2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,070 280 24.6 21.6-27.8 76 8.8 6.6-11.5 46 5.2 3.6- 7.5 668 61.4 57.7-64.9
GENDER
Male 513 133 24.4 20.1-29.3 38 8.9 5.9-13.2 20 5.3 2.9- 9.5 322 61.4 55.9-66.6
Female 557 147 24.8 20.9-29.2 38 8.6 5.8-12.6 26 5.2 3.3- 8.0 346 61.4 56.4-66.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 634 132 20.2 16.6-24.2 41 8.6 6.0-12.3 29 6.2 3.8- 9.8 432 65.0 60.1-69.6
Non-Hispanic Black 207 68 31.1 24.2-39.0 24 12.7 7.6-20.6 15 6.9 4.0-11.5 100 49.3 41.2-57.5
Other 207 73 28.8 22.4-36.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 123 66.7 59.0-73.6
AGE
18-44 493 94 19.4 15.5-23.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 390 79.4 74.8-83.3
45-64 355 117 30.8 25.1-37.0 34 12.6 8.3-18.7 12 5.2 2.4-10.9 192 51.4 44.8-58.0
65+ 202 67 29.1 22.1-37.1 33 21.1 14.1-30.2 32 18.7 12.6-26.8 70 31.2 24.0-39.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 97 31.3 25.1-38.2 34 15.1 10.1-22.1 24 9.7 5.8-15.6 122 43.9 37.0-51.2
Some Post-H.S. 252 73 24.9 19.5-31.2 23 7.7 4.7-12.5 12 5.1 2.6- 9.8 144 62.3 55.3-68.9
College Graduate 535 107 18.5 15.1-22.5 19 4.2 2.5- 7.1 *** *** *** 399 75.6 71.2-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 294 87 30.0 23.7-37.1 30 11.0 7.0-16.8 25 10.2 6.1-16.5 152 48.9 41.8-56.0
$50,000+ 549 130 22.6 18.8-26.9 29 7.4 4.7-11.5 *** *** *** 382 68.4 63.4-73.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 219 60 21.4 16.0-27.9 17 9.0 5.0-15.8 13 6.8 3.6-12.5 129 62.8 54.8-70.1

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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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