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%)
TOTAL 3,401 1,378 37.8 35.7-40.0 2,023 62.2 60.0-64.3
GENDER
Male 1,570 573 35.0 31.9-38.1 997 65.0 61.9-68.1
Female 1,831 805 40.5 37.6-43.5 1,026 59.5 56.5-62.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,137 1,046 44.3 41.7-47.0 1,091 55.7 53.0-58.3
Non-Hispanic Black 618 194 31.7 27.2-36.5 424 68.3 63.5-72.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 132 28 18.5 10.9-29.8 104 81.5 70.2-89.1
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 334 37 11.6 6.6-19.4 297 88.4 80.6-93.4
AGE
18-34 650 129 20.2 16.6-24.4 521 79.8 75.6-83.4
35-44 517 193 35.4 30.5-40.6 324 64.6 59.4-69.5
45-54 554 231 42.2 37.0-47.6 323 57.8 52.4-63.0
55-64 662 316 48.1 43.1-53.2 346 51.9 46.8-56.9
65-74 592 308 51.2 46.0-56.4 284 48.8 43.6-54.0
75+ 361 171 43.0 35.6-50.8 190 57.0 49.2-64.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 282 29 15.9 10.0-24.2 253 84.1 75.8-90.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 764 189 23.6 20.0-27.5 575 76.4 72.5-80.0
Some Post-H.S. 995 408 41.2 37.4-45.2 587 58.8 54.8-62.6
College Graduate 1,349 751 55.9 52.6-59.2 598 44.1 40.8-47.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,115 377 31.6 28.0-35.5 738 68.4 64.5-72.0
No 2,255 992 41.2 38.7-43.9 1,263 58.8 56.1-61.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 420 181 41.0 35.1-47.1 239 59.0 52.9-64.9
Non-Veteran 2,973 1,195 37.5 35.2-39.8 1,778 62.5 60.2-64.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,917 760 37.1 34.5-39.8 1,157 62.9 60.2-65.5
Unemployed 122 25 19.5 11.9-30.2 97 80.5 69.8-88.1
Retired 907 473 48.4 43.7-53.1 434 51.6 46.9-56.3
Unable to Work 248 61 27.5 19.5-37.4 187 72.5 62.6-80.5
Other not in Labor Force 180 47 29.1 21.2-38.5 133 70.9 61.5-78.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 19 11.3 6.3-19.4 153 88.7 80.6-93.7
$15,000- 24,999 291 50 13.0 9.1-18.1 241 87.0 81.9-90.9
$25,000- 34,999 345 94 24.9 19.5-31.2 251 75.1 68.8-80.5
$35,000- 49,999 340 119 32.1 26.1-38.6 221 67.9 61.4-73.9
$50,000-74,999 415 192 49.4 43.4-55.4 223 50.6 44.6-56.6
$75,000-100,000 375 197 49.0 42.7-55.4 178 51.0 44.6-57.3
$100,000-150,000 349 209 57.9 51.3-64.3 140 42.1 35.7-48.7
$150,000+ 361 232 60.5 54.2-66.5 129 39.5 33.5-45.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 753 266 31.6 27.1-36.5 487 68.4 63.5-72.9
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 80 *** *** *** 71 91.7 83.1-96.1
50% to 100% 294 33 10.9 6.9-16.6 261 89.1 83.4-93.1
101% to 150% 220 43 19.2 13.3-26.9 177 80.8 73.1-86.7
151% to 200% 263 84 29.1 22.6-36.6 179 70.9 63.4-77.4
More than 200% 1,774 939 51.2 48.3-54.2 835 48.8 45.8-51.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 753 266 31.6 27.1-36.5 487 68.4 63.5-72.9
HOUSING
Own 2,342 1,157 44.7 42.1-47.3 1,185 55.3 52.7-57.9
Rent 799 149 19.3 15.6-23.6 650 80.7 76.4-84.4
Other arrangement 229 61 20.9 15.0-28.3 168 79.1 71.7-85.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,079 469 41.2 37.6-44.9 610 58.8 55.1-62.4
Regional City or Suburban County 882 371 38.4 34.2-42.7 511 61.6 57.3-65.8
Rural 1,440 538 34.3 31.1-37.7 902 65.7 62.3-68.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 888 288 31.8 27.5-36.5 600 68.2 63.5-72.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,111 436 33.1 29.8-36.5 675 66.9 63.5-70.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,402 654 44.7 41.4-48.1 748 55.3 51.9-58.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,048 515 46.5 42.7-50.3 533 53.5 49.7-57.3
2nd Quartile 883 355 36.0 32.1-40.0 528 64.0 60.0-67.9
3rd Quartile 886 341 33.9 30.1-37.9 545 66.1 62.1-69.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 584 167 28.9 23.4-35.0 417 71.1 65.0-76.6

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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