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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Oral Health

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  Total
Respond.#
No teeth Fear/Pain Cost No reason to go Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 14,485 2,812 17.5 16.6-18.5 1,378 9.8 9.0-10.6 3,554 23.1 22.0-24.2 2,765 20.5 19.5-21.6 3,976 29.1 28.0-30.3
Arizona 1,009 100 6.9 5.2- 9.1 90 11.1 7.9-15.4 278 27.1 23.1-31.6 215 22.6 19.0-26.7 326 32.3 27.9-37.0
Idaho 1,614 286 15.3 13.4-17.3 125 7.7 6.4- 9.3 574 36.3 33.5-39.2 306 19.1 17.0-21.5 323 21.6 19.2-24.1
Iowa 992 219 18.5 16.1-21.3 99 10.0 8.1-12.3 179 18.7 16.0-21.8 218 22.4 19.4-25.7 277 30.3 26.9-34.0
Missouri 1,425 372 20.8 18.3-23.7 104 8.4 6.6-10.6 293 20.1 17.5-23.1 318 23.1 20.1-26.4 338 27.5 24.3-31.0
Nebraska 872 234 23.6 20.6-26.8 86 9.9 7.8-12.3 184 22.9 19.7-26.5 175 20.7 17.8-23.9 193 23.0 19.9-26.4
New Hampshire 879 186 19.0 16.4-22.0 72 7.4 5.8- 9.6 224 27.9 24.4-31.6 113 13.7 11.2-16.5 284 32.0 28.5-35.7
North Carolina 1,603 406 22.0 19.3-25.0 165 9.3 7.3-11.8 394 25.5 22.1-29.2 278 19.7 16.8-23.0 360 23.5 20.3-27.0
North Dakota 689 108 14.8 12.2-17.8 52 7.7 5.8-10.2 145 20.2 17.2-23.7 182 27.1 23.7-30.8 202 30.2 26.6-34.1
Pennsylvania 947 234 23.0 20.2-26.0 93 10.1 8.1-12.6 182 18.7 16.1-21.6 194 21.5 18.6-24.7 244 26.7 23.5-30.2
Rhode Island 939 166 16.8 14.3-19.7 141 14.0 11.7-16.7 206 23.2 19.9-26.8 154 18.1 15.2-21.4 272 28.0 24.6-31.5
South Carolina 793 133 15.3 12.8-18.2 66 10.0 7.4-13.5 187 22.5 19.2-26.1 154 20.5 17.4-24.1 253 31.6 27.9-35.6
Virginia 766 119 15.9 13.1-19.0 78 9.1 7.3-11.5 143 19.4 16.3-22.9 127 18.1 15.2-21.5 299 37.5 33.7-41.4
Washington 1,196 163 12.9 11.0-15.1 139 11.7 9.7-14.0 403 32.5 29.5-35.7 195 18.1 15.4-21.3 296 24.8 22.2-27.6
Wisconsin 761 86 11.7 9.4-14.6 68 8.7 6.6-11.3 162 20.7 17.6-24.2 136 19.8 16.6-23.6 309 39.0 35.0-43.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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