2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 851 248 25.9 22.4-29.8 144 14.1 11.6-17.1 64 6.7 5.0- 9.0 395 53.2 48.9-57.5
GENDER
Male 392 114 26.7 21.6-32.6 61 13.4 9.9-17.9 25 5.9 3.6- 9.4 192 54.0 47.6-60.2
Female 459 134 25.1 20.6-30.3 83 14.8 11.5-19.0 39 7.5 5.1-11.0 203 52.5 46.6-58.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 541 143 23.7 19.6-28.4 65 10.5 7.9-13.7 43 6.6 4.5- 9.5 290 59.2 54.0-64.2
Non-Hispanic Black 228 82 31.8 24.7-40.0 66 23.4 17.3-30.7 20 8.8 5.2-14.5 60 35.9 27.3-45.5
Other 82 *** *** *** 13 10.2 5.3-18.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 265 52 17.4 12.9-23.0 12 4.4 2.4- 8.1 *** *** *** 201 78.2 72.2-83.2
45-64 310 110 34.7 28.2-41.9 64 22.1 16.8-28.5 21 6.1 3.5-10.5 115 37.0 30.3-44.3
65+ 266 82 32.2 25.5-39.8 68 24.5 18.6-31.5 41 20.7 14.8-28.3 75 22.5 17.0-29.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 346 96 24.1 19.1-29.9 81 18.9 14.6-24.2 44 9.7 6.7-13.9 125 47.3 40.7-53.9
Some Post-H.S. 250 86 29.2 22.6-36.8 39 11.6 8.0-16.5 15 5.9 3.3-10.3 110 53.3 45.2-61.3
College Graduate 254 66 24.4 18.8-31.1 24 7.9 5.0-12.3 *** *** *** 159 66.2 59.1-72.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 419 131 29.7 24.4-35.5 92 16.7 13.1-21.0 39 7.7 5.2-11.3 157 45.9 39.9-52.1
$50,000+ 271 70 23.1 17.3-30.1 23 8.5 5.3-13.4 *** *** *** 169 65.4 57.7-72.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 154 45 22.3 15.5-31.0 27 18.2 11.6-27.4 16 11.3 6.4-19.4 66 48.2 38.1-58.4

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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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