2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 869 249 26.6 23.4-30.2 81 9.8 7.5-12.7 30 3.1 2.1- 4.6 509 60.5 56.6-64.2
GENDER
Male 407 120 29.8 24.9-35.3 32 7.9 5.2-11.7 12 2.4 1.3- 4.4 243 59.9 54.2-65.3
Female 462 129 23.7 19.6-28.3 49 11.6 8.2-16.2 18 3.7 2.2- 6.3 266 61.0 55.6-66.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 488 127 24.2 20.1-28.8 44 9.6 6.7-13.5 17 3.1 1.8- 5.4 300 63.1 58.0-68.0
Non-Hispanic Black 175 58 30.7 23.4-39.1 19 12.1 7.1-19.9 *** *** *** 88 53.2 44.4-61.9
Other 198 61 28.6 21.9-36.3 18 8.5 4.6-15.2 *** *** *** 116 61.0 52.6-68.7
AGE
18-44 364 80 20.8 16.5-25.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 276 76.8 71.5-81.3
45-64 280 92 32.3 26.3-38.9 33 14.0 9.3-20.5 *** *** *** 147 50.2 43.4-56.9
65+ 205 71 32.0 24.9-40.0 41 23.5 16.4-32.5 21 9.3 5.9-14.4 72 35.2 27.2-44.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 77 27.1 21.3-33.8 38 16.0 11.1-22.6 19 6.2 3.7-10.0 115 50.7 43.2-58.2
Some Post-H.S. 221 71 28.9 22.8-35.9 25 9.9 6.0-15.7 *** *** *** 118 59.2 51.7-66.2
College Graduate 393 100 24.7 20.1-29.9 18 3.9 2.3- 6.7 *** *** *** 271 70.5 65.1-75.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 239 84 30.7 24.3-38.0 46 20.0 14.4-27.3 16 6.5 3.6-11.2 93 42.8 35.0-50.9
$50,000+ 424 111 25.3 20.9-30.3 18 4.4 2.6- 7.2 *** *** *** 292 69.6 64.4-74.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 197 52 25.2 18.8-33.0 17 10.4 5.4-19.0 11 4.4 2.4- 8.2 117 59.9 51.1-68.1

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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 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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