2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,232 1,273 28.7 27.1-30.3 443 10.3 9.2-11.5 205 4.6 3.9- 5.4 2,311 56.4 54.6-58.2
Medicaid Region 2 608 201 29.5 25.4-34.0 60 9.6 7.1-12.9 32 4.6 3.0- 6.9 315 56.3 51.5-61.0
GENDER
Male 275 95 30.7 24.9-37.2 25 9.1 5.7-14.3 14 5.3 2.9- 9.4 141 54.9 47.9-61.6
Female 333 106 28.5 22.8-34.9 35 10.0 6.7-14.7 18 3.9 2.2- 6.9 174 57.6 50.8-64.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 395 124 27.9 23.0-33.3 39 9.9 6.8-14.1 28 6.2 4.0- 9.6 204 56.0 50.1-61.7
Non-Hispanic Black 101 *** *** *** 12 11.3 5.7-21.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 110 38 27.6 18.9-38.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 213 52 22.4 16.5-29.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 152 73.4 65.9-79.7
45-64 201 78 37.8 30.4-45.8 26 15.4 9.9-23.2 *** *** *** 91 44.2 36.4-52.3
65+ 183 67 31.9 24.2-40.6 28 14.7 9.2-22.6 23 13.7 8.5-21.3 65 39.7 31.2-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 67 30.7 23.7-38.8 26 11.1 7.0-17.2 19 8.5 5.1-13.9 92 49.6 41.1-58.1
Some Post-H.S. 165 63 32.9 25.4-41.4 21 11.8 7.2-18.7 *** *** *** 72 52.0 43.2-60.7
College Graduate 234 69 23.7 18.4-30.0 13 4.9 2.2-10.3 *** *** *** 148 70.6 63.6-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 68 32.3 25.2-40.4 26 12.3 7.7-19.1 20 9.3 5.6-15.1 90 46.0 37.9-54.4
$50,000+ 243 77 26.3 20.3-33.2 13 6.1 3.2-11.5 *** *** *** 150 66.5 59.0-73.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 153 54 32.7 24.5-42.1 20 11.8 7.0-19.1 *** *** *** 70 50.9 41.5-60.2

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*If wisdom teeth are removed because of tooth decay or gum disease, they should be included in the count for lost teeth.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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