2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 968 316 32.3 28.4-36.6 130 11.6 9.1-14.7 69 4.6 3.2- 6.5 453 51.4 47.1-55.8
GENDER
Male 459 134 29.3 24.0-35.3 58 10.9 7.6-15.5 38 4.8 3.0- 7.6 229 55.0 48.7-61.1
Female 509 182 35.2 29.5-41.3 72 12.3 8.9-16.8 31 4.5 2.6- 7.5 224 48.0 42.0-54.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 504 156 31.6 26.6-37.1 60 11.0 8.0-14.8 32 3.9 2.4- 6.3 256 53.5 48.0-59.0
Non-Hispanic Black 184 61 28.7 20.6-38.6 34 17.5 10.9-26.9 17 7.7 4.0-14.2 72 46.1 36.2-56.3
Other 255 89 38.6 29.0-49.2 35 7.0 4.2-11.5 18 2.6 1.5- 4.4 113 51.9 41.8-61.9
AGE
18-44 347 95 27.5 21.6-34.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** 244 70.8 64.0-76.8
45-64 320 105 30.7 24.2-38.0 62 20.3 14.1-28.2 17 5.4 2.8-10.2 136 43.6 36.1-51.4
65+ 287 113 45.0 37.1-53.2 60 21.2 15.5-28.2 51 11.8 7.9-17.2 63 22.0 16.5-28.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 334 107 36.3 29.1-44.3 65 15.3 10.7-21.4 36 7.4 4.6-11.8 126 40.9 33.8-48.5
Some Post-H.S. 318 101 30.3 24.1-37.2 49 13.0 9.0-18.6 22 3.4 1.8- 6.3 146 53.3 46.0-60.5
College Graduate 313 107 29.5 23.8-35.9 15 3.5 1.8- 6.9 11 2.5 1.0- 5.9 180 64.5 57.8-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 364 120 31.9 25.6-38.9 68 13.6 9.3-19.6 44 7.7 4.9-11.9 132 46.7 39.3-54.4
$50,000+ 382 113 28.3 22.6-34.8 34 10.4 6.8-15.6 *** *** *** 226 58.8 52.1-65.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 215 80 40.5 31.6-50.2 28 11.1 6.9-17.4 16 3.7 1.8- 7.6 91 44.6 35.7-54.0

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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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