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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico Counties

Oral Health

How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?*

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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 13,315 9,305 68.9 67.9-69.9 1,398 10.6 9.9-11.3 902 7.0 6.5- 7.6 1,390 10.6 9.9-11.3 320 2.9 2.5- 3.4
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 330 233 69.5 63.4-75.0 38 11.9 8.5-16.4 20 6.0 3.7- 9.5 34 10.2 7.1-14.6 5 2.4 0.6- 8.9
GENDER
Male 128 82 63.7 53.7-72.6 23 15.3 10.0-22.8 12 8.5 4.7-15.0 9 8.3 4.2-16.1 2 4.1 0.8-17.9
Female 202 151 75.2 67.9-81.2 15 8.5 4.9-14.5 8 3.5 1.6- 7.5 25 12.0 8.0-17.7 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6
RACE
White 272 195 70.8 64.4-76.5 32 13.3 9.2-18.6 16 6.0 3.5-10.0 26 9.5 6.3-14.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7
Other 55 35 63.2 45.8-77.7 6 6.8 2.8-15.6 4 6.2 2.2-16.3 8 13.6 5.9-28.3 2 10.2 2.1-37.1
AGE
18-44 126 85 66.2 55.7-75.3 15 12.6 7.4-20.8 9 5.8 2.8-11.5 16 11.6 6.9-18.8 1 3.9 0.6-22.3
45+ 202 146 71.6 64.1-78.1 23 11.5 7.4-17.3 11 6.2 3.3-11.4 18 9.3 5.5-15.4 4 1.4 0.4- 4.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 75 58.5 47.7-68.5 17 12.1 7.3-19.4 8 6.8 3.2-13.7 19 16.8 10.4-26.2 4 5.8 1.5-20.3
Some College + 206 158 77.2 70.3-82.9 21 11.8 7.5-18.1 11 5.1 2.7- 9.6 15 5.7 3.4- 9.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 112 63.9 54.6-72.3 18 11.4 6.9-18.4 13 6.2 3.4-11.2 25 14.2 9.1-21.4 3 4.2 0.9-17.6
$50,000+ 92 76 80.9 70.8-88.1 8 8.9 4.4-16.9 6 8.1 3.6-17.0 2 2.2 0.5- 8.4 0 0.0 . - .

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having teeth.
Note: Denominator includes respondents who reported having never been to a dental clinic.

^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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