2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5,721 1,707 28.3 26.9-29.8 700 10.9 9.9-12.0 360 5.6 4.9- 6.4 2,954 55.2 53.6-56.7
Medicaid Region 5 1,364 443 29.9 27.0-33.0 205 12.9 10.9-15.2 91 5.1 3.9- 6.6 625 52.1 48.8-55.4
GENDER
Male 606 187 29.4 25.1-34.1 91 13.2 10.2-16.8 37 5.2 3.5- 7.8 291 52.2 47.3-57.1
Female 758 256 30.4 26.6-34.5 114 12.6 10.1-15.6 54 4.9 3.5- 6.8 334 52.1 47.6-56.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 791 241 28.5 24.9-32.5 102 11.5 9.2-14.3 45 5.4 3.8- 7.6 403 54.6 50.4-58.8
Non-Hispanic Black 310 104 31.7 25.4-38.8 66 18.5 13.6-24.7 30 5.1 3.2- 8.1 110 44.7 37.5-52.1
Other 263 98 32.8 26.2-40.2 37 10.5 6.9-15.6 16 3.8 2.1- 7.0 112 52.8 44.9-60.6
AGE
18-44 447 111 23.0 18.8-27.7 15 2.9 1.6- 5.3 *** *** *** 318 73.7 68.8-78.1
45-64 453 172 36.9 31.7-42.5 72 16.8 13.1-21.3 30 5.7 3.7- 8.6 179 40.6 35.1-46.3
65+ 434 148 33.8 28.1-40.1 116 27.9 22.5-34.1 56 13.3 9.5-18.5 114 24.9 20.5-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 501 161 30.3 25.5-35.7 108 18.4 14.5-23.0 63 9.1 6.6-12.5 169 42.2 36.8-47.8
Some Post-H.S. 398 141 32.1 27.0-37.6 68 13.4 10.4-17.3 17 2.9 1.7- 4.9 172 51.6 45.7-57.4
College Graduate 455 141 27.3 22.9-32.2 28 3.3 2.2- 5.0 11 1.6 0.8- 3.2 275 67.8 62.7-72.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 597 192 30.6 26.0-35.6 124 18.5 14.9-22.8 59 7.2 5.2- 9.7 222 43.8 38.6-49.0
$50,000+ 477 162 31.6 26.8-36.7 37 7.1 5.0-10.1 *** *** *** 271 60.0 54.7-65.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 262 81 26.2 20.4-32.9 42 11.1 7.8-15.6 21 6.9 3.8-12.3 118 55.8 48.2-63.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2020 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2020 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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