2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 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
GENDER
Male 236 71 29.7 23.5-36.8 22 8.2 5.0-13.1 14 4.9 2.7- 8.6 129 57.3 50.1-64.2
Female 308 75 24.2 19.1-30.1 40 13.5 9.3-19.4 21 5.6 3.2- 9.6 172 56.7 50.0-63.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 335 80 23.9 19.0-29.7 35 11.2 7.6-16.2 20 5.6 3.3- 9.3 200 59.3 53.2-65.1
Non-Hispanic Black 140 41 30.4 22.2-40.0 24 14.0 8.9-21.4 12 6.4 3.3-12.1 63 49.2 39.5-58.9
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 208 42 22.0 16.2-29.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 159 75.2 68.0-81.2
45-64 181 58 32.0 24.9-40.1 22 11.6 7.4-17.8 *** *** *** 91 51.5 43.3-59.7
65+ 145 41 27.8 19.5-37.9 *** *** *** 24 15.7 9.9-24.0 48 27.1 19.7-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 52 27.5 20.7-35.6 35 19.6 13.4-27.7 27 11.5 7.3-17.8 61 41.3 33.2-49.9
Some Post-H.S. 147 48 35.5 27.3-44.7 19 9.5 5.8-15.1 *** *** *** 72 52.1 43.1-61.0
College Graduate 221 45 17.0 12.3-23.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 168 80.7 74.6-85.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 71 32.1 25.4-39.7 37 15.3 10.2-22.3 22 8.7 5.2-14.3 94 43.8 36.5-51.5
$50,000+ 221 53 25.4 19.3-32.6 12 5.3 2.7-10.1 *** *** *** 153 67.8 60.4-74.5
Don't know/Not Sure 96 21 17.4 10.4-27.6 13 14.6 8.2-24.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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