2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 1 & 2 Demographics

Oral Health

How many of your permanent teeth have been removed because of tooth decay or gum disease?
Do not include teeth lost for other reasons, such as injury or orthodontics.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 5 6 or more but not all All None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,417 1,251 26.9 25.1-28.6 455 9.9 8.8-11.3 253 6.3 5.3- 7.6 2,458 56.9 54.9-58.8
Region 1 & 2 416 111 26.5 21.2-32.6 58 13.8 10.0-18.6 32 7.2 4.8-10.6 215 52.6 46.4-58.7
GENDER
Male 187 45 27.8 19.8-37.6 36 17.7 11.9-25.7 18 8.3 4.7-14.1 88 46.1 37.3-55.2
Female 229 66 25.3 19.1-32.7 22 10.0 5.9-16.3 14 6.1 3.4-10.7 127 58.7 50.4-66.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 354 90 26.8 21.0-33.5 46 12.7 9.0-17.6 31 7.5 5.1-11.0 187 53.0 46.4-59.4
Non-Hispanic Black 14 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 112 22 20.7 13.3-30.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 147 *** *** *** 24 14.6 9.3-22.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 147 48 32.2 23.6-42.1 28 23.4 15.2-34.3 20 14.2 8.9-21.8 51 30.3 22.6-39.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 *** *** *** 26 17.9 11.2-27.2 14 9.6 5.2-17.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 122 37 29.4 20.6-40.0 17 14.7 8.4-24.7 14 8.5 4.6-15.4 *** *** ***
College Graduate 174 43 24.4 17.9-32.4 15 6.9 3.8-12.2 *** *** *** 112 66.5 58.1-74.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 46 31.1 22.1-41.8 31 16.5 10.6-24.8 19 10.5 6.1-17.3 71 41.9 32.4-52.1
$50,000+ 175 47 25.3 18.4-33.6 16 9.9 5.8-16.4 *** *** *** 107 62.8 54.0-70.8
Don't know/Not Sure 71 17 19.7 11.5-31.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more 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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