BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	410	131	32.7	27.8-38.1	71	15.3	12.0-19.3	58	13.1	9.9-17.1	150	38.9	33.6-44.4
GENDER
Male	160	51	32.4	25.0-40.8	25	12.8	8.4-18.9	24	14.9	9.9-21.8	60	39.9	31.6-48.7
Female	250	80	33.1	27.0-39.8	46	17.9	13.4-23.6	34	11.1	7.7-15.8	90	37.8	31.5-44.7
RACE
White	312	92	31.6	26.0-37.7	51	14.5	10.9-19.1	43	13.6	9.9-18.5	126	40.3	34.4-46.4
Other	96	38	36.1	25.9-47.7	20	18.2	11.3-28.0	15	11.4	6.5-19.4	23	34.3	22.9-47.9
AGE
18-44	143	46	31.4	23.6-40.3	10	5.4	2.8-10.2	0	0.0	. - .	87	63.3	54.2-71.5
45+	264	84	33.7	27.5-40.5	61	21.6	16.7-27.4	58	21.3	16.2-27.3	61	23.4	18.2-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	206	66	34.4	27.3-42.2	44	17.8	13.0-23.8	40	15.9	11.4-21.7	56	31.9	24.7-40.2
Some College +	203	65	31.1	24.6-38.5	26	12.6	8.4-18.4	18	10.1	6.1-16.5	94	46.2	38.7-53.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	80	35.4	28.7-42.7	44	16.5	12.1-22.1	44	16.7	12.1-22.7	67	31.4	24.7-38.9
$50,000+	81	23	28.3	18.9-40.0	9	10.7	5.3-20.6	3	5.3	1.6-15.5	46	55.8	43.7-67.1

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	410	131	32.7	27.8-38.1	71	15.3	12.0-19.3	58	13.1	9.9-17.1	150	38.9	33.6-44.4
GENDER
Male	160	51	32.4	25.0-40.8	25	12.8	8.4-18.9	24	14.9	9.9-21.8	60	39.9	31.6-48.7
Female	250	80	33.1	27.0-39.8	46	17.9	13.4-23.6	34	11.1	7.7-15.8	90	37.8	31.5-44.7
RACE
White	312	92	31.6	26.0-37.7	51	14.5	10.9-19.1	43	13.6	9.9-18.5	126	40.3	34.4-46.4
Other	96	38	36.1	25.9-47.7	20	18.2	11.3-28.0	15	11.4	6.5-19.4	23	34.3	22.9-47.9
AGE
18-44	143	46	31.4	23.6-40.3	10	5.4	2.8-10.2	0	0.0	. - .	87	63.3	54.2-71.5
45+	264	84	33.7	27.5-40.5	61	21.6	16.7-27.4	58	21.3	16.2-27.3	61	23.4	18.2-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	206	66	34.4	27.3-42.2	44	17.8	13.0-23.8	40	15.9	11.4-21.7	56	31.9	24.7-40.2
Some College +	203	65	31.1	24.6-38.5	26	12.6	8.4-18.4	18	10.1	6.1-16.5	94	46.2	38.7-53.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	235	80	35.4	28.7-42.7	44	16.5	12.1-22.1	44	16.7	12.1-22.7	67	31.4	24.7-38.9
$50,000+	81	23	28.3	18.9-40.0	9	10.7	5.3-20.6	3	5.3	1.6-15.5	46	55.8	43.7-67.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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.