2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,122 324 27.6 24.7-30.8 89 7.7 6.1- 9.8 35 4.0 2.6- 6.0 674 60.6 57.2-64.0
GENDER
Male 505 151 30.4 25.8-35.3 30 5.2 3.4- 7.8 *** *** *** 314 61.2 56.0-66.1
Female 617 173 25.1 21.4-29.2 59 10.2 7.6-13.6 25 4.6 2.7- 7.7 360 60.1 55.4-64.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 640 154 24.1 20.5-28.2 48 7.5 5.4-10.3 21 3.5 2.1- 5.8 417 64.9 60.4-69.1
Non-Hispanic Black 206 63 28.2 21.6-35.9 25 11.0 6.9-17.0 12 8.2 4.0-16.1 106 52.6 44.4-60.7
Other 263 102 36.7 30.0-43.9 16 5.2 2.9- 9.0 *** *** *** 143 57.4 50.0-64.4
AGE
18-44 489 95 18.3 14.6-22.5 15 3.2 1.9- 5.5 *** *** *** 375 77.0 72.3-81.0
45-64 364 131 38.1 32.3-44.2 32 7.9 5.2-11.8 12 2.8 1.5- 5.0 189 51.3 45.2-57.3
65+ 246 88 32.1 25.6-39.5 42 19.3 13.7-26.6 19 12.1 6.8-20.7 97 36.4 29.7-43.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 111 30.9 25.3-37.2 42 12.1 8.5-17.0 18 7.4 4.0-13.2 139 49.6 42.9-56.3
Some Post-H.S. 265 79 29.2 23.4-35.8 26 8.8 5.7-13.3 14 4.7 2.6- 8.2 146 57.3 50.4-63.9
College Graduate 544 134 23.7 19.9-27.9 21 3.2 2.0- 5.0 *** *** *** 386 72.7 68.4-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 105 31.7 25.7-38.3 43 11.5 8.2-16.0 20 7.5 4.2-13.0 137 49.3 42.3-56.2
$50,000+ 537 132 25.9 21.7-30.5 27 5.1 3.4- 7.7 *** *** *** 373 67.7 62.8-72.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 270 84 26.8 21.3-33.0 19 9.2 5.3-15.4 *** *** *** 157 58.4 51.2-65.3

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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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