2022 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
Non-Hispanic Black 618 194 31.7 27.2-36.5 424 68.3 63.5-72.8
GENDER
Male 241 66 29.4 22.5-37.3 175 70.6 62.7-77.5
Female 377 128 33.6 28.0-39.7 249 66.4 60.3-72.0
AGE
18-34 96 24 23.4 15.1-34.4 72 76.6 65.6-84.9
35-44 102 30 29.3 20.3-40.2 72 70.7 59.8-79.7
45-54 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 162 24 17.5 11.1-26.4 138 82.5 73.6-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 205 70 35.3 27.5-43.8 135 64.7 56.2-72.5
College Graduate 213 95 47.6 39.5-55.8 118 52.4 44.2-60.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 146 85 57.0 47.0-66.4 61 43.0 33.6-53.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 214 60 30.2 22.8-38.9 154 69.8 61.1-77.2
No 398 133 32.6 27.1-38.6 265 67.4 61.4-72.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 518 165 31.5 26.7-36.7 353 68.5 63.3-73.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 251 92 35.9 29.3-43.0 159 64.1 57.0-70.7
Regional City or Suburban County 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 242 65 27.2 20.2-35.5 177 72.8 64.5-79.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 338 109 31.1 25.5-37.2 229 68.9 62.8-74.5
Unemployed 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 162 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 271 118 45.5 38.2-52.9 153 54.5 47.1-61.8
HOUSING
Own 332 141 40.5 34.1-47.1 191 59.5 52.9-65.9
Rent 224 40 18.5 12.9-25.8 184 81.5 74.2-87.1
Other arrangement 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 225 62 27.8 20.2-36.9 163 72.2 63.1-79.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 178 51 28.3 21.0-36.9 127 71.7 63.1-79.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 215 81 38.0 30.7-45.9 134 62.0 54.1-69.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 152 44 26.9 19.7-35.5 108 73.1 64.5-80.3
3rd Quartile 200 64 32.4 24.6-41.4 136 67.6 58.6-75.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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