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,
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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
Females 1,831 805 40.5 37.6-43.5 1,026 59.5 56.5-62.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,140 601 48.1 44.4-51.9 539 51.9 48.1-55.6
Non-Hispanic Black 377 128 33.6 28.0-39.7 249 66.4 60.3-72.0
Other 281 63 20.9 15.0-28.3 218 79.1 71.7-85.0
AGE
18-34 313 61 19.3 14.6-25.1 252 80.7 74.9-85.4
35-44 278 119 40.0 32.9-47.4 159 60.0 52.6-67.1
45-54 290 142 51.9 44.6-59.2 148 48.1 40.8-55.4
55-64 366 186 53.1 46.5-59.5 180 46.9 40.5-53.5
65-74 326 177 52.4 45.4-59.3 149 47.6 40.7-54.6
75+ 219 101 38.2 29.6-47.5 118 61.8 52.5-70.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 118 11 9.3 4.4-18.6 107 90.7 81.4-95.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 374 105 26.6 21.5-32.5 269 73.4 67.5-78.5
Some Post-H.S. 566 243 42.1 36.8-47.6 323 57.9 52.4-63.2
College Graduate 770 446 58.4 54.0-62.6 324 41.6 37.4-46.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 13 13.4 6.7-25.2 93 86.6 74.8-93.3
$15,000- 24,999 184 38 15.4 10.2-22.5 146 84.6 77.5-89.8
$25,000- 34,999 214 63 25.5 18.9-33.5 151 74.5 66.5-81.1
$35,000- 49,999 186 81 42.6 33.8-51.9 105 57.4 48.1-66.2
$50,000- 74,999 208 116 56.3 48.2-64.1 92 43.7 35.9-51.8
$75,000+ 501 328 63.2 57.6-68.5 173 36.8 31.5-42.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 620 222 32.3 27.6-37.5 398 67.7 62.5-72.4
No 1,198 579 45.4 41.9-49.0 619 54.6 51.0-58.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,768 782 40.8 37.8-43.9 986 59.2 56.1-62.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 557 263 44.2 38.9-49.7 294 55.8 50.3-61.1
Regional City or Suburban County 479 215 39.6 34.2-45.2 264 60.4 54.8-65.8
Rural 795 327 37.7 33.3-42.2 468 62.3 57.8-66.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 900 418 43.1 39.1-47.1 482 56.9 52.9-60.9
Unemployed 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 545 288 46.8 40.7-53.1 257 53.2 46.9-59.3
Unable to Work 151 38 25.7 17.0-37.0 113 74.3 63.0-83.0
Other not in Labor Force 148 37 27.4 19.2-37.6 111 72.6 62.4-80.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 55 *** *** *** 48 90.1 78.4-95.8
50% to 100% 180 27 15.5 9.5-24.3 153 84.5 75.7-90.5
101% to 150% 133 29 21.4 13.8-31.8 104 78.6 68.2-86.2
151% to 200% 155 57 31.3 23.1-41.0 98 68.7 59.0-76.9
More than 200% 870 516 58.4 54.2-62.5 354 41.6 37.5-45.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 490 180 35.6 29.8-41.9 310 64.4 58.1-70.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 601 245 34.3 29.9-39.1 356 65.7 60.9-70.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 740 380 47.9 43.1-52.6 360 52.1 47.4-56.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 549 293 49.8 44.6-55.0 256 50.2 45.0-55.4
2nd Quartile 487 212 38.7 33.3-44.5 275 61.3 55.5-66.7
3rd Quartile 464 190 35.4 30.3-40.9 274 64.6 59.1-69.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 331 110 31.9 24.7-40.0 221 68.1 60.0-75.3

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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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