2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 757 227 29.4 25.1-34.1 117 12.9 10.1-16.2 77 9.9 7.3-13.3 336 47.9 43.0-52.8
Region 3 389 104 25.2 20.5-30.5 51 11.1 8.2-15.0 33 7.5 5.2-10.8 201 56.2 50.3-61.8
Region 4 705 219 30.9 27.1-35.0 77 10.8 8.3-14.0 31 4.4 2.9- 6.6 378 53.9 49.7-58.1
Region 5 544 146 26.8 22.7-31.3 62 11.0 8.2-14.6 35 5.2 3.5- 7.8 301 57.0 52.1-61.7
Region 6 419 135 32.7 27.3-38.6 56 12.3 9.1-16.3 25 4.5 2.8- 7.1 203 50.5 44.8-56.3
Region 7 604 155 23.9 20.3-27.9 59 9.6 7.1-12.9 35 4.1 2.8- 6.0 355 62.4 57.8-66.8
Region 8 517 149 24.7 20.7-29.2 85 14.0 10.9-17.8 44 6.9 4.9- 9.6 239 54.4 49.2-59.5
Region 9 & 10 689 217 29.1 25.0-33.5 116 14.9 12.0-18.5 50 6.8 4.7- 9.7 306 49.2 44.4-54.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,661 500 27.3 24.7-30.1 267 14.6 12.6-16.8 123 5.7 4.6- 7.1 771 52.3 49.3-55.4
Piedmont 2,085 602 28.5 26.2-30.8 221 10.0 8.5-11.7 113 4.7 3.8- 5.9 1,149 56.8 54.3-59.3
Western NC 878 250 26.9 23.1-31.0 135 13.1 10.6-16.2 94 10.3 8.0-13.3 399 49.6 45.2-54.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 674 201 28.8 24.2-33.8 105 12.2 9.6-15.4 67 10.3 7.2-14.4 301 48.8 43.5-54.1
Northwest 628 177 27.4 23.3-31.8 81 11.2 8.5-14.7 57 8.2 5.9-11.3 313 53.2 48.4-57.9
Charlotte 559 178 31.8 27.5-36.4 61 10.7 8.0-14.2 18 2.8 1.6- 4.8 302 54.7 49.9-59.3
Greensboro 438 124 29.3 24.7-34.5 56 11.9 8.9-15.9 32 5.7 3.7- 8.7 226 53.0 47.7-58.2
Southern Regional 517 157 30.0 25.2-35.3 79 12.9 9.9-16.6 43 6.9 4.8- 9.8 238 50.2 44.9-55.5
Southeast 261 85 26.9 21.2-33.6 39 15.6 10.8-21.9 14 4.6 2.6- 7.9 123 53.0 45.5-60.3
Wake 664 169 24.1 20.6-28.0 56 8.1 6.0-10.8 32 3.7 2.5- 5.4 407 64.1 59.8-68.2
Area L & Eastern 883 261 25.4 21.9-29.2 146 14.7 11.9-17.9 67 6.6 4.9- 8.8 409 53.3 49.0-57.6
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 757 227 29.4 25.1-34.1 117 12.9 10.1-16.2 77 9.9 7.3-13.3 336 47.9 43.0-52.8
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
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
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
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
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

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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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