2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 863 228 24.8 21.7-28.2 84 10.2 7.8-13.0 47 4.0 2.9- 5.5 504 61.0 57.2-64.8
GENDER
Male 416 115 26.7 22.2-31.8 41 9.2 6.5-12.9 19 3.4 2.1- 5.6 241 60.7 55.2-65.8
Female 447 113 23.0 18.9-27.7 43 11.0 7.5-15.9 28 4.6 3.0- 7.0 263 61.4 55.7-66.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 524 121 22.4 18.6-26.7 49 9.6 6.8-13.4 28 4.1 2.7- 6.2 326 63.9 59.1-68.6
Non-Hispanic Black 197 55 24.6 18.5-31.8 30 15.5 10.2-22.8 18 5.6 3.3- 9.4 94 54.3 45.9-62.5
Other 142 52 35.6 27.2-44.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 84 59.8 50.3-68.6
AGE
18-44 360 58 16.1 12.3-20.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 292 80.7 75.7-84.8
45-64 286 97 34.6 28.6-41.0 33 12.0 8.3-17.2 13 4.0 2.2- 7.0 143 49.5 43.0-56.0
65+ 201 69 31.0 23.8-39.1 42 27.7 19.5-37.7 31 14.5 9.7-21.0 59 26.9 20.1-35.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 86 29.2 23.5-35.7 41 17.2 12.2-23.8 32 8.9 6.1-12.8 107 44.6 37.8-51.7
Some Post-H.S. 187 57 28.3 21.7-36.0 28 11.6 7.6-17.5 *** *** *** 92 57.5 49.1-65.5
College Graduate 409 85 18.5 14.7-22.8 15 2.7 1.4- 5.2 *** *** *** 304 78.3 73.7-82.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 303 93 28.3 22.9-34.3 53 19.4 14.1-26.1 27 7.3 4.8-11.0 130 45.0 38.5-51.6
$50,000+ 386 93 25.2 20.6-30.5 11 2.5 1.2- 4.9 *** *** *** 277 71.4 66.0-76.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 165 40 18.5 12.8-25.9 19 12.5 7.4-20.3 15 5.9 3.3-10.4 91 63.1 54.1-71.3

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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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