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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

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.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 5 6 or more but not all All None
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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 447 149 31.2 26.4-36.3 71 15.0 11.6-19.1 44 9.2 6.5-12.9 183 44.7 39.2-50.2
GENDER
Male 181 62 32.9 25.7-41.0 27 14.4 9.7-21.0 20 9.7 6.0-15.3 72 43.0 34.9-51.6
Female 266 87 29.3 23.6-35.6 44 15.6 11.5-20.9 24 8.7 5.2-14.1 111 46.5 39.7-53.5
RACE
White 354 117 31.2 26.1-36.8 54 15.8 11.9-20.6 33 8.4 5.8-11.9 150 44.6 38.9-50.5
Other 91 32 31.5 21.4-43.7 17 13.1 7.4-22.0 11 11.5 5.4-22.8 31 43.9 31.7-57.0
AGE
18-44 152 45 28.4 20.7-37.6 9 5.8 2.8-11.8 2 2.2 0.4-10.9 96 63.6 54.0-72.2
45+ 293 103 33.3 27.5-39.5 62 21.7 16.8-27.6 42 14.3 10.2-19.7 86 30.7 25.1-37.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 55 29.0 21.9-37.4 42 18.5 13.1-25.5 29 14.3 9.2-21.6 58 38.1 29.4-47.7
Some College + 262 94 33.0 26.9-39.7 29 12.2 8.3-17.7 14 4.7 2.6- 8.2 125 50.1 43.3-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 88 36.0 28.9-43.8 42 16.9 12.1-23.2 27 10.3 6.4-16.1 74 36.8 29.1-45.2
$50,000+ 118 31 25.9 18.3-35.4 11 9.7 5.0-17.9 7 5.6 2.6-11.8 69 58.8 48.9-68.0

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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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