2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 572 185 31.4 27.1-36.0 72 12.1 9.3-15.8 32 5.2 3.5- 7.6 283 51.3 46.5-56.1
GENDER
Male 276 80 29.9 24.0-36.6 30 11.3 7.4-16.7 17 6.1 3.7-10.1 149 52.7 45.9-59.4
Female 296 105 32.8 26.7-39.4 42 13.0 9.0-18.3 15 4.3 2.4- 7.8 134 49.9 43.1-56.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 359 111 30.3 25.1-36.1 40 9.6 6.8-13.5 23 5.6 3.6- 8.7 185 54.4 48.5-60.3
Non-Hispanic Black 99 29 28.1 19.1-39.3 17 14.0 8.2-22.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 105 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 222 56 22.8 17.3-29.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 160 73.7 66.8-79.7
45-64 182 62 36.8 28.9-45.5 31 18.5 12.3-26.8 *** *** *** 80 39.7 32.0-48.0
65+ 163 64 38.4 30.0-47.6 35 22.1 15.4-30.8 22 15.0 9.4-23.0 42 24.4 17.2-33.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 66 33.2 26.0-41.2 33 13.5 9.1-19.6 19 7.4 4.3-12.2 87 46.0 38.2-54.0
Some Post-H.S. 159 59 33.2 25.6-41.8 23 15.1 9.5-23.4 *** *** *** 68 46.3 37.7-55.2
College Graduate 206 59 25.9 20.1-32.7 16 6.7 3.9-11.4 *** *** *** 127 65.5 58.1-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 61 32.0 24.8-40.2 27 14.4 9.2-21.8 16 9.0 5.1-15.3 75 44.7 36.3-53.4
$50,000+ 266 84 30.6 24.7-37.2 22 10.5 6.5-16.5 *** *** *** 156 56.9 49.9-63.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** 23 13.4 8.5-20.5 12 7.5 4.0-13.7 *** *** ***

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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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