2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Oral Health

How long has it been since you last visited a dentist or a dental clinic for any reason?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,678 3,108 65.4 63.7-67.2 458 10.1 9.1-11.3 461 10.6 9.4-11.8 610 13.0 11.8-14.3 41 0.9 0.6- 1.3
Region 8 530 335 61.9 56.8-66.8 49 10.1 7.3-13.8 59 11.2 8.4-14.7 84 16.1 12.6-20.2 *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 253 158 61.2 53.5-68.4 20 8.8 5.3-14.2 26 9.8 6.3-15.1 48 20.0 14.5-26.9 *** *** ***
Female 277 177 62.6 55.6-69.1 29 11.4 7.3-17.3 33 12.5 8.5-17.9 36 12.2 8.5-17.4 *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 250 67.7 61.8-73.2 25 7.5 4.9-11.4 38 10.6 7.5-15.0 46 13.5 9.8-18.3 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 102 *** *** *** 13 13.5 7.3-23.7 12 13.9 7.1-25.7 24 20.8 13.0-31.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 182 113 60.9 52.3-68.9 25 14.9 9.6-22.3 21 11.1 7.0-17.2 21 11.6 7.3-18.0 *** *** ***
45-64 166 95 60.3 51.5-68.4 15 7.3 4.2-12.5 23 13.9 8.7-21.4 32 18.3 12.5-26.0 *** *** ***
65+ 173 121 67.0 57.5-75.3 *** *** *** 13 6.8 3.7-12.2 30 21.6 14.3-31.4 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 99 49.1 41.2-57.0 25 12.6 8.3-18.6 25 11.3 7.1-17.3 56 25.5 19.1-33.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 166 104 65.5 56.4-73.5 12 7.6 3.9-14.4 24 13.6 8.9-20.4 26 13.3 8.6-20.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 155 132 83.4 73.8-90.0 12 9.3 4.1-19.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 269 140 49.7 42.6-56.7 30 12.8 8.7-18.5 37 14.4 10.2-20.1 60 22.4 16.9-29.1 *** *** ***
$50,000+ 160 135 82.6 73.4-89.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 89 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.1 6.3-22.0 16 18.7 11.0-30.2 *** *** ***

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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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