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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health--FEMALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-5 years 5 or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,109 2,951 69.6 67.4-71.8 411 11.1 9.7-12.8 269 7.4 6.2- 8.8 440 10.8 9.4-12.4 38 1.0 0.6- 1.7
RACE
White 3,124 2,331 72.5 70.0-74.9 284 9.8 8.3-11.6 174 6.4 5.1- 7.9 315 10.9 9.3-12.9 20 0.4 0.2- 0.7
African American 685 441 63.8 58.1-69.1 91 15.5 11.7-20.3 65 9.4 6.6-13.2 78 9.6 6.9-13.1 10 1.7 0.7- 4.2
Asian 41 32 70.6 48.4-86.1 4 8.2 2.4-24.3 1 0.4 0.0- 2.7 3 17.6 5.8-42.8 1 3.1 0.4-19.4
Native American 112 71 67.4 53.0-79.1 11 10.3 3.8-25.2 11 10.8 4.6-23.1 18 11.3 6.3-19.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9
Other Minorities 118 55 47.4 34.8-60.4 17 14.4 7.3-26.5 16 16.8 8.5-30.7 24 13.6 8.0-22.1 6 7.8 2.6-20.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 140 69 44.4 32.7-56.7 20 14.6 7.8-25.8 19 16.5 8.5-29.7 26 17.0 9.8-27.9 6 7.5 2.6-20.0
-English Speaking 70 51 69.9 50.3-84.2 3 2.9 0.7-10.2 6 3.6 1.2-10.3 10 23.6 10.4-45.1 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 70 18 28.1 15.4-45.7 17 22.1 11.3-38.8 13 24.7 12.2-43.7 16 12.8 6.4-23.8 6 12.3 4.2-30.7
Non-Hispanic 3,963 2,877 70.8 68.5-73.0 390 11.0 9.5-12.7 250 7.0 5.8- 8.3 414 10.6 9.1-12.2 32 0.7 0.4- 1.1
AGE
18-24 297 210 68.2 59.4-75.9 39 12.8 8.1-19.6 23 6.9 3.6-12.7 22 10.1 5.5-17.6 3 2.0 0.6- 7.3
25-34 690 526 72.9 67.6-77.6 74 11.7 8.5-15.7 45 9.0 6.0-13.5 41 5.1 3.4- 7.7 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1
35-44 757 574 71.3 66.0-76.1 85 13.7 10.2-18.1 56 8.8 6.0-12.7 41 6.0 3.8- 9.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
45-54 797 622 74.4 69.3-78.8 59 7.7 5.3-11.2 52 6.3 4.3- 9.0 61 11.4 8.0-15.9 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7
55-64 601 422 69.2 63.5-74.4 58 10.2 7.2-14.3 35 6.2 3.9- 9.7 78 13.7 10.0-18.6 8 0.7 0.2- 1.9
65-74 498 327 65.0 58.5-71.0 45 10.1 6.8-14.9 26 5.9 3.3-10.2 93 17.4 13.1-22.7 7 1.6 0.5- 5.2
75+ 426 242 54.8 47.8-61.5 47 10.4 6.8-15.7 29 8.0 4.7-13.4 97 24.4 18.9-30.8 11 2.4 1.2- 5.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 628 280 46.0 39.7-52.5 70 10.1 6.9-14.4 68 12.5 8.7-17.7 190 28.2 22.6-34.5 20 3.2 1.5- 6.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,199 814 66.1 62.0-69.9 130 12.7 10.1-15.9 105 9.2 7.0-12.1 139 11.0 8.8-13.7 11 1.0 0.4- 2.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,040 790 75.2 70.9-79.0 109 11.3 8.5-14.8 60 6.2 4.2- 9.1 78 7.1 5.2- 9.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8
College Graduate 1,230 1,061 84.9 81.6-87.8 98 8.8 6.6-11.6 35 2.7 1.7- 4.2 32 3.1 1.9- 5.1 4 0.5 0.1- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 466 206 39.5 32.9-46.5 74 18.9 13.3-26.3 54 14.7 10.1-20.9 119 22.9 17.8-28.9 13 4.0 1.6- 9.8
$15,000- 24,999 687 424 60.4 54.3-66.3 76 11.9 8.4-16.5 80 10.9 8.1-14.7 100 16.0 11.6-21.7 7 0.8 0.3- 2.0
$25,000- 34,999 492 366 74.3 68.4-79.5 53 12.0 8.4-16.9 32 5.6 3.4- 8.9 38 7.2 4.6-10.9 3 0.9 0.2- 3.9
$35,000- 49,999 499 412 82.6 77.4-86.8 50 9.1 6.1-13.3 15 3.5 1.7- 7.0 22 4.7 2.7- 8.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 453 408 89.8 84.9-93.3 25 5.2 3.0- 9.0 13 3.2 1.5- 6.5 7 1.8 0.5- 6.0 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 446 405 88.3 82.9-92.1 20 4.9 3.0- 8.1 12 3.8 1.6- 8.7 9 2.9 1.2- 6.8 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 185 74.0 67.4-79.6 23 8.7 5.5-13.5 17 6.9 4.1-11.4 27 9.9 6.6-14.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Forsyth 285 233 83.9 78.6-88.0 23 6.7 4.2-10.6 12 4.2 2.2- 7.8 16 5.0 2.9- 8.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
Guilford 271 194 68.6 60.4-75.8 27 9.9 6.5-14.8 21 10.9 5.7-20.1 27 9.9 6.1-15.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
Henderson/Transylvania 282 194 70.9 63.5-77.3 36 12.2 8.1-17.8 14 4.7 2.5- 8.8 37 12.1 8.2-17.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Mecklenburg 286 220 70.6 63.4-77.0 26 10.1 6.7-15.0 14 6.0 3.3-10.8 22 9.2 5.7-14.7 4 4.0 1.3-11.4
Orange 257 213 84.0 76.2-89.6 19 7.9 3.9-15.5 13 4.9 2.6- 9.1 8 2.2 1.0- 4.8 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9
Pitt 260 190 72.5 64.9-79.0 31 12.2 7.9-18.5 13 5.5 3.1- 9.8 23 9.0 5.6-14.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2
Randolph 254 168 66.7 57.2-75.0 22 9.6 6.0-15.0 21 8.4 5.2-13.3 41 14.4 9.1-21.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8
Robeson 266 171 66.3 59.5-72.5 30 10.5 7.0-15.3 22 8.2 5.0-13.1 41 14.6 10.6-19.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
Wake 245 203 83.1 76.5-88.1 16 7.8 4.4-13.5 12 3.3 1.8- 6.2 12 4.3 2.2- 8.3 2 1.5 0.3- 8.1
Western NC 374 246 67.3 61.6-72.6 37 11.2 7.5-16.3 24 5.3 3.5- 8.0 60 14.9 11.4-19.3 7 1.3 0.6- 3.0
Piedmont NC 559 390 66.9 61.9-71.6 64 12.4 9.5-16.1 38 7.1 4.9-10.3 64 12.9 9.7-17.0 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1
Eastern NC 516 344 66.5 61.4-71.2 57 12.2 9.0-16.2 48 10.0 7.2-13.8 62 10.7 8.0-14.1 5 0.6 0.2- 1.7

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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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