BRFSS 2020 - Local Health Director Region 9 & 10 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 9 & 10 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 9 & 10	445	154	31.6	26.8-36.9	291	68.4	63.1-73.2
GENDER
Male	199	60	24.8	18.5-32.4	139	75.2	67.6-81.5
Female	246	94	38.0	31.0-45.5	152	62.0	54.5-69.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	299	130	39.8	33.6-46.4	169	60.2	53.6-66.4
Non-Hispanic Black	102	19	20.8	12.5-32.5	83	79.2	67.5-87.5
Other	44	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
18-44	109	24	23.7	15.5-34.5	85	76.3	65.5-84.5
45-64	180	68	35.4	28.3-43.2	112	64.6	56.8-71.7
65+	152	58	35.5	26.7-45.4	94	64.5	54.6-73.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	166	31	17.1	11.5-24.5	135	82.9	75.5-88.5
Some Post-H.S.	140	55	38.0	29.1-47.7	85	62.0	52.3-70.9
College Graduate	137	67	48.8	38.9-58.8	70	51.2	41.2-61.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	169	39	20.8	14.2-29.5	130	79.2	70.5-85.8
$50,000+	170	83	42.6	34.2-51.3	87	57.4	48.7-65.8
Don't know/Not Sure	106	***	***	***	***	***	***

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 9 & 10

445

154

31.6

26.8-36.9

291

68.4

63.1-73.2

GENDER

Male

199

24.8

18.5-32.4

139

75.2

67.6-81.5

Female

246

38.0

31.0-45.5

152

62.0

54.5-69.0

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

299

130

39.8

33.6-46.4

169

60.2

53.6-66.4

Non-Hispanic Black

102

20.8

12.5-32.5

79.2

67.5-87.5

Other

***

AGE

18-44

109

23.7

15.5-34.5

76.3

65.5-84.5

45-64

180

35.4

28.3-43.2

112

64.6

56.8-71.7

65+

152

35.5

26.7-45.4

64.5

54.6-73.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

166

17.1

11.5-24.5

135

82.9

75.5-88.5

Some Post-H.S.

140

38.0

29.1-47.7

62.0

52.3-70.9

College Graduate

137

48.8

38.9-58.8

51.2

41.2-61.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

169

20.8

14.2-29.5

130

79.2

70.5-85.8

$50,000+

170

42.6

34.2-51.3

57.4

48.7-65.8

Don't know/Not Sure

106

***

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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 9 & 10 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?