BRFSS 2004 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	366	97	27.3	22.3-33.0	68	18.2	13.4-24.1	44	12.3	8.8-17.0	157	42.2	36.4-48.2
GENDER
Male	147	47	29.1	21.8-37.8	26	19.3	12.0-29.4	17	12.8	7.6-20.8	57	38.8	30.2-48.1
Female	219	50	25.3	19.1-32.6	42	16.9	12.2-22.9	27	11.7	7.8-17.2	100	46.2	39.0-53.5
RACE
White	332	89	28.1	22.8-34.1	60	18.1	13.1-24.6	39	11.4	8.0-16.1	144	42.3	36.3-48.6
Other	32	8	23.3	10.6-43.8	7	15.1	6.3-32.0	5	20.5	7.9-43.6	12	41.2	23.2-61.9
AGE
18-44	147	34	25.6	18.2-34.7	9	9.5	3.7-22.4	6	6.3	2.7-13.9	98	58.7	48.4-68.2
45+	215	61	28.5	22.2-35.6	59	26.6	20.5-33.8	38	18.1	12.8-25.1	57	26.7	20.6-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	191	51	27.3	20.3-35.5	49	23.9	16.6-33.2	39	20.3	14.2-28.1	52	28.5	21.4-36.9
Some College +	174	46	27.7	21.1-35.5	18	10.2	6.1-16.5	5	2.8	1.1- 7.0	105	59.2	51.0-67.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	213	63	29.5	22.8-37.3	46	22.3	15.2-31.3	34	17.8	12.2-25.3	70	30.4	23.6-38.2
$50,000+	76	15	23.9	14.7-36.3	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	59	74.5	62.1-83.9

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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
-Catawba County	366	97	27.3	22.3-33.0	68	18.2	13.4-24.1	44	12.3	8.8-17.0	157	42.2	36.4-48.2
GENDER
Male	147	47	29.1	21.8-37.8	26	19.3	12.0-29.4	17	12.8	7.6-20.8	57	38.8	30.2-48.1
Female	219	50	25.3	19.1-32.6	42	16.9	12.2-22.9	27	11.7	7.8-17.2	100	46.2	39.0-53.5
RACE
White	332	89	28.1	22.8-34.1	60	18.1	13.1-24.6	39	11.4	8.0-16.1	144	42.3	36.3-48.6
Other	32	8	23.3	10.6-43.8	7	15.1	6.3-32.0	5	20.5	7.9-43.6	12	41.2	23.2-61.9
AGE
18-44	147	34	25.6	18.2-34.7	9	9.5	3.7-22.4	6	6.3	2.7-13.9	98	58.7	48.4-68.2
45+	215	61	28.5	22.2-35.6	59	26.6	20.5-33.8	38	18.1	12.8-25.1	57	26.7	20.6-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	191	51	27.3	20.3-35.5	49	23.9	16.6-33.2	39	20.3	14.2-28.1	52	28.5	21.4-36.9
Some College +	174	46	27.7	21.1-35.5	18	10.2	6.1-16.5	5	2.8	1.1- 7.0	105	59.2	51.0-67.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	213	63	29.5	22.8-37.3	46	22.3	15.2-31.3	34	17.8	12.2-25.3	70	30.4	23.6-38.2
$50,000+	76	15	23.9	14.7-36.3	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	59	74.5	62.1-83.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba 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.