2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 604 155 23.8 20.2-27.9 59 9.7 7.1-13.0 35 4.2 2.9- 6.0 355 62.3 57.7-66.7
GENDER
Male 304 79 24.9 19.8-30.8 33 10.2 6.9-14.6 14 3.2 1.8- 5.8 178 61.7 55.4-67.7
Female 300 76 22.8 17.9-28.5 26 9.2 5.6-14.8 21 5.1 3.1- 8.2 177 62.9 56.2-69.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 359 86 22.6 18.1-27.8 30 8.3 5.4-12.4 21 3.9 2.4- 6.4 222 65.2 59.4-70.6
Non-Hispanic Black 140 35 22.2 15.5-30.8 24 15.5 9.4-24.5 12 6.0 3.2-11.0 69 56.3 46.3-65.8
Other 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 249 38 14.8 10.6-20.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 206 82.4 76.3-87.1
45-64 211 64 31.7 24.9-39.3 29 13.7 9.1-20.0 *** *** *** 108 50.4 42.9-57.9
65+ 133 51 35.6 26.6-45.7 27 23.9 15.3-35.4 22 14.2 8.8-22.0 33 26.3 17.9-37.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 61 29.5 22.8-37.2 31 15.6 10.3-22.8 21 8.0 5.0-12.5 82 47.0 38.8-55.3
Some Post-H.S. 125 36 23.9 16.6-33.1 17 11.6 6.6-19.6 *** *** *** 64 60.8 50.5-70.3
College Graduate 283 58 18.5 14.2-23.7 11 2.9 1.3- 6.4 *** *** *** 208 77.7 72.1-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 57 27.2 20.7-34.7 36 19.8 13.8-27.6 18 7.4 4.5-12.1 89 45.6 37.8-53.7
$50,000+ 271 66 24.5 19.2-30.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 194 72.8 66.4-78.3
Don't know/Not Sure 125 31 19.0 12.4-28.0 15 11.1 5.7-20.5 13 7.3 4.0-13.2 *** *** ***

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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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