BRFSS 2022 - Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics: (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,<br> feeling under the tongue and inside the cheeks, and checking the back of your throat?)

2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

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
North Carolina	3,401	1,378	37.8	35.7-40.0	2,023	62.2	60.0-64.3
Region 7	544	232	41.7	36.7-46.8	312	58.3	53.2-63.3
GENDER
Male	257	103	37.1	30.1-44.7	154	62.9	55.3-69.9
Female	287	129	45.8	39.1-52.6	158	54.2	47.4-60.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White	313	167	49.8	43.1-56.4	146	50.2	43.6-56.9
Non-Hispanic Black	130	41	33.7	24.6-44.3	89	66.3	55.7-75.4
Other	92	***	***	***	***	***	***
AGE
18-44	216	78	33.3	26.8-40.6	138	66.7	59.4-73.2
45-64	202	90	45.0	36.5-53.8	112	55.0	46.2-63.5
65+	118	***	***	***	***	***	***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	158	27	21.4	14.1-31.2	131	78.6	68.8-85.9
Some Post-H.S.	134	61	47.6	38.1-57.4	73	52.4	42.6-61.9
College Graduate	252	144	57.2	50.0-64.1	108	42.8	35.9-50.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	40	27.3	19.2-37.3	106	72.7	62.7-80.8
$50,000+	271	152	56.2	49.1-63.0	119	43.8	37.0-50.9
Don't know/Not Sure	127	40	30.0	21.3-40.3	87	70.0	59.7-78.7

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,401

1,378

37.8

35.7-40.0

2,023

62.2

60.0-64.3

Region 7

544

232

41.7

36.7-46.8

312

58.3

53.2-63.3

GENDER

Male

257

103

37.1

30.1-44.7

154

62.9

55.3-69.9

Female

287

129

45.8

39.1-52.6

158

54.2

47.4-60.9

RACE

Non-Hispanic White

313

167

49.8

43.1-56.4

146

50.2

43.6-56.9

Non-Hispanic Black

130

33.7

24.6-44.3

66.3

55.7-75.4

Other

***

AGE

18-44

216

33.3

26.8-40.6

138

66.7

59.4-73.2

45-64

202

45.0

36.5-53.8

112

55.0

46.2-63.5

65+

118

***

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

158

21.4

14.1-31.2

131

78.6

68.8-85.9

Some Post-H.S.

134

47.6

38.1-57.4

52.4

42.6-61.9

College Graduate

252

144

57.2

50.0-64.1

108

42.8

35.9-50.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

146

27.3

19.2-37.3

106

72.7

62.7-80.8

$50,000+

271

152

56.2

49.1-63.0

119

43.8

37.0-50.9

Don't know/Not Sure

127

30.0

21.3-40.3

70.0

59.7-78.7

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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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2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 Demographics

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?

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?