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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 407 294 69.6 63.7-74.9 51 13.6 9.9-18.5 24 5.6 3.6- 8.6 31 9.1 5.9-13.8 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6
GENDER
Male 148 109 71.8 62.0-79.9 14 11.0 5.9-19.6 9 4.1 2.0- 8.5 12 9.7 4.8-18.6 4 3.3 1.2- 8.8
Female 259 185 67.5 60.5-73.9 37 16.0 11.2-22.4 15 7.0 4.1-11.7 19 8.6 5.2-13.9 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
RACE
White 231 188 81.8 75.8-86.5 18 8.0 5.0-12.7 15 5.9 3.4-10.1 8 3.4 1.7- 6.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8
Other 170 102 55.7 46.1-64.9 32 19.9 13.1-29.1 9 5.4 2.7-10.7 22 15.5 9.3-24.7 5 3.5 1.3- 8.9
AGE
18-44 198 142 68.3 59.4-76.1 26 14.0 8.6-21.8 14 6.9 4.0-11.9 13 9.2 4.6-17.5 3 1.6 0.4- 5.6
45+ 207 150 70.6 63.1-77.1 25 13.5 8.9-19.9 10 4.1 2.1- 8.0 18 9.2 5.7-14.6 4 2.7 0.9- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 64 50.9 39.5-62.3 13 14.5 7.4-26.3 6 5.3 2.3-11.8 23 22.8 14.0-34.9 7 6.5 2.8-14.1
Some College + 294 230 78.3 72.4-83.2 38 13.2 9.3-18.6 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 110 56.4 47.1-65.2 32 20.5 13.7-29.7 16 7.4 4.3-12.4 23 13.1 7.8-21.2 4 2.6 0.9- 7.5
$50,000+ 142 121 84.7 76.9-90.3 13 9.3 5.1-16.3 5 3.7 1.4- 9.5 3 2.3 0.7- 7.0 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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