2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 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 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
GENDER
Male 326 100 31.0 25.4-37.2 34 10.1 6.8-14.8 11 3.1 1.6- 5.8 181 55.8 49.6-61.9
Female 379 119 30.8 25.7-36.4 43 11.5 7.9-16.4 20 5.5 3.2- 9.4 197 52.2 46.4-58.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 463 136 29.9 25.1-35.1 51 12.5 9.0-17.1 23 4.2 2.7- 6.5 253 53.5 48.2-58.7
Non-Hispanic Black 131 43 31.4 23.4-40.7 15 7.3 4.1-12.7 *** *** *** 66 54.2 44.6-63.5
Other 111 40 34.9 25.8-45.1 11 9.3 4.7-17.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 285 65 25.0 19.7-31.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 207 70.7 64.4-76.3
45-64 231 81 36.6 29.8-44.0 28 12.7 8.7-18.3 *** *** *** 114 46.5 39.4-53.6
65+ 176 71 36.2 27.9-45.4 39 28.2 19.0-39.5 20 13.6 7.8-22.7 46 22.0 15.9-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 90 34.9 28.4-41.9 47 19.7 14.2-26.5 23 8.4 5.2-13.3 81 37.1 30.4-44.3
Some Post-H.S. 215 79 37.4 30.5-45.0 18 6.3 3.7-10.4 *** *** *** 112 53.5 45.9-60.8
College Graduate 244 50 15.7 11.5-21.1 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 *** *** *** 181 80.9 75.3-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 103 34.9 28.9-41.4 43 14.8 10.5-20.6 20 7.9 4.7-13.0 107 42.4 35.8-49.3
$50,000+ 293 73 28.7 22.8-35.3 17 5.1 3.0- 8.5 *** *** *** 198 64.7 58.0-70.9
Don't know/Not Sure 131 40 27.3 19.3-37.0 17 16.6 9.0-28.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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