BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties: (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.)

	Total Respond.^	1 to 5	6 or more but not all	All	None
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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	423	129	28.4	23.8-33.5	74	16.6	12.9-21.0	55	12.5	9.4-16.6	165	42.5	37.1-48.1
GENDER
Male	173	49	24.7	18.4-32.3	22	13.6	8.7-20.6	21	12.2	7.7-18.9	81	49.5	41.2-57.9
Female	250	80	32.3	26.0-39.3	52	19.7	14.9-25.6	34	12.9	9.0-18.2	84	35.1	28.5-42.3
RACE
White	368	109	28.0	23.1-33.5	63	16.0	12.2-20.6	50	13.3	9.8-17.8	146	42.7	36.9-48.7
Other	55	20	31.2	19.2-46.5	11	21.0	11.0-36.5	5	6.9	2.6-17.2	19	40.8	26.7-56.7
AGE
18-44	177	55	30.0	22.8-38.3	8	4.9	2.2-10.6	2	1.2	0.2- 6.7	112	63.9	55.4-71.6
45+	246	74	27.1	21.4-33.6	66	26.6	20.7-33.4	53	22.3	16.8-28.9	53	24.1	18.2-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	219	74	31.1	24.7-38.4	44	19.2	14.0-25.7	42	19.0	13.7-25.8	59	30.7	23.9-38.4
Some College +	203	55	25.7	19.4-33.1	30	13.8	9.2-20.3	13	5.7	3.2-10.2	105	54.8	46.8-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	236	75	28.0	22.0-34.9	54	23.6	17.8-30.5	40	17.2	12.3-23.7	67	31.2	24.7-38.5
$50,000+	97	29	29.9	20.7-41.0	6	5.2	2.1-12.0	3	2.9	0.9- 9.1	59	62.0	50.7-72.1

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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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	Total Respond.^	1 to 5			6 or more but not all			All			None
	Total Respond.^	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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	423	129	28.4	23.8-33.5	74	16.6	12.9-21.0	55	12.5	9.4-16.6	165	42.5	37.1-48.1
GENDER
Male	173	49	24.7	18.4-32.3	22	13.6	8.7-20.6	21	12.2	7.7-18.9	81	49.5	41.2-57.9
Female	250	80	32.3	26.0-39.3	52	19.7	14.9-25.6	34	12.9	9.0-18.2	84	35.1	28.5-42.3
RACE
White	368	109	28.0	23.1-33.5	63	16.0	12.2-20.6	50	13.3	9.8-17.8	146	42.7	36.9-48.7
Other	55	20	31.2	19.2-46.5	11	21.0	11.0-36.5	5	6.9	2.6-17.2	19	40.8	26.7-56.7
AGE
18-44	177	55	30.0	22.8-38.3	8	4.9	2.2-10.6	2	1.2	0.2- 6.7	112	63.9	55.4-71.6
45+	246	74	27.1	21.4-33.6	66	26.6	20.7-33.4	53	22.3	16.8-28.9	53	24.1	18.2-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	219	74	31.1	24.7-38.4	44	19.2	14.0-25.7	42	19.0	13.7-25.8	59	30.7	23.9-38.4
Some College +	203	55	25.7	19.4-33.1	30	13.8	9.2-20.3	13	5.7	3.2-10.2	105	54.8	46.8-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	236	75	28.0	22.0-34.9	54	23.6	17.8-30.5	40	17.2	12.3-23.7	67	31.2	24.7-38.5
$50,000+	97	29	29.9	20.7-41.0	6	5.2	2.1-12.0	3	2.9	0.9- 9.1	59	62.0	50.7-72.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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.