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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 411 266 64.3 58.9-69.3 50 12.1 9.0-16.1 30 7.4 5.0-10.7 61 15.2 11.6-19.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4
GENDER
Male 157 97 61.1 52.5-69.2 20 12.2 7.7-18.9 13 8.3 4.7-14.2 26 17.3 11.6-24.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
Female 254 169 67.3 60.7-73.3 30 11.9 8.1-17.1 17 6.4 3.9-10.4 35 13.1 9.3-18.3 3 1.2 0.4- 4.2
RACE
White 315 214 67.0 61.0-72.6 35 11.2 7.9-15.7 24 8.0 5.2-12.0 41 13.3 9.6-18.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
Other 94 50 54.5 42.4-66.1 15 15.0 8.4-25.3 6 5.5 2.1-13.4 20 21.6 13.5-32.8 3 3.4 0.9-12.2
AGE
18-44 144 96 62.7 53.2-71.3 18 12.2 7.4-19.4 7 5.6 2.5-12.1 21 17.7 11.4-26.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8
45+ 264 169 65.3 58.7-71.4 30 11.7 8.0-16.9 23 8.5 5.5-12.9 40 13.7 9.9-18.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 106 51.2 43.4-59.0 34 16.2 11.3-22.7 21 10.3 6.5-16.0 42 20.0 14.6-26.9 4 2.2 0.7- 6.4
Some College + 203 159 78.0 70.8-83.8 16 7.7 4.5-12.9 9 4.2 2.1- 8.2 19 10.1 6.1-16.2 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 131 57.1 49.8-64.1 35 14.2 9.9-20.0 22 8.3 5.3-12.9 45 18.4 13.5-24.5 4 1.9 0.6- 5.7
$50,000+ 79 70 84.6 72.6-91.9 4 8.1 3.0-19.9 3 4.8 1.5-13.8 2 2.5 0.6-10.3 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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