2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 497 132 25.9 21.1-31.4 70 14.1 10.4-19.0 37 6.9 4.7-10.0 258 53.0 47.2-58.8
GENDER
Male 228 53 26.5 19.2-35.4 42 18.7 12.4-27.2 22 8.2 4.9-13.7 111 46.5 38.1-55.2
Female 269 79 25.4 19.6-32.2 28 9.8 6.1-15.3 15 5.6 3.1- 9.7 147 59.2 51.7-66.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 423 109 26.8 21.5-32.9 56 13.5 9.6-18.7 35 6.9 4.7-10.0 223 52.9 46.6-59.0
Non-Hispanic Black 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 46 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 130 22 17.8 11.3-26.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 99 74.4 64.6-82.2
45-64 178 47 29.7 20.7-40.5 29 17.1 10.3-27.1 *** *** *** 93 47.8 38.0-57.8
65+ 177 61 34.8 26.4-44.3 35 24.7 16.2-35.6 24 14.7 9.2-22.6 57 25.8 19.2-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 37 23.0 15.3-33.0 33 22.6 14.6-33.2 18 9.3 5.4-15.6 59 45.2 35.2-55.6
Some Post-H.S. 145 47 32.9 24.0-43.3 21 11.9 7.1-19.1 15 8.4 4.5-15.3 *** *** ***
College Graduate 205 48 21.4 15.7-28.6 16 5.3 3.0- 9.3 *** *** *** 137 71.6 64.1-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 51 26.6 19.0-35.8 39 21.5 14.2-31.1 22 10.6 6.3-17.1 81 41.4 32.3-51.1
$50,000+ 210 57 26.5 19.7-34.6 18 7.6 4.6-12.2 *** *** *** 129 63.8 55.6-71.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 91 *** *** *** 13 11.4 5.5-22.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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