-17.2 33 6.5 4.3- 9.7 192 48.7 43.0-54.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 492 153 29.8 25.2-34.9 63 12.5 9.4-16.4 31 4.9 3.3- 7.3 245 52.8 47.6-58.0
Non-Hispanic Black 156 49 31.0 22.2-41.5 34 16.3 10.9-23.8 13 6.7 3.6-12.1 60 46.0 36.4-55.8
Other 148 51 31.5 22.8-41.8 23 13.7 8.1-22.3 14 6.9 3.3-13.8 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 289 66 21.3 16.3-27.2 16 6.0 3.5-10.2 *** *** *** 207 72.7 66.4-78.3
45-64 253 93 39.4 31.7-47.6 48 16.6 12.0-22.6 19 5.8 3.4- 9.5 93 38.2 31.1-45.9
65+ 238 86 35.6 28.6-43.4 54 25.0 18.5-32.8 39 17.7 12.3-24.7 59 21.7 16.4-28.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 301 91 28.7 22.6-35.6 69 20.1 15.4-25.9 41 9.5 6.6-13.4 100 41.7 35.0-48.8
Some Post-H.S. 244 79 33.3 26.4-41.1 35 11.8 8.0-17.2 15 4.1 2.2- 7.7 115 50.7 43.2-58.2
College Graduate 251 83 28.8 23.1-35.2 16 4.6 2.6- 7.9 *** *** *** 150 65.7 59.0-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 401 129 30.5 25.4-36.1 88 21.7 17.2-27.1 45 9.0 6.3-12.6 139 38.8 33.2-44.7
$50,000+ 251 80 26.9 20.9-33.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 157 67.3 60.1-73.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 136 *** *** *** 21 9.0 5.4-14.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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