2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 6

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 6 470 128 26.9 22.4-32.0 64 12.4 9.3-16.2 32 6.4 4.3- 9.5 246 54.3 48.9-59.6
GENDER
Male 211 62 27.5 20.9-35.2 25 11.4 7.2-17.7 13 5.8 3.2-10.3 111 55.3 47.3-63.0
Female 259 66 26.4 20.5-33.2 39 13.3 9.4-18.6 19 7.0 4.1-11.8 135 53.3 46.0-60.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 309 81 23.1 18.2-28.8 36 8.7 5.9-12.6 21 6.0 3.6- 9.9 171 62.2 55.9-68.2
Non-Hispanic Black 97 *** *** *** 23 22.8 14.7-33.5 *** *** *** 34 32.6 23.1-43.7
Other 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 170 38 22.5 16.1-30.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 125 75.1 67.0-81.7
45-64 157 51 36.6 28.0-46.2 19 12.9 7.5-21.1 12 7.2 3.8-13.3 75 43.3 34.7-52.3
65+ 138 37 23.1 16.1-32.0 39 31.4 22.6-41.9 19 17.7 10.9-27.6 43 27.7 19.3-38.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 45 28.7 21.4-37.4 30 15.1 10.1-22.0 15 9.8 5.6-16.5 70 46.4 37.9-55.1
Some Post-H.S. 133 35 27.1 19.3-36.7 22 15.1 9.5-23.3 15 6.6 3.7-11.7 61 51.1 41.4-60.8
College Graduate 174 46 23.5 17.1-31.4 12 4.9 2.5- 9.2 *** *** *** 114 70.7 62.4-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 39 27.9 19.9-37.7 30 18.0 11.9-26.3 21 13.5 8.2-21.4 58 40.6 31.6-50.2
$50,000+ 204 51 23.5 17.5-30.9 16 7.1 4.1-12.1 *** *** *** 131 67.2 59.4-74.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 111 *** *** *** 17 14.4 8.2-24.0 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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