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

Oral Health

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%)
North Carolina 14,792 4,596 30.5 29.5-31.4 2,285 14.2 13.5-14.9 1,620 9.3 8.8- 9.9 6,291 46.0 45.0-47.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 355 107 29.7 24.5-35.6 59 17.0 12.9-22.0 65 17.8 13.3-23.4 124 35.5 29.2-42.3
GENDER
Male 136 45 30.6 22.4-40.3 23 16.4 10.6-24.4 26 19.8 12.6-29.7 42 33.2 23.2-45.0
Female 219 62 28.8 22.8-35.7 36 17.6 12.5-24.2 39 15.8 11.3-21.5 82 37.8 31.1-45.0
RACE
White 336 99 29.5 24.3-35.2 58 18.7 14.4-24.1 63 17.3 13.3-22.3 116 34.5 28.9-40.5
Other 18 7 30.6 11.2-60.7 1 1.7 0.2-12.4 2 22.5 5.1-61.1 8 45.1 16.0-78.1
AGE
18-44 131 42 33.0 24.6-42.8 7 6.1 2.8-13.0 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 80 59.3 49.4-68.5
45+ 224 65 27.8 21.3-35.3 52 23.5 17.5-30.7 63 27.6 20.7-35.8 44 21.1 13.7-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 59 29.6 22.5-37.9 46 22.9 16.7-30.5 55 26.3 19.1-35.0 35 21.2 13.3-32.2
Some College + 160 48 30.0 22.7-38.4 13 8.7 4.9-14.9 10 5.9 3.1-10.8 89 55.5 46.8-63.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 65 28.3 21.8-35.8 44 18.4 13.3-24.9 43 21.0 14.8-29.0 69 32.3 24.2-41.6
$50,000+ 62 21 35.3 23.8-48.7 4 10.3 3.9-24.4 3 4.8 1.5-14.2 34 49.6 36.7-62.6

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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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