2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 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 6 419 135 32.7 27.3-38.6 56 12.3 9.1-16.3 25 4.5 2.8- 7.1 203 50.5 44.8-56.3
GENDER
Male 202 62 31.4 23.6-40.5 29 12.3 8.2-18.0 *** *** *** 101 52.6 44.2-60.9
Female 217 73 33.9 26.6-42.0 27 12.3 8.0-18.4 15 5.3 2.9- 9.6 102 48.5 40.6-56.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 242 76 32.1 25.3-39.7 26 10.3 6.7-15.4 14 4.3 2.3- 8.0 126 53.3 45.8-60.6
Non-Hispanic Black 107 *** *** *** 23 16.8 10.4-25.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 176 37 20.6 14.4-28.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 133 76.0 67.7-82.7
45-64 135 *** *** *** 24 17.2 11.0-26.0 *** *** *** 46 29.1 20.9-39.0
65+ 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 16.3 9.3-26.9 20 18.5 11.4-28.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 42 30.5 21.8-40.9 33 17.0 11.6-24.2 17 7.8 4.4-13.4 58 44.7 35.3-54.5
Some Post-H.S. 131 44 34.9 25.5-45.5 15 12.3 7.0-20.6 *** *** *** 66 49.6 39.6-59.6
College Graduate 138 49 32.8 24.8-42.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 79 61.7 52.4-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 66 31.0 24.0-39.0 39 19.3 13.7-26.5 20 7.5 4.5-12.3 82 42.1 34.5-50.2
$50,000+ 135 43 28.5 20.3-38.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 85 67.1 57.1-75.7
Don't know/Not Sure 75 *** *** *** 12 10.1 5.3-18.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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