2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,944 594 30.1 27.8-32.6 172 8.6 7.2-10.2 91 4.7 3.7- 5.9 1,087 56.6 54.0-59.2
Female 2,288 679 27.3 25.2-29.5 271 11.9 10.3-13.7 114 4.5 3.6- 5.7 1,224 56.2 53.7-58.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,736 1,098 28.6 26.9-30.3 408 10.8 9.6-12.1 198 5.0 4.3- 6.0 2,032 55.5 53.6-57.4
No 419 154 32.1 27.2-37.3 33 7.5 5.1-11.0 *** *** *** 226 58.9 53.3-64.3
Body Mass Index
Underweight 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,106 276 22.2 19.5-25.2 106 9.7 7.7-12.1 62 6.1 4.6- 8.2 662 62.0 58.4-65.4
Overweight 1,338 406 30.8 27.9-33.8 137 9.8 7.9-12.0 71 4.8 3.6- 6.4 724 54.7 51.5-57.9
Obese 1,335 453 32.2 29.4-35.2 166 12.5 10.4-14.8 60 4.0 3.0- 5.4 656 51.3 48.1-54.5
Current Smoker
Yes 447 131 29.1 24.4-34.3 99 21.2 17.0-26.1 49 9.9 7.2-13.5 168 39.7 34.4-45.3
No 3,627 1,091 28.6 26.9-30.4 333 9.0 7.9-10.2 152 4.0 3.3- 4.9 2,051 58.4 56.4-60.3
History of CVD**
Yes 432 141 32.0 26.9-37.6 103 25.8 20.8-31.5 66 14.2 10.7-18.7 122 28.0 22.8-33.8
No 3,762 1,109 28.1 26.4-29.8 339 8.8 7.7-10.0 139 3.7 3.0- 4.5 2,175 59.5 57.6-61.3
Binge Drinker
Yes 504 126 25.5 21.3-30.3 32 6.8 4.4-10.4 *** *** *** 337 66.0 60.9-70.8
No 3,447 1,073 29.6 27.8-31.4 391 11.1 9.9-12.5 179 5.0 4.2- 5.9 1,804 54.3 52.3-56.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 170 38 21.8 15.7-29.5 18 14.6 8.4-24.1 *** *** *** 104 58.6 49.4-67.2
No 3,784 1,157 29.3 27.6-31.1 404 10.3 9.1-11.5 179 4.5 3.8- 5.4 2,044 55.9 54.0-57.8
COPD
Yes 285 83 29.4 23.5-36.1 85 33.7 27.2-41.0 56 17.6 13.1-23.1 61 19.3 14.5-25.2
No 3,933 1,186 28.7 27.0-30.4 355 8.6 7.6- 9.8 148 3.6 3.0- 4.3 2,244 59.1 57.3-61.0
Current Asthma
Yes 401 127 31.6 26.4-37.3 59 13.7 10.3-18.1 29 7.3 4.5-11.5 186 47.4 41.6-53.3
No 3,809 1,141 28.4 26.8-30.1 381 9.9 8.8-11.2 174 4.3 3.6- 5.1 2,113 57.4 55.5-59.2
Diabetes
Yes 562 185 32.4 27.8-37.4 130 23.1 18.8-27.9 55 9.5 7.0-12.7 192 35.1 30.4-40.0
No 3,666 1,088 28.2 26.5-29.9 313 8.4 7.4- 9.5 150 3.9 3.2- 4.7 2,115 59.6 57.7-61.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,281 406 30.0 27.1-33.2 221 17.1 14.6-19.8 126 9.6 7.8-11.8 528 43.3 40.0-46.7
No 2,807 821 28.0 26.1-30.0 213 7.6 6.4- 8.9 77 2.6 2.0- 3.4 1,696 61.8 59.7-63.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,289 424 32.9 29.9-36.1 248 20.3 17.6-23.3 126 9.9 8.0-12.2 491 36.9 33.7-40.1
No 2,943 849 27.0 25.2-29.0 195 6.4 5.4- 7.6 79 2.5 2.0- 3.3 1,820 64.0 61.9-66.0

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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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