2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,157 642 28.9 26.5-31.3 273 10.9 9.4-12.6 136 4.7 3.8- 5.8 1,106 55.6 53.0-58.2
Female 2,462 708 27.3 25.2-29.6 350 12.6 11.0-14.5 194 6.6 5.5- 7.9 1,210 53.4 50.9-55.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,995 1,117 26.9 25.2-28.7 548 11.8 10.6-13.1 302 6.1 5.3- 7.0 2,028 55.2 53.3-57.1
No 621 230 34.6 30.1-39.3 75 11.7 9.0-15.1 28 3.4 2.1- 5.4 288 50.4 45.5-55.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,247 322 23.6 20.8-26.6 143 9.8 7.8-12.2 83 5.1 3.9- 6.6 699 61.6 58.2-64.8
Overweight 1,508 436 27.3 24.6-30.2 196 13.0 10.9-15.5 107 5.8 4.5- 7.3 769 53.9 50.8-57.1
Obese 1,380 463 34.5 31.3-37.8 218 13.3 11.3-15.6 105 6.0 4.7- 7.6 594 46.2 42.9-49.6
Current Smoker
Yes 742 240 35.3 30.9-39.9 157 19.7 16.2-23.8 93 8.7 6.8-11.1 252 36.2 32.0-40.7
No 3,726 1,069 26.7 25.0-28.5 452 10.4 9.2-11.7 230 5.1 4.3- 5.9 1,975 57.8 55.8-59.7
History of CVD**
Yes 578 169 33.2 28.1-38.8 166 29.5 24.5-35.0 117 15.7 12.7-19.4 126 21.6 17.6-26.1
No 4,022 1,176 27.5 25.8-29.2 451 9.7 8.6-10.9 210 4.5 3.8- 5.3 2,185 58.3 56.4-60.2
Binge Drinker
Yes 565 144 27.6 23.1-32.6 44 6.7 4.7- 9.5 *** *** *** 360 63.4 58.3-68.1
No 3,711 1,089 27.7 25.9-29.5 537 13.0 11.6-14.5 289 6.3 5.5- 7.3 1,796 53.0 51.0-55.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 254 63 29.1 22.2-37.0 26 7.7 4.8-12.0 *** *** *** 149 58.4 50.7-65.8
No 4,008 1,171 27.8 26.1-29.6 554 12.3 11.1-13.7 290 5.8 5.0- 6.7 1,993 54.0 52.1-55.9
COPD
Yes 409 109 26.2 20.9-32.3 128 32.3 26.4-38.7 100 20.8 16.3-26.1 72 20.8 15.9-26.7
No 4,197 1,237 28.2 26.5-29.9 490 9.9 8.8-11.1 227 4.4 3.7- 5.2 2,243 57.5 55.7-59.4
Current Asthma
Yes 421 103 23.4 18.6-29.0 98 21.9 17.1-27.7 52 8.5 5.9-12.0 168 46.2 39.8-52.7
No 4,184 1,245 28.6 26.9-30.3 524 10.7 9.6-12.0 275 5.4 4.6- 6.2 2,140 55.3 53.4-57.1
Diabetes
Yes 655 214 36.1 31.1-41.4 179 24.6 20.4-29.3 95 13.2 10.3-16.8 167 26.1 22.0-30.8
No 3,969 1,138 26.9 25.3-28.7 444 10.0 8.8-11.2 235 4.6 3.9- 5.5 2,152 58.4 56.5-60.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,428 446 31.9 28.8-35.1 359 23.7 21.0-26.8 207 12.9 10.9-15.2 416 31.5 28.4-34.7
No 3,067 870 26.7 24.8-28.6 253 7.3 6.2- 8.6 118 2.9 2.3- 3.7 1,826 63.1 61.0-65.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,508 459 31.3 28.3-34.6 376 24.9 22.1-27.9 238 14.4 12.3-16.7 435 29.4 26.5-32.5
No 3,116 893 26.8 25.0-28.8 247 6.8 5.7- 8.1 92 2.4 1.9- 3.1 1,884 63.9 61.8-66.0

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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