BRFSS 2020 - Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 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 8	730	244	29.7	25.7-34.0	486	70.3	66.0-74.3
GENDER
Male	318	101	27.8	21.8-34.6	217	72.2	65.4-78.2
Female	412	143	31.4	26.3-37.0	269	68.6	63.0-73.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	447	187	35.0	29.9-40.5	260	65.0	59.5-70.1
Non-Hispanic Black	121	27	22.9	14.5-34.3	94	77.1	65.7-85.5
Other	162	30	13.6	8.6-20.9	132	86.4	79.1-91.4
AGE
18-44	203	39	17.2	12.0-23.9	164	82.8	76.1-88.0
45-64	252	96	38.4	31.3-46.1	156	61.6	53.9-68.7
65+	253	100	39.9	32.2-48.1	153	60.1	51.9-67.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	299	53	13.9	9.9-19.0	246	86.1	81.0-90.1
Some Post-H.S.	210	84	37.5	29.6-46.1	126	62.5	53.9-70.4
College Graduate	213	105	49.0	40.9-57.3	108	51.0	42.7-59.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	335	72	17.4	13.0-22.9	263	82.6	77.1-87.0
$50,000+	247	126	47.2	39.7-54.9	121	52.8	45.1-60.3
Don't know/Not Sure	148	46	27.4	19.6-36.8	102	72.6	63.2-80.4

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 8

730

244

29.7

25.7-34.0

486

70.3

66.0-74.3

GENDER

Male

318

101

27.8

21.8-34.6

217

72.2

65.4-78.2

Female

412

143

31.4

26.3-37.0

269

68.6

63.0-73.7

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

447

187

35.0

29.9-40.5

260

65.0

59.5-70.1

Non-Hispanic Black

121

22.9

14.5-34.3

77.1

65.7-85.5

Other

162

13.6

8.6-20.9

132

86.4

79.1-91.4

AGE

18-44

203

17.2

12.0-23.9

164

82.8

76.1-88.0

45-64

252

38.4

31.3-46.1

156

61.6

53.9-68.7

65+

253

100

39.9

32.2-48.1

153

60.1

51.9-67.8

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

299

13.9

9.9-19.0

246

86.1

81.0-90.1

Some Post-H.S.

210

37.5

29.6-46.1

126

62.5

53.9-70.4

College Graduate

213

105

49.0

40.9-57.3

108

51.0

42.7-59.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

335

17.4

13.0-22.9

263

82.6

77.1-87.0

$50,000+

247

126

47.2

39.7-54.9

121

52.8

45.1-60.3

Don't know/Not Sure

148

27.4

19.6-36.8

102

72.6

63.2-80.4

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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 8 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?