2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Oral Health

How long has it been since you last visited a dentist or a dental clinic for any reason?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,678 3,108 65.4 63.7-67.2 458 10.1 9.1-11.3 461 10.6 9.4-11.8 610 13.0 11.8-14.3 41 0.9 0.6- 1.3
Region 1 & 2 763 510 64.7 59.7-69.4 68 8.8 6.4-12.1 58 8.5 6.0-11.9 117 16.3 12.9-20.5 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 352 232 63.5 56.0-70.4 31 8.5 5.2-13.7 22 8.3 4.6-14.4 58 16.6 11.8-22.8 *** *** ***
Female 411 278 65.9 59.2-71.9 37 9.2 5.9-13.9 36 8.8 5.9-12.8 59 16.1 11.6-21.9 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 658 453 66.9 61.6-71.8 51 7.3 5.0-10.4 44 7.5 5.0-11.2 107 17.3 13.5-21.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 196 125 64.1 55.0-72.3 24 10.2 5.9-17.1 21 11.5 6.6-19.2 20 11.3 6.8-18.4 *** *** ***
45-64 263 184 69.7 61.3-76.9 16 6.4 3.5-11.3 20 6.6 3.7-11.4 40 16.0 10.5-23.6 *** *** ***
65+ 285 189 59.8 51.3-67.7 25 8.7 4.8-15.3 17 7.6 4.3-13.0 53 23.6 16.9-32.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 271 144 54.1 45.8-62.0 29 10.8 6.7-17.1 25 9.2 5.2-16.0 67 23.4 17.3-30.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 228 140 64.4 55.7-72.2 24 9.7 5.6-16.3 24 9.1 5.7-14.4 36 15.2 9.9-22.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 264 226 84.0 76.6-89.3 15 4.0 2.2- 7.4 *** *** *** 14 5.6 2.6-11.5 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 335 168 49.6 42.3-57.0 45 13.5 9.1-19.6 39 10.5 7.2-15.0 76 23.1 17.2-30.3 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 258 228 84.5 77.3-89.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 5.4 2.6-10.9 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 161 *** *** *** 14 6.7 3.0-14.4 *** *** *** 29 20.9 13.6-30.6 *** *** ***

Back to Oral Health.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 17SEP19.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts