2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 517 149 24.7 20.7-29.2 85 14.0 10.9-17.8 44 6.9 4.9- 9.6 239 54.4 49.2-59.5
GENDER
Male 249 74 22.6 17.5-28.7 38 13.8 9.4-19.7 18 4.8 2.8- 8.3 119 58.8 51.3-65.9
Female 268 75 26.8 21.0-33.5 47 14.2 10.2-19.4 26 8.8 5.7-13.4 120 50.1 43.0-57.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 353 97 23.8 19.3-29.0 48 13.1 9.5-17.8 26 6.0 4.0- 9.0 182 57.1 51.2-62.8
Non-Hispanic Black 66 *** *** *** 17 15.6 8.5-26.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 *** *** *** 20 16.4 9.6-26.8 11 8.5 3.6-18.7 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 179 38 18.1 12.7-25.1 12 7.3 4.0-13.1 *** *** *** 129 74.6 66.7-81.1
45-64 160 52 29.5 22.4-37.7 32 16.6 11.4-23.6 15 7.2 4.0-12.6 61 46.6 37.9-55.6
65+ 172 55 30.8 23.4-39.4 41 25.1 17.6-34.4 29 21.0 14.1-30.1 47 23.1 16.9-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 58 23.1 17.4-30.0 45 19.5 13.9-26.6 29 9.8 6.4-14.7 72 47.6 39.5-55.9
Some Post-H.S. 162 49 27.2 19.9-35.9 29 12.5 8.3-18.4 13 6.2 3.2-11.7 71 54.1 44.6-63.3
College Graduate 151 42 24.1 17.4-32.3 11 5.3 2.6-10.4 *** *** *** 96 68.7 60.0-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 83 28.6 22.7-35.3 59 20.0 15.0-26.2 32 9.2 6.1-13.7 91 42.2 35.1-49.6
$50,000+ 157 43 20.4 14.4-28.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 102 71.3 62.4-78.8
Don't know/Not Sure 85 *** *** *** 16 12.0 6.7-20.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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