2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 689 217 29.1 25.0-33.5 116 14.9 12.0-18.5 50 6.8 4.7- 9.7 306 49.2 44.4-54.1
GENDER
Male 302 95 30.9 24.8-37.8 46 13.9 9.7-19.6 20 6.9 3.9-11.9 141 48.2 41.2-55.3
Female 387 122 27.3 22.2-33.2 70 15.9 12.0-20.7 30 6.7 4.2-10.4 165 50.1 43.6-56.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 429 122 26.6 21.6-32.4 55 12.1 8.8-16.4 31 5.8 3.6- 9.4 221 55.4 49.2-61.4
Non-Hispanic Black 199 77 35.4 27.6-43.9 53 23.1 16.6-31.2 19 10.7 6.2-17.6 50 30.9 22.9-40.2
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 195 45 22.1 16.0-29.8 11 6.3 3.2-11.9 *** *** *** 139 71.6 63.5-78.5
45-64 257 93 34.6 27.7-42.3 50 21.2 15.4-28.3 17 6.3 3.4-11.5 97 37.9 30.5-45.9
65+ 227 75 34.9 27.3-43.5 55 23.4 17.0-31.1 31 18.5 12.1-27.2 66 23.2 17.4-30.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 85 28.2 22.1-35.2 66 20.7 15.4-27.2 37 11.2 7.4-16.7 90 40.0 32.7-47.7
Some Post-H.S. 196 70 30.8 23.4-39.4 31 12.4 8.1-18.4 *** *** *** 85 51.8 42.9-60.6
College Graduate 214 62 28.4 21.8-36.1 19 7.5 4.5-12.3 *** *** *** 130 63.4 55.4-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 341 113 33.3 27.1-40.1 80 19.9 15.3-25.4 32 8.8 5.6-13.8 116 38.0 31.4-45.0
$50,000+ 223 63 25.3 19.0-32.9 18 8.1 4.8-13.6 *** *** *** 136 64.0 55.9-71.4
Don't know/Not Sure 123 40 25.6 17.2-36.3 17 15.5 8.5-26.7 12 9.9 5.0-18.7 *** *** ***

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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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