2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 1,746 744 39.6 36.7-42.5 1,002 60.4 57.5-63.3
GENDER
Male 827 326 37.8 33.8-42.1 501 62.2 57.9-66.2
Female 919 418 41.2 37.2-45.3 501 58.8 54.7-62.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,097 561 46.6 42.9-50.3 536 53.4 49.7-57.1
Non-Hispanic Black 336 116 34.2 28.4-40.5 220 65.8 59.5-71.6
Other 279 53 19.5 13.8-26.9 226 80.5 73.1-86.2
AGE
18-34 379 81 22.1 17.5-27.7 298 77.9 72.3-82.5
35-44 289 115 38.0 31.6-44.9 174 62.0 55.1-68.4
45-54 298 136 46.8 39.8-54.0 162 53.2 46.0-60.2
55-64 326 178 51.0 44.2-57.7 148 49.0 42.3-55.8
65-74 260 136 49.7 42.2-57.3 124 50.3 42.7-57.8
75+ 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 119 17 19.3 11.0-31.7 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 370 84 22.0 17.3-27.4 286 78.0 72.6-82.7
Some Post-H.S. 465 204 43.3 37.8-49.1 261 56.7 50.9-62.2
College Graduate 783 439 55.9 51.7-60.0 344 44.1 40.0-48.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 504 179 32.1 27.0-37.7 325 67.9 62.3-73.0
No 1,230 560 42.9 39.5-46.4 670 57.1 53.6-60.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 161 81 46.8 37.5-56.3 80 53.2 43.7-62.5
Non-Veteran 1,581 661 38.9 35.9-42.0 920 61.1 58.0-64.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,063 447 39.3 35.9-42.9 616 60.7 57.1-64.1
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 406 219 48.5 41.6-55.5 187 51.5 44.5-58.4
Unable to Work 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 125 20 13.2 7.7-21.7 105 86.8 78.3-92.3
$25,000- 34,999 160 42 22.6 15.7-31.3 118 77.4 68.7-84.3
$35,000- 49,999 153 57 33.4 24.9-43.1 96 66.6 56.9-75.1
$50,000- 74,999 196 87 48.2 39.9-56.7 109 51.8 43.3-60.1
$75,000+ 630 379 56.8 52.1-61.4 251 43.2 38.6-47.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 414 149 33.0 27.2-39.3 265 67.0 60.7-72.8
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 951 518 51.8 47.9-55.7 433 48.2 44.3-52.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 414 149 33.0 27.2-39.3 265 67.0 60.7-72.8
HOUSING
Own 1,137 601 47.3 43.6-51.0 536 52.7 49.0-56.4
Rent 457 99 21.4 16.8-26.8 358 78.6 73.2-83.2
Other arrangement 135 37 22.8 15.0-33.0 98 77.2 67.0-85.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 991 429 41.7 38.0-45.6 562 58.3 54.4-62.0
Regional City or Suburban County 436 180 39.7 33.8-45.9 256 60.3 54.1-66.2
Rural 319 135 33.7 27.8-40.1 184 66.3 59.9-72.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 696 278 34.6 30.3-39.0 418 65.4 61.0-69.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 967 435 44.5 40.6-48.5 532 55.5 51.5-59.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 593 288 47.3 42.4-52.3 305 52.7 47.7-57.6
2nd Quartile 658 259 36.1 31.6-40.8 399 63.9 59.2-68.4
3rd Quartile 445 180 36.5 31.1-42.3 265 63.5 57.7-68.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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