2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

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
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
GENDER
Male 189 53 27.4 20.3-35.8 22 9.2 5.5-14.7 18 8.4 5.0-13.7 96 55.1 46.4-63.5
Female 200 51 23.1 17.3-30.2 29 13.0 8.7-18.8 15 6.7 3.9-11.5 105 57.1 49.2-64.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 312 83 25.3 20.3-31.2 44 12.4 9.0-17.0 26 7.4 4.8-11.1 159 54.9 48.4-61.3
Non-Hispanic Black 40 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 126 22 17.1 10.7-26.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 98 77.7 68.2-85.0
45-64 136 42 30.8 22.9-39.8 15 11.3 6.6-18.6 *** *** *** 70 51.2 42.0-60.3
65+ 123 38 30.5 21.6-41.1 31 24.4 16.8-34.2 23 21.6 14.0-31.8 31 23.5 16.0-33.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 41 26.7 19.2-35.9 26 14.2 9.1-21.3 24 13.5 8.7-20.5 53 45.6 36.1-55.4
Some Post-H.S. 113 36 29.5 21.0-39.7 17 12.5 7.4-20.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 132 27 16.9 11.4-24.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 95 76.1 67.5-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 45 26.3 19.3-34.6 32 18.0 12.3-25.6 20 10.7 6.6-17.1 68 45.0 35.9-54.4
$50,000+ 146 37 23.4 16.4-32.2 11 6.2 3.2-11.6 *** *** *** 92 66.4 57.2-74.6
Don't know/Not Sure 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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