2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western 400 181 40.4 34.6-46.6 219 59.6 53.4-65.4
GENDER
Male 172 69 37.3 28.6-46.9 103 62.7 53.1-71.4
Female 228 112 43.4 35.9-51.1 116 56.6 48.9-64.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 347 164 40.6 34.5-47.0 183 59.4 53.0-65.5
Non-Hispanic Black 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 170 97 53.8 44.5-62.8 73 46.2 37.2-55.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 140 57 35.3 26.3-45.5 83 64.7 54.5-73.7
No 254 123 43.9 36.4-51.6 131 56.1 48.4-63.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 351 164 41.5 35.1-48.1 187 58.5 51.9-64.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 204 87 39.2 31.3-47.7 117 60.8 52.3-68.7
Unemployed 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 141 80 49.4 39.4-59.6 61 50.6 40.4-60.6
Unable to Work 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 229 132 52.6 44.1-61.0 97 47.4 39.0-55.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 315 163 44.9 38.1-52.0 152 55.1 48.0-61.9
Rent 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 141 76 50.2 40.0-60.4 *** *** ***
Rural 259 105 36.0 29.1-43.6 154 64.0 56.4-70.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 145 54 29.4 21.9-38.2 91 70.6 61.8-78.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 150 80 49.4 39.6-59.2 70 50.6 40.8-60.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 226 113 45.5 37.8-53.3 113 54.5 46.7-62.2
2nd Quartile 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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