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 White 2,137 1,046 44.3 41.7-47.0 1,091 55.7 53.0-58.3
GENDER
Male 997 445 40.3 36.6-44.2 552 59.7 55.8-63.4
Female 1,140 601 48.1 44.4-51.9 539 51.9 48.1-55.6
AGE
18-34 356 81 23.4 18.4-29.2 275 76.6 70.8-81.6
35-44 273 133 43.5 36.9-50.4 140 56.5 49.6-63.1
45-54 329 173 49.8 43.0-56.7 156 50.2 43.3-57.0
55-64 440 247 53.3 47.0-59.5 193 46.7 40.5-53.0
65-74 411 241 55.8 49.7-61.8 170 44.2 38.2-50.3
75+ 294 151 44.0 36.2-52.1 143 56.0 47.9-63.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 437 147 30.1 25.2-35.5 290 69.9 64.5-74.8
Some Post-H.S. 642 290 44.0 39.4-48.8 352 56.0 51.2-60.6
College Graduate 965 591 60.8 57.0-64.4 374 39.2 35.6-43.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 125 36 18.5 12.5-26.5 89 81.5 73.5-87.5
$25,000- 34,999 180 60 26.8 19.6-35.5 120 73.2 64.5-80.4
$35,000- 49,999 213 89 37.6 29.8-46.2 124 62.4 53.8-70.2
$50,000- 74,999 285 151 54.7 47.6-61.7 134 45.3 38.3-52.4
$75,000+ 821 506 58.4 54.1-62.4 315 41.6 37.6-45.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 706 283 35.4 31.1-40.0 423 64.6 60.0-68.9
No 1,412 756 49.4 46.1-52.7 656 50.6 47.3-53.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 276 136 45.1 37.9-52.6 140 54.9 47.4-62.1
Non-Veteran 1,859 909 44.2 41.4-47.1 950 55.8 52.9-58.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 617 330 52.3 47.5-57.1 287 47.7 42.9-52.5
Regional City or Suburban County 610 306 44.5 39.6-49.5 304 55.5 50.5-60.4
Rural 910 410 38.8 34.8-42.9 500 61.2 57.1-65.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,167 557 43.3 39.9-46.8 610 56.7 53.2-60.1
Unemployed 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 672 390 53.0 47.8-58.2 282 47.0 41.8-52.2
Unable to Work 143 43 27.0 18.7-37.2 100 73.0 62.8-81.3
Other not in Labor Force 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 108 19 14.4 8.3-23.7 89 85.6 76.3-91.7
101% to 150% 106 22 18.0 10.8-28.6 84 82.0 71.4-89.2
151% to 200% 157 59 33.4 24.8-43.3 98 66.6 56.7-75.2
More than 200% 1,292 743 54.7 51.2-58.1 549 45.3 41.9-48.8
HOUSING
Own 1,656 912 48.7 45.6-51.8 744 51.3 48.2-54.4
Rent 345 85 23.7 18.6-29.6 260 76.3 70.4-81.4
Other arrangement 121 44 30.5 21.4-41.6 77 69.5 58.4-78.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 419 179 36.5 30.5-43.0 240 63.5 57.0-69.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 786 363 39.8 35.8-44.1 423 60.2 55.9-64.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 932 504 51.7 47.7-55.7 428 48.3 44.3-52.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 781 425 51.3 46.9-55.6 356 48.7 44.4-53.1
2nd Quartile 597 285 43.2 38.3-48.2 312 56.8 51.8-61.7
3rd Quartile 525 245 39.1 34.1-44.3 280 60.9 55.7-65.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 234 91 35.3 27.0-44.6 143 64.7 55.4-73.0

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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.

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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