2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 2 642 171 26.2 22.4-30.3 79 10.9 8.5-13.8 52 6.9 5.0- 9.4 340 56.0 51.6-60.4
GENDER
Male 297 84 27.9 22.3-34.3 31 8.9 5.9-13.3 25 7.0 4.5-10.8 157 56.1 49.5-62.6
Female 345 87 24.6 19.7-30.2 48 12.7 9.3-17.0 27 6.8 4.3-10.7 183 55.9 49.8-61.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 468 124 25.4 21.1-30.2 59 11.8 8.9-15.5 36 6.8 4.6- 9.9 249 56.0 50.7-61.1
Non-Hispanic Black 108 29 29.6 20.4-40.8 16 10.6 6.2-17.5 11 8.8 4.6-16.2 *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 216 44 21.9 16.2-28.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 164 74.3 67.1-80.4
45-64 227 64 27.9 21.9-34.9 27 11.8 8.0-17.1 15 6.9 4.0-11.6 121 53.4 46.2-60.4
65+ 190 58 30.5 23.0-39.0 45 26.0 19.0-34.4 35 18.5 12.9-25.9 52 25.0 18.7-32.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 65 27.7 21.5-34.9 44 16.0 11.5-21.8 38 12.7 8.6-18.2 84 43.6 36.3-51.3
Some Post-H.S. 191 60 30.9 24.0-38.7 25 10.8 7.1-15.9 12 4.5 2.4- 8.1 94 53.9 45.9-61.7
College Graduate 219 45 16.9 12.5-22.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 162 78.6 72.5-83.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 78 30.4 24.3-37.2 48 15.9 11.7-21.3 32 10.5 6.9-15.5 114 43.3 36.5-50.3
$50,000+ 243 61 23.3 17.9-29.9 17 6.5 3.7-11.0 *** *** *** 158 67.3 60.3-73.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 122 31 22.1 14.6-32.0 14 9.3 5.2-16.2 13 7.7 4.0-14.3 64 60.8 50.4-70.4

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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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