2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,401 1,378 37.8 35.7-40.0 2,023 62.2 60.0-64.3
Eastern NC 1,255 453 34.0 30.5-37.6 802 66.0 62.4-69.5
GENDER
Male 571 178 28.5 23.8-33.7 393 71.5 66.3-76.2
Female 684 275 39.3 34.4-44.4 409 60.7 55.6-65.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 693 321 40.5 35.9-45.3 372 59.5 54.7-64.1
Non-Hispanic Black 272 74 26.5 19.9-34.4 198 73.5 65.6-80.1
Other 261 44 15.9 9.6-25.1 217 84.1 74.9-90.4
AGE
18-34 214 37 15.7 10.7-22.5 177 84.3 77.5-89.3
35-44 190 66 34.5 26.7-43.3 124 65.5 56.7-73.3
45-54 193 68 34.8 26.1-44.7 125 65.2 55.3-73.9
55-64 254 94 43.8 35.0-53.0 160 56.2 47.0-65.0
65-74 244 124 53.5 44.9-61.8 120 46.5 38.2-55.1
75+ 141 58 32.9 23.6-43.8 83 67.1 56.2-76.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 312 78 25.7 19.6-32.8 234 74.3 67.2-80.4
Some Post-H.S. 410 150 34.4 28.7-40.6 260 65.6 59.4-71.3
College Graduate 396 215 57.3 50.9-63.5 181 42.7 36.5-49.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 471 141 29.4 24.0-35.5 330 70.6 64.5-76.0
No 771 309 37.2 32.8-41.9 462 62.8 58.1-67.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 211 83 35.2 27.3-44.0 128 64.8 56.0-72.7
Non-Veteran 1,041 370 33.8 30.0-37.8 671 66.2 62.2-70.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 650 226 32.6 28.2-37.4 424 67.4 62.6-71.8
Unemployed 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 360 174 48.7 41.5-56.0 186 51.3 44.0-58.5
Unable to Work 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 155 67 42.1 32.4-52.5 88 57.9 47.5-67.6
$75,000+ 340 187 52.8 45.7-59.8 153 47.2 40.2-54.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 279 93 29.6 22.8-37.4 186 70.4 62.6-77.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 86 17 16.2 9.0-27.5 69 83.8 72.5-91.0
151% to 200% 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 594 289 48.3 43.0-53.7 305 51.7 46.3-57.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 279 93 29.6 22.8-37.4 186 70.4 62.6-77.2
HOUSING
Own 890 393 40.3 36.0-44.7 497 59.7 55.3-64.0
Rent 274 37 15.1 10.1-22.0 237 84.9 78.0-89.9
Other arrangement 79 20 16.7 9.3-28.1 59 83.3 71.9-90.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 305 115 32.5 26.6-39.0 190 67.5 61.0-73.4
Rural 862 298 33.7 29.3-38.5 564 66.3 61.5-70.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 700 210 29.3 24.5-34.8 490 70.7 65.2-75.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 270 104 32.7 26.5-39.6 166 67.3 60.4-73.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 285 139 45.3 38.4-52.3 146 54.7 47.7-61.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 229 114 45.9 38.3-53.7 115 54.1 46.3-61.7
2nd Quartile 148 62 37.5 28.7-47.2 86 62.5 52.8-71.3
3rd Quartile 344 127 30.9 25.3-37.1 217 69.1 62.9-74.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 534 150 29.0 23.1-35.8 384 71.0 64.2-76.9

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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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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