BRFSS 2020 - Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 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 5	547	230	39.1	34.4-44.0	317	60.9	56.0-65.6
GENDER
Male	238	88	34.4	28.1-41.4	150	65.6	58.6-71.9
Female	309	142	43.0	36.5-49.8	167	57.0	50.2-63.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	329	168	46.9	40.7-53.2	161	53.1	46.8-59.3
Non-Hispanic Black	140	45	28.4	20.4-38.0	95	71.6	62.0-79.6
Other	78	17	19.2	11.6-30.3	61	80.8	69.7-88.4
AGE
18-44	183	52	27.0	20.5-34.7	131	73.0	65.3-79.5
45-64	197	87	42.0	34.2-50.3	110	58.0	49.7-65.8
65+	157	84	53.9	44.1-63.4	73	46.1	36.6-55.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	153	31	18.7	12.5-27.1	122	81.3	72.9-87.5
Some Post-H.S.	144	62	42.9	33.9-52.4	82	57.1	47.6-66.1
College Graduate	250	137	54.6	47.7-61.4	113	45.4	38.6-52.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	63	29.2	22.4-37.0	146	70.8	63.0-77.6
$50,000+	236	129	50.7	43.3-58.1	107	49.3	41.9-56.7
Don't know/Not Sure	102	***	***	***	***	***	***

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 5

547

230

39.1

34.4-44.0

317

60.9

56.0-65.6

GENDER

Male

238

34.4

28.1-41.4

150

65.6

58.6-71.9

Female

309

142

43.0

36.5-49.8

167

57.0

50.2-63.5

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

329

168

46.9

40.7-53.2

161

53.1

46.8-59.3

Non-Hispanic Black

140

28.4

20.4-38.0

71.6

62.0-79.6

Other

19.2

11.6-30.3

80.8

69.7-88.4

AGE

18-44

183

27.0

20.5-34.7

131

73.0

65.3-79.5

45-64

197

42.0

34.2-50.3

110

58.0

49.7-65.8

65+

157

53.9

44.1-63.4

46.1

36.6-55.9

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

153

18.7

12.5-27.1

122

81.3

72.9-87.5

Some Post-H.S.

144

42.9

33.9-52.4

57.1

47.6-66.1

College Graduate

250

137

54.6

47.7-61.4

113

45.4

38.6-52.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

209

29.2

22.4-37.0

146

70.8

63.0-77.6

$50,000+

236

129

50.7

43.3-58.1

107

49.3

41.9-56.7

Don't know/Not Sure

102

***

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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 5 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?