2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

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 1 591 186 29.8 25.6-34.5 77 12.3 9.4-15.9 44 7.0 4.8- 9.9 284 50.9 45.9-55.9
GENDER
Male 270 86 28.8 23.0-35.3 30 8.6 5.7-13.0 25 9.6 6.0-14.9 129 53.0 45.9-60.0
Female 321 100 30.9 24.8-37.6 47 15.8 11.2-21.8 19 4.5 2.5- 8.0 155 48.9 41.8-56.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 482 150 28.9 24.3-33.9 66 13.5 10.1-17.7 35 7.1 4.8-10.4 231 50.6 45.0-56.1
Non-Hispanic Black 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 158 47 28.1 20.8-36.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 105 69.8 61.1-77.3
45-64 189 62 33.4 26.2-41.5 24 14.3 9.1-21.7 *** *** *** 96 47.6 39.6-55.7
65+ 239 75 27.7 21.2-35.2 47 24.5 17.4-33.2 36 19.1 12.9-27.2 81 28.8 22.3-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 61 28.5 21.6-36.6 34 19.8 13.7-27.8 27 12.9 8.2-19.9 59 38.7 30.3-47.9
Some Post-H.S. 163 54 36.5 28.1-45.8 23 9.5 5.9-15.2 16 6.3 3.5-11.1 70 47.6 38.5-56.9
College Graduate 246 71 24.1 18.6-30.6 20 6.0 3.5-10.0 *** *** *** 154 69.8 62.8-75.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 71 30.0 23.0-38.0 41 17.1 11.7-24.3 22 8.9 5.3-14.4 70 44.1 35.5-53.0
$50,000+ 240 77 34.5 27.6-42.0 23 7.6 4.8-11.9 *** *** *** 137 56.4 48.8-63.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 141 38 21.8 14.7-31.2 13 14.6 7.8-25.8 19 14.6 8.3-24.4 *** *** ***

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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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