2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 673 176 26.1 22.1-30.6 55 8.4 6.0-11.6 34 6.2 3.6-10.5 408 59.3 54.4-64.0
GENDER
Male 316 86 27.8 22.0-34.3 25 8.0 5.0-12.5 17 4.4 2.6- 7.3 188 59.9 53.1-66.3
Female 357 90 24.6 19.4-30.8 30 8.7 5.4-13.7 17 7.9 3.6-16.4 220 58.7 51.5-65.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 413 95 23.9 19.0-29.7 26 7.7 4.7-12.4 19 6.6 3.0-13.9 273 61.7 55.1-67.9
Non-Hispanic Black 129 39 29.3 20.6-39.9 19 12.1 7.1-19.9 11 9.0 4.9-16.2 *** *** ***
Other 117 40 29.5 20.9-39.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 65 62.8 52.1-72.4
AGE
18-44 279 54 21.0 15.5-27.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 216 76.7 69.8-82.4
45-64 230 68 30.6 23.5-38.8 20 10.0 6.1-15.8 13 6.4 3.6-11.1 129 53.0 45.2-60.7
65+ 151 54 32.6 23.6-43.0 27 20.1 12.1-31.5 *** *** *** 50 27.6 19.6-37.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 60 30.6 22.8-39.6 25 13.1 8.0-20.9 19 13.1 6.5-24.7 71 43.2 33.9-53.0
Some Post-H.S. 172 51 30.7 22.9-39.8 19 8.2 4.6-14.2 *** *** *** 94 58.0 49.0-66.5
College Graduate 322 64 17.7 13.5-22.9 11 4.0 2.1- 7.5 *** *** *** 241 76.3 70.6-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 55 25.7 18.7-34.1 30 13.5 8.3-21.2 23 14.1 7.2-25.6 98 46.8 37.7-56.0
$50,000+ 314 76 23.1 18.3-28.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 225 72.1 66.1-77.5
Don't know/Not Sure 146 42 31.3 22.3-42.0 18 10.5 6.2-17.5 *** *** *** 81 54.8 44.4-64.8

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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 2022 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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