BRFSS 2004 - Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne Counties: (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.)

	Total Respond.^	1 to 5	6 or more but not all	All	None
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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	468	133	28.9	24.3-34.1	96	19.1	15.4-23.6	57	11.2	8.2-15.0	182	40.8	35.6-46.2
GENDER
Male	167	52	32.4	24.7-41.2	29	18.0	12.3-25.6	19	12.1	7.4-19.1	67	37.5	29.6-46.2
Female	301	81	25.8	20.7-31.5	67	20.2	15.6-25.7	38	10.3	7.2-14.6	115	43.7	37.3-50.4
RACE
White	310	84	27.7	22.2-33.9	59	18.5	13.8-24.2	37	11.5	7.8-16.5	130	42.4	36.2-48.9
Other	155	49	31.5	23.3-41.0	35	20.2	14.1-28.1	20	10.8	6.4-17.6	51	37.6	28.6-47.4
AGE
18-44	200	59	30.2	23.0-38.4	9	4.8	2.4- 9.3	0	0.0	. - .	132	65.1	56.7-72.6
45+	268	74	27.8	22.1-34.3	87	32.2	25.9-39.2	57	21.3	15.9-27.8	50	18.8	13.9-24.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	82	30.1	23.9-37.0	70	24.4	19.0-30.8	46	15.1	10.7-20.8	79	30.5	24.3-37.5
Some College +	190	50	26.6	20.1-34.3	26	10.3	6.7-15.6	11	4.5	2.4- 8.6	103	58.5	50.5-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	86	29.8	24.0-36.5	69	24.5	19.0-30.8	33	10.3	7.0-15.0	98	35.4	29.1-42.2
$50,000+	87	24	27.8	18.7-39.1	8	8.8	4.0-18.1	3	3.7	1.1-11.7	52	59.8	48.1-70.4

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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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	Total Respond.^	1 to 5			6 or more but not all			All			None
	Total Respond.^	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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	468	133	28.9	24.3-34.1	96	19.1	15.4-23.6	57	11.2	8.2-15.0	182	40.8	35.6-46.2
GENDER
Male	167	52	32.4	24.7-41.2	29	18.0	12.3-25.6	19	12.1	7.4-19.1	67	37.5	29.6-46.2
Female	301	81	25.8	20.7-31.5	67	20.2	15.6-25.7	38	10.3	7.2-14.6	115	43.7	37.3-50.4
RACE
White	310	84	27.7	22.2-33.9	59	18.5	13.8-24.2	37	11.5	7.8-16.5	130	42.4	36.2-48.9
Other	155	49	31.5	23.3-41.0	35	20.2	14.1-28.1	20	10.8	6.4-17.6	51	37.6	28.6-47.4
AGE
18-44	200	59	30.2	23.0-38.4	9	4.8	2.4- 9.3	0	0.0	. - .	132	65.1	56.7-72.6
45+	268	74	27.8	22.1-34.3	87	32.2	25.9-39.2	57	21.3	15.9-27.8	50	18.8	13.9-24.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	82	30.1	23.9-37.0	70	24.4	19.0-30.8	46	15.1	10.7-20.8	79	30.5	24.3-37.5
Some College +	190	50	26.6	20.1-34.3	26	10.3	6.7-15.6	11	4.5	2.4- 8.6	103	58.5	50.5-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	86	29.8	24.0-36.5	69	24.5	19.0-30.8	33	10.3	7.0-15.0	98	35.4	29.1-42.2
$50,000+	87	24	27.8	18.7-39.1	8	8.8	4.0-18.1	3	3.7	1.1-11.7	52	59.8	48.1-70.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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.