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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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 1,048 422 38.4 34.0-43.0 197 18.0 14.9-21.6 104 8.2 6.2-10.6 325 35.4 31.1-40.1
GENDER
Male 367 142 36.7 29.8-44.2 68 17.2 12.6-23.0 39 7.4 4.8-11.3 118 38.7 31.5-46.4
Female 681 280 39.6 34.0-45.5 129 18.6 14.7-23.3 65 8.7 6.2-12.2 207 33.1 27.8-38.8
AGE
18-24 91 15 24.7 12.0-44.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 74 74.3 55.2-87.2
25-34 191 76 40.6 30.7-51.3 3 1.6 0.3- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 112 57.8 47.1-67.8
35-44 237 139 59.2 49.8-67.9 25 12.3 6.9-20.8 5 1.0 0.3- 2.9 68 27.5 20.2-36.3
45-54 218 110 44.0 35.2-53.2 57 28.1 20.4-37.3 7 3.9 1.4-10.9 44 24.0 16.3-34.0
55-64 127 34 24.8 16.2-36.1 50 44.6 32.5-57.3 31 24.0 14.9-36.3 12 6.6 2.9-14.3
65-74 94 20 20.0 11.3-32.9 39 46.7 33.2-60.7 30 30.3 19.1-44.5 5 3.0 1.2- 7.7
75+ 69 15 21.2 10.4-38.5 19 20.0 11.0-33.7 28 44.1 29.6-59.6 7 14.7 6.1-31.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 203 58 30.6 20.5-42.8 62 31.0 22.1-41.6 57 24.1 16.7-33.3 26 14.4 8.6-23.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 350 138 37.9 30.3-46.1 74 22.4 16.7-29.3 28 6.5 3.7-11.0 110 33.3 26.1-41.4
Some Post-H.S. 282 131 42.1 33.9-50.9 35 7.9 4.9-12.4 12 3.1 1.7- 5.8 104 46.9 38.1-55.9
College Graduate 205 94 43.1 34.3-52.4 23 8.6 4.9-14.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.8 85 47.6 38.4-57.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 147 41 19.7 12.7-29.2 45 36.6 25.0-49.9 32 20.7 12.4-32.5 29 23.0 13.3-36.9
$15,000- 24,999 236 95 43.9 33.9-54.4 50 16.9 11.3-24.5 21 4.4 2.4- 7.9 70 34.9 25.4-45.7
$25,000- 34,999 164 72 42.2 30.3-55.1 25 14.5 8.7-23.0 7 4.8 2.0-10.9 60 38.6 27.8-50.5
$35,000- 49,999 125 74 55.0 41.7-67.5 13 8.4 4.2-16.4 3 1.4 0.4- 5.3 35 35.2 23.3-49.3
$50,000-74,999 63 30 45.1 27.8-63.7 8 8.7 3.7-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 25 46.2 28.3-65.2
$75,000+ 58 31 38.1 23.9-54.7 2 4.4 1.1-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 25 57.5 40.9-72.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 26 5 18.4 7.0-40.1 9 45.1 24.9-67.1 6 13.9 5.9-29.6 6 22.6 9.7-44.1
Forsyth 94 36 39.2 28.4-51.1 21 18.4 10.9-29.3 7 7.9 3.6-16.7 30 34.5 24.2-46.6
Guilford 117 45 30.0 21.4-40.3 19 12.7 7.6-20.4 10 6.3 3.2-12.0 43 51.0 39.4-62.5
Henderson/Transylvania 13 5 21.9 5.5-57.2 4 55.2 16.1-88.8 1 10.5 1.2-52.7 3 12.4 2.6-42.6
Mecklenburg 133 57 37.9 29.3-47.3 16 9.0 5.1-15.3 8 4.6 2.2- 9.5 52 48.5 39.0-58.2
Orange 41 14 29.2 15.9-47.5 8 17.3 7.9-33.8 4 5.1 1.8-13.8 15 48.3 30.4-66.8
Pitt 110 49 46.8 34.6-59.3 9 5.6 2.8-11.0 14 10.5 5.8-18.3 38 37.1 25.8-50.0
Randolph 17 9 47.5 22.4-73.8 4 15.3 4.8-39.1 1 3.5 0.5-22.0 3 33.7 11.1-67.6
Robeson 95 39 39.6 27.5-53.1 20 15.0 9.0-24.0 10 6.5 3.0-13.2 26 38.9 24.6-55.4
Wake 73 30 34.0 22.4-48.0 7 8.3 3.2-19.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 34 56.8 42.2-70.3
Western NC 23 10 45.7 25.1-68.0 4 18.7 6.7-42.5 4 10.5 3.7-26.0 5 25.1 10.2-49.8
Piedmont NC 115 50 47.4 35.9-59.2 34 26.5 18.2-37.0 9 6.9 3.2-14.0 22 19.2 11.9-29.3
Eastern NC 191 73 35.6 27.8-44.2 42 19.4 13.8-26.6 28 12.2 8.1-17.9 48 32.8 24.6-42.1

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#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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