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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 423 265 62.1 56.6-67.3 36 7.4 5.1-10.6 44 11.1 8.0-15.1 76 19.0 15.0-23.7 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
GENDER
Male 171 104 60.0 51.5-68.0 14 7.3 4.1-12.6 23 13.7 8.9-20.7 29 18.3 12.5-26.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5
Female 252 161 64.3 57.4-70.6 22 7.5 4.6-12.0 21 8.4 5.3-12.9 47 19.6 14.7-25.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6
RACE
White 368 237 63.8 58.0-69.3 29 6.6 4.4-10.0 38 11.3 8.0-15.7 62 17.7 13.6-22.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3
Other 55 28 49.3 34.4-64.4 7 12.9 5.5-27.1 6 9.9 4.2-21.5 14 27.9 16.1-43.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 174 111 64.9 56.4-72.5 22 11.3 7.1-17.4 19 11.2 6.7-18.2 21 12.4 7.9-18.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8
45+ 249 154 59.8 52.6-66.7 14 4.2 2.2- 7.8 25 11.0 7.3-16.2 55 24.4 18.6-31.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 109 47.9 40.4-55.5 20 6.8 4.1-11.0 28 15.4 10.4-22.2 60 29.0 22.6-36.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
Some College + 203 156 77.4 70.1-83.3 16 8.1 4.6-13.7 16 6.6 3.9-11.1 15 8.0 4.4-13.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 128 52.4 45.0-59.6 22 7.4 4.5-11.8 32 13.6 9.3-19.5 53 25.8 19.7-33.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7
$50,000+ 96 75 78.2 67.7-85.9 9 9.0 4.3-17.9 5 5.4 2.1-12.9 7 7.4 3.4-15.2 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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