2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 715 234 33.3 28.6-38.5 105 11.8 8.9-15.5 55 5.6 3.5- 9.0 321 49.2 44.0-54.4
GENDER
Male 339 105 33.1 26.4-40.5 42 7.9 5.0-12.2 31 6.8 3.5-13.1 161 52.2 44.7-59.6
Female 376 129 33.6 27.0-40.9 63 15.8 11.1-21.9 24 4.5 2.3- 8.3 160 46.2 39.1-53.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 380 121 31.8 25.9-38.5 45 10.9 7.4-15.8 27 3.9 2.2- 6.6 187 53.4 46.8-60.0
Non-Hispanic Black 108 *** *** *** 22 16.0 8.6-27.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 210 *** *** *** 37 12.8 7.9-20.1 15 3.1 1.7- 5.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 247 60 24.4 17.6-32.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** 179 71.3 62.5-78.8
45-64 250 83 33.8 26.1-42.4 56 22.2 15.3-31.1 14 6.2 3.0-12.5 97 37.8 29.9-46.3
65+ 211 88 49.6 39.9-59.3 42 18.3 11.9-27.1 40 11.7 7.2-18.5 41 20.4 13.9-28.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 91 34.6 27.1-43.0 56 14.6 9.7-21.3 29 9.5 5.1-16.8 104 41.4 33.3-49.9
Some Post-H.S. 227 70 34.2 26.1-43.4 39 12.9 8.4-19.3 17 2.6 1.3- 5.3 101 50.3 41.4-59.1
College Graduate 207 72 27.9 21.1-35.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 116 65.6 57.2-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 97 35.8 28.2-44.3 64 17.3 11.8-24.6 35 8.1 4.8-13.5 91 38.8 31.0-47.2
$50,000+ 261 74 27.1 20.2-35.4 20 8.1 4.5-14.1 *** *** *** 160 60.6 51.9-68.7
Don't know/Not Sure 162 *** *** *** 21 9.8 5.4-17.0 13 4.4 1.9-10.1 *** *** ***

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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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