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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 343 230 65.7 59.9-71.2 32 9.4 6.4-13.5 29 9.2 6.2-13.2 45 13.0 9.6-17.5 7 2.7 1.1- 6.4
GENDER
Male 122 82 65.4 55.6-74.0 7 6.9 3.2-14.4 13 10.0 5.6-17.3 16 13.5 8.2-21.4 4 4.1 1.3-12.2
Female 221 148 66.0 58.7-72.6 25 11.3 7.4-17.0 16 8.4 5.1-13.8 29 12.7 8.6-18.3 3 1.6 0.4- 5.8
RACE
White 221 169 76.4 69.7-82.1 20 8.9 5.5-14.0 16 7.8 4.6-12.8 13 5.1 2.8- 9.3 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9
Other 121 60 48.8 39.0-58.7 12 10.2 5.4-18.5 13 11.4 6.4-19.3 32 25.4 18.0-34.7 4 4.2 1.2-13.3
AGE
18-44 159 99 61.3 52.6-69.2 13 9.0 5.0-15.7 19 12.7 8.0-19.6 26 15.7 10.5-22.8 2 1.4 0.3- 6.4
45+ 182 129 70.2 62.1-77.3 19 9.9 6.0-15.9 10 5.4 2.7-10.3 19 10.3 6.4-16.2 5 4.2 1.4-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 94 53.4 45.0-61.5 21 12.6 7.9-19.5 16 10.0 6.0-16.3 33 18.9 13.3-26.2 7 5.2 2.2-11.9
Some College + 172 136 79.4 71.9-85.3 11 5.8 3.0-11.0 13 8.2 4.6-14.2 12 6.6 3.6-11.7 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 111 57.4 49.3-65.0 22 10.7 6.6-16.9 21 11.8 7.6-17.9 33 17.9 12.5-24.8 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7
$50,000+ 84 74 86.7 76.3-93.0 3 3.7 1.2-11.1 4 5.6 1.9-15.2 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.1

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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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