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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 466 294 59.8 54.3-65.0 58 12.4 9.3-16.3 37 10.1 6.8-14.7 75 17.4 13.5-22.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
GENDER
Male 165 95 55.5 46.6-64.0 17 9.0 5.2-15.0 18 14.0 8.2-22.8 34 21.0 14.7-29.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Female 301 199 63.7 57.1-69.8 41 15.5 11.2-21.0 19 6.5 3.9-10.7 41 14.1 9.9-19.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
RACE
White 311 214 68.0 61.6-73.8 33 11.1 7.7-15.8 18 5.8 3.3-10.1 46 15.0 10.9-20.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other 152 78 45.7 36.5-55.2 24 13.9 8.7-21.3 19 17.6 10.5-28.1 29 21.7 14.5-31.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5
AGE
18-44 196 136 64.4 55.8-72.2 26 14.4 9.5-21.2 10 8.1 3.7-16.9 23 12.8 8.1-19.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
45+ 270 158 55.6 48.5-62.5 32 10.6 7.3-15.2 27 11.8 7.7-17.7 52 21.5 15.9-28.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 150 50.9 43.8-58.0 35 12.3 8.4-17.6 27 13.1 8.3-19.9 60 23.1 17.5-29.8 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6
Some College + 191 143 74.4 66.5-80.9 23 12.6 8.2-18.8 10 5.1 2.5-10.4 15 7.9 4.3-14.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 170 55.9 49.0-62.7 39 14.1 10.0-19.5 28 12.2 7.8-18.6 48 17.4 12.8-23.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
$50,000+ 87 68 80.5 70.3-87.9 10 10.7 5.5-19.6 3 3.1 0.9-10.3 6 5.7 2.3-13.3 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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