BRFSS 2004 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	396	137	32.5	27.5-38.0	60	13.6	10.3-17.8	54	11.0	8.2-14.6	145	42.8	37.1-48.7
GENDER
Male	119	35	27.5	19.8-36.9	15	10.0	5.9-16.5	12	8.9	4.9-15.7	57	53.6	43.5-63.4
Female	277	102	36.1	30.0-42.7	45	16.2	11.7-21.9	42	12.5	9.1-17.0	88	35.2	29.1-41.8
RACE
White	309	103	31.0	25.6-37.0	46	13.4	9.8-18.2	41	10.7	7.6-14.7	119	44.9	38.5-51.5
Other	85	34	38.2	27.0-50.7	14	14.5	8.1-24.6	13	12.3	6.6-21.7	24	35.1	23.5-48.7
AGE
18-44	143	50	33.5	25.4-42.8	6	4.2	1.8- 9.6	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2	86	61.5	52.1-70.2
45+	252	87	31.9	25.9-38.6	54	20.7	15.6-27.0	53	18.7	14.0-24.5	58	28.7	22.3-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	70	33.5	26.4-41.5	39	18.7	13.3-25.7	41	17.3	12.4-23.6	47	30.5	22.9-39.3
Some College +	198	67	31.7	25.0-39.3	21	8.8	5.5-13.8	12	4.7	2.5- 8.9	98	54.8	46.8-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	243	81	32.1	25.8-39.1	44	15.5	11.1-21.2	42	14.4	10.3-19.7	76	38.1	30.9-45.9
$50,000+	81	21	21.2	13.5-31.7	8	10.0	4.7-19.8	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2	50	66.5	54.6-76.6

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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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	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
-Alamance County	396	137	32.5	27.5-38.0	60	13.6	10.3-17.8	54	11.0	8.2-14.6	145	42.8	37.1-48.7
GENDER
Male	119	35	27.5	19.8-36.9	15	10.0	5.9-16.5	12	8.9	4.9-15.7	57	53.6	43.5-63.4
Female	277	102	36.1	30.0-42.7	45	16.2	11.7-21.9	42	12.5	9.1-17.0	88	35.2	29.1-41.8
RACE
White	309	103	31.0	25.6-37.0	46	13.4	9.8-18.2	41	10.7	7.6-14.7	119	44.9	38.5-51.5
Other	85	34	38.2	27.0-50.7	14	14.5	8.1-24.6	13	12.3	6.6-21.7	24	35.1	23.5-48.7
AGE
18-44	143	50	33.5	25.4-42.8	6	4.2	1.8- 9.6	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2	86	61.5	52.1-70.2
45+	252	87	31.9	25.9-38.6	54	20.7	15.6-27.0	53	18.7	14.0-24.5	58	28.7	22.3-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	70	33.5	26.4-41.5	39	18.7	13.3-25.7	41	17.3	12.4-23.6	47	30.5	22.9-39.3
Some College +	198	67	31.7	25.0-39.3	21	8.8	5.5-13.8	12	4.7	2.5- 8.9	98	54.8	46.8-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	243	81	32.1	25.8-39.1	44	15.5	11.1-21.2	42	14.4	10.3-19.7	76	38.1	30.9-45.9
$50,000+	81	21	21.2	13.5-31.7	8	10.0	4.7-19.8	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2	50	66.5	54.6-76.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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.