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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

Oral Health

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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 14,873 10,059 67.5 66.6-68.5 1,605 10.9 10.3-11.6 1,067 7.4 6.9- 8.0 1,993 12.9 12.2-13.6 149 1.2 1.0- 1.5
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 452 317 69.3 64.0-74.2 43 8.6 6.0-12.1 33 8.0 5.4-11.8 52 10.8 8.0-14.6 7 3.2 1.5- 6.9
GENDER
Male 181 123 66.0 57.8-73.3 14 8.1 4.5-14.3 18 10.6 6.5-16.9 22 11.8 7.6-17.8 4 3.5 1.3- 9.3
Female 271 194 73.0 66.2-78.8 29 9.2 6.2-13.4 15 5.2 2.7- 9.7 30 9.8 6.4-14.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5
RACE
White 361 267 74.8 69.5-79.5 36 9.3 6.4-13.3 22 5.8 3.7- 9.1 35 9.7 6.8-13.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
Other 89 49 54.1 41.5-66.3 7 6.8 2.6-16.7 11 14.3 7.4-25.8 16 13.8 7.5-23.9 6 11.0 4.8-23.2
AGE
18-44 150 103 66.9 57.1-75.4 17 10.5 5.9-18.0 12 7.7 3.9-14.7 13 9.1 4.9-16.4 5 5.8 2.3-13.8
45+ 299 212 71.5 65.4-76.9 26 7.5 4.9-11.2 21 8.4 5.2-13.3 39 12.2 8.7-16.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 106 55.0 46.0-63.8 17 9.4 5.2-16.4 17 11.0 6.3-18.6 36 17.7 12.2-25.0 6 6.8 3.0-14.8
Some College + 269 211 80.5 74.9-85.1 25 7.5 4.9-11.4 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 16 5.7 3.3- 9.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 140 60.2 52.2-67.6 27 10.5 6.6-16.5 25 11.7 7.4-18.0 36 14.4 9.9-20.5 3 3.1 1.0- 9.3
$50,000+ 121 103 86.6 79.2-91.6 10 7.2 3.7-13.3 6 4.7 2.1-10.3 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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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