BRFSS 2020 - Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics: (In the past year, have you had a dentist or dental hygienist check for oral cancer by pulling on your tongue with gauze wrapped around it,<br> feeling under the tongue and inside the cheeks, and checking the back of your throat?)

2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Oral Health

In the past year, have you had a dentist or dental hygienist check for oral cancer by pulling on your tongue with gauze wrapped around it,
feeling under the tongue and inside the cheeks, and checking the back of your throat?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	4,632	1,681	34.9	33.2-36.7	2,951	65.1	63.3-66.8
Region 1 & 2	551	185	31.1	26.6-35.9	366	68.9	64.1-73.4
GENDER
Male	239	77	29.5	23.3-36.5	162	70.5	63.5-76.7
Female	312	108	32.5	26.3-39.4	204	67.5	60.6-73.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	449	166	33.3	28.3-38.6	283	66.7	61.4-71.7
Non-Hispanic Black	23	***	***	***	***	***	***
Other	79	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
18-44	156	28	20.0	12.9-29.7	128	80.0	70.3-87.1
45-64	183	64	34.0	26.5-42.4	119	66.0	57.6-73.5
65+	198	87	39.7	31.6-48.4	111	60.3	51.6-68.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	39	19.2	13.0-27.4	183	80.8	72.6-87.0
Some Post-H.S.	152	50	32.1	24.2-41.1	102	67.9	58.9-75.8
College Graduate	175	96	55.3	47.0-63.4	79	44.7	36.6-53.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	260	64	23.4	17.1-31.1	196	76.6	68.9-82.9
$50,000+	194	93	45.4	37.3-53.7	101	54.6	46.3-62.7
Don't know/Not Sure	97	28	23.3	15.6-33.3	69	76.7	66.7-84.4

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

4,632

1,681

34.9

33.2-36.7

2,951

65.1

63.3-66.8

Region 1 & 2

551

185

31.1

26.6-35.9

366

68.9

64.1-73.4

GENDER

Male

239

29.5

23.3-36.5

162

70.5

63.5-76.7

Female

312

108

32.5

26.3-39.4

204

67.5

60.6-73.7

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

449

166

33.3

28.3-38.6

283

66.7

61.4-71.7

Non-Hispanic Black

***

Other

***

AGE

18-44

156

20.0

12.9-29.7

128

80.0

70.3-87.1

45-64

183

34.0

26.5-42.4

119

66.0

57.6-73.5

65+

198

39.7

31.6-48.4

111

60.3

51.6-68.4

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

222

19.2

13.0-27.4

183

80.8

72.6-87.0

Some Post-H.S.

152

32.1

24.2-41.1

102

67.9

58.9-75.8

College Graduate

175

55.3

47.0-63.4

44.7

36.6-53.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

260

23.4

17.1-31.1

196

76.6

68.9-82.9

$50,000+

194

45.4

37.3-53.7

101

54.6

46.3-62.7

Don't know/Not Sure

23.3

15.6-33.3

76.7

66.7-84.4

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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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2020 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Oral Health

In the past year, have you had a dentist or dental hygienist check for oral cancer by pulling on your tongue with gauze wrapped around it, feeling under the tongue and inside the cheeks, and checking the back of your throat?

In the past year, have you had a dentist or dental hygienist check for oral cancer by pulling on your tongue with gauze wrapped around it,
feeling under the tongue and inside the cheeks, and checking the back of your throat?