SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Oral Health

How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?*

Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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%)
North Carolina 6,046 4,280 68.3 66.4-70.2 657 11.4 10.1-12.8 416 7.9 6.8- 9.0 556 10.0 8.8-11.2 137 2.5 1.9- 3.1
Western NC 568 377 66.3 61.5-70.8 51 9.0 6.5-12.4 49 8.5 6.2-11.6 74 13.8 10.7-17.7 17 2.3 1.3- 4.1
GENDER
Male 249 154 61.7 54.4-68.4 19 7.6 4.7-12.2 26 10.3 6.7-15.4 44 18.1 13.1-24.4 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6
Female 319 223 72.3 66.3-77.6 32 10.7 6.9-16.3 23 6.3 4.1- 9.6 30 8.4 5.8-12.1 11 2.3 1.2- 4.4
RACE
White 527 356 67.5 62.5-72.1 45 8.8 6.2-12.4 46 8.9 6.4-12.2 64 12.4 9.4-16.2 16 2.5 1.4- 4.4
Other 39 20 56.2 38.0-72.9 6 12.3 5.2-26.3 3 5.2 1.5-16.2 9 26.0 12.6-45.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
AGE
18-44 236 151 62.5 54.8-69.7 30 12.1 7.9-18.0 22 8.8 5.4-14.0 28 14.7 9.8-21.5 5 1.8 0.6- 5.2
45+ 326 224 70.4 64.6-75.6 21 6.0 3.6- 9.8 25 8.0 5.2-12.1 45 12.9 9.5-17.3 11 2.7 1.4- 5.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 299 175 59.4 52.6-65.9 29 9.5 6.0-14.6 27 9.9 6.5-14.8 54 18.2 13.4-24.1 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5
Some College + 269 202 74.4 67.8-80.1 22 8.4 5.2-13.3 22 6.9 4.3-10.9 20 8.7 5.3-13.9 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 343 207 60.7 54.3-66.8 35 10.8 7.3-15.8 38 10.7 7.4-15.1 50 15.1 10.9-20.4 13 2.7 1.4- 5.1
$50,000+ 102 81 78.4 68.1-86.0 5 5.2 2.0-12.7 9 8.9 4.4-17.4 6 5.5 2.4-12.1 1 2.0 0.3-12.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 362 257 69.8 64.0-75.1 43 12.9 9.2-17.8 23 5.6 3.5- 8.8 31 8.9 6.1-12.8 8 2.7 1.2- 5.9
Forsyth 434 340 78.9 74.1-83.1 41 9.2 6.5-12.8 19 4.7 2.8- 7.7 31 6.4 4.2- 9.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
Guilford 387 283 69.4 62.8-75.2 39 9.4 6.5-13.3 31 11.3 7.1-17.4 26 7.5 4.6-11.9 8 2.5 1.0- 6.2
Henderson/Transylvania 419 303 68.0 61.1-74.2 50 10.7 7.8-14.4 25 7.3 4.7-11.2 36 10.4 6.9-15.5 5 3.5 0.7-15.6
Mecklenburg 413 316 69.6 63.3-75.2 35 10.8 6.7-16.9 26 7.2 4.7-10.9 28 9.1 5.8-14.0 8 3.4 1.5- 7.5
Orange 430 319 68.7 59.8-76.4 46 11.6 8.0-16.7 29 11.5 5.1-24.1 29 6.5 4.3- 9.7 7 1.7 0.6- 4.2
Pitt 386 262 64.7 58.7-70.3 47 13.7 10.3-18.0 24 8.0 5.0-12.4 43 11.4 8.2-15.6 10 2.2 1.1- 4.5
Randolph 358 248 68.8 61.6-75.2 43 10.5 7.5-14.6 33 9.3 6.3-13.5 30 10.4 6.2-17.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
Robeson 384 229 55.9 49.2-62.4 51 13.9 9.4-20.2 33 11.5 7.6-17.1 54 13.6 9.6-18.8 17 5.0 2.9- 8.7
Wake 415 324 75.5 69.7-80.5 36 7.4 5.0-10.6 27 9.7 6.1-14.9 22 4.9 3.0- 7.9 6 2.5 1.0- 6.4
Piedmont NC 787 555 68.3 64.1-72.3 85 11.6 9.1-14.7 44 6.6 4.7- 9.3 82 11.1 8.6-14.3 21 2.3 1.4- 3.7
Eastern NC 703 467 65.2 60.7-69.5 90 13.9 10.8-17.8 53 8.1 5.9-10.9 70 10.2 7.8-13.3 23 2.5 1.6- 4.0

Back to Oral Health.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having teeth.
Note: Denominator includes respondents who reported having never been to a dental clinic.

#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

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 05AUG03.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook