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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Oral Health

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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%)
North Carolina 14,873 10,059 67.5 66.6-68.5 1,605 10.9 10.3-11.6 1,067 7.4 6.9- 8.0 1,993 12.9 12.2-13.6 149 1.2 1.0- 1.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 356 231 63.9 57.1-70.2 38 10.2 7.2-14.1 21 9.7 5.1-17.8 61 15.2 11.4-19.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7
GENDER
Male 134 81 57.7 46.6-68.1 17 11.3 6.8-18.2 11 15.3 7.0-30.2 23 14.6 9.1-22.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
Female 222 150 70.2 63.3-76.2 21 9.0 5.8-13.8 10 4.1 2.0- 8.2 38 15.8 11.3-21.7 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6
RACE
White 338 224 67.2 61.2-72.6 33 9.3 6.5-13.2 19 7.4 4.4-12.3 59 15.7 11.9-20.3 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4
Other 17 6 28.7 9.6-60.3 5 19.4 6.2-46.9 2 34.2 6.7-78.8 2 11.0 1.6-47.8 2 6.7 1.3-28.1
AGE
18-44 131 90 69.9 60.0-78.2 18 12.3 7.6-19.3 6 5.0 1.6-14.4 15 11.8 6.6-20.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
45+ 225 141 60.2 51.2-68.5 20 8.8 5.5-14.0 15 12.7 6.0-24.8 46 17.3 12.5-23.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 99 51.5 42.3-60.6 27 13.2 8.8-19.3 14 12.8 5.8-26.0 48 20.8 14.9-28.2 5 1.7 0.6- 4.7
Some College + 163 132 80.5 72.3-86.8 11 6.1 3.2-11.3 7 5.7 2.1-14.1 13 7.7 4.4-13.2 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 130 56.7 48.0-65.1 27 11.1 7.4-16.3 16 11.4 5.1-23.6 46 19.9 14.4-26.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1
$50,000+ 62 56 86.0 71.6-93.7 4 9.6 3.6-23.4 1 3.1 0.4-18.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 0 0.0 . - .

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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