2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,417 1,251 26.9 25.1-28.6 455 9.9 8.8-11.3 253 6.3 5.3- 7.6 2,458 56.9 54.9-58.8
Medicaid Region 2 627 173 26.1 21.9-30.7 54 7.7 5.5-10.7 46 10.6 6.7-16.3 354 55.7 50.6-60.6
GENDER
Male 302 73 23.9 18.4-30.6 28 8.6 5.6-12.9 23 7.5 4.6-11.8 178 60.0 53.1-66.5
Female 325 100 28.0 22.1-34.7 26 6.9 4.0-11.7 23 13.4 7.0-24.0 176 51.7 44.3-59.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 421 111 23.8 19.1-29.3 29 6.4 3.9-10.4 31 12.1 6.9-20.3 250 57.7 51.2-64.0
Non-Hispanic Black 105 *** *** *** 17 13.7 8.1-22.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 200 37 19.9 13.9-27.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 155 75.4 67.1-82.1
45-64 236 64 29.2 22.1-37.3 23 10.3 6.5-15.9 16 10.1 4.6-20.7 133 50.5 42.3-58.7
65+ 175 70 33.8 25.0-43.8 26 16.5 9.7-26.6 *** *** *** 53 24.3 17.5-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 56 24.1 17.7-32.0 27 11.1 6.8-17.7 *** *** *** 76 41.3 32.4-50.7
Some Post-H.S. 182 55 33.0 24.9-42.2 17 6.8 3.7-12.1 *** *** *** 102 57.6 48.7-66.0
College Graduate 254 61 20.1 15.2-26.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 176 73.6 66.9-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 66 28.9 21.6-37.4 27 10.6 6.1-17.7 *** *** *** 89 42.8 34.0-52.1
$50,000+ 256 60 22.1 16.3-29.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 184 72.8 65.4-79.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 157 45 27.6 19.4-37.5 18 9.0 5.5-14.6 16 15.3 7.8-27.7 78 48.1 38.6-57.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 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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