BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	359	101	29.6	24.5-35.3	52	12.8	9.5-16.9	44	10.1	7.4-13.8	162	47.5	41.7-53.4
GENDER
Male	137	43	32.9	24.9-42.0	14	8.2	4.6-14.3	16	9.8	5.8-16.1	64	49.1	40.0-58.2
Female	222	58	26.5	20.3-33.8	38	17.1	12.3-23.3	28	10.5	7.0-15.3	98	46.0	38.8-53.3
RACE
White	319	85	28.5	23.1-34.5	42	11.0	7.9-15.0	38	9.9	7.0-13.9	154	50.7	44.5-56.8
Other	39	16	37.9	22.8-55.7	9	23.5	11.7-41.5	6	11.8	4.9-25.4	8	26.9	12.2-49.3
AGE
18-44	134	33	23.5	16.6-32.1	7	3.9	1.8- 8.4	2	1.4	0.3- 5.7	92	71.2	62.4-78.7
45+	225	68	34.0	27.1-41.7	45	19.1	14.0-25.4	42	16.4	11.9-22.3	70	30.5	24.3-37.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	37	30.1	22.0-39.7	22	16.4	10.4-24.7	34	20.8	14.5-29.0	39	32.7	23.8-42.9
Some College +	227	64	29.3	22.9-36.6	30	10.5	7.2-15.2	10	3.6	1.9- 6.7	123	56.6	49.3-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	203	62	32.3	25.3-40.2	34	15.5	10.7-21.8	28	10.8	7.3-15.8	79	41.4	33.9-49.3
$50,000+	89	25	30.4	20.9-42.0	10	8.7	4.5-16.3	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	53	58.7	47.3-69.3

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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
-Buncombe County	359	101	29.6	24.5-35.3	52	12.8	9.5-16.9	44	10.1	7.4-13.8	162	47.5	41.7-53.4
GENDER
Male	137	43	32.9	24.9-42.0	14	8.2	4.6-14.3	16	9.8	5.8-16.1	64	49.1	40.0-58.2
Female	222	58	26.5	20.3-33.8	38	17.1	12.3-23.3	28	10.5	7.0-15.3	98	46.0	38.8-53.3
RACE
White	319	85	28.5	23.1-34.5	42	11.0	7.9-15.0	38	9.9	7.0-13.9	154	50.7	44.5-56.8
Other	39	16	37.9	22.8-55.7	9	23.5	11.7-41.5	6	11.8	4.9-25.4	8	26.9	12.2-49.3
AGE
18-44	134	33	23.5	16.6-32.1	7	3.9	1.8- 8.4	2	1.4	0.3- 5.7	92	71.2	62.4-78.7
45+	225	68	34.0	27.1-41.7	45	19.1	14.0-25.4	42	16.4	11.9-22.3	70	30.5	24.3-37.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	37	30.1	22.0-39.7	22	16.4	10.4-24.7	34	20.8	14.5-29.0	39	32.7	23.8-42.9
Some College +	227	64	29.3	22.9-36.6	30	10.5	7.2-15.2	10	3.6	1.9- 6.7	123	56.6	49.3-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	203	62	32.3	25.3-40.2	34	15.5	10.7-21.8	28	10.8	7.3-15.8	79	41.4	33.9-49.3
$50,000+	89	25	30.4	20.9-42.0	10	8.7	4.5-16.3	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	53	58.7	47.3-69.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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.