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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 13,315 | 9,305 | 68.9 | 67.9-69.9 | 1,398 | 10.6 | 9.9-11.3 | 902 | 7.0 | 6.5- 7.6 | 1,390 | 10.6 | 9.9-11.3 | 320 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.4 |
-Forsyth County | 414 | 307 | 73.5 | 68.3-78.1 | 45 | 10.4 | 7.5-14.2 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.6- 9.0 | 31 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.8 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 153 | 114 | 73.3 | 64.6-80.4 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.6-15.9 | 5 | 4.2 | 1.6-10.5 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.9-16.8 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.8- 9.7 |
Female | 261 | 193 | 73.8 | 67.4-79.2 | 29 | 11.2 | 7.6-16.3 | 18 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.6 | 16 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.3 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 301 | 238 | 79.4 | 73.9-84.0 | 26 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.7 | 12 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.5 | 20 | 7.5 | 4.6-11.7 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.2 |
Other | 112 | 68 | 58.1 | 47.1-68.3 | 19 | 17.4 | 10.6-27.1 | 11 | 9.7 | 4.7-19.0 | 11 | 10.0 | 5.1-18.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.3-16.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 170 | 120 | 67.2 | 58.6-74.8 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.6-19.5 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.8 | 15 | 11.4 | 6.8-18.5 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.7-10.8 |
45+ | 243 | 186 | 78.4 | 72.0-83.6 | 20 | 8.3 | 5.0-13.5 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.4-10.2 | 16 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.5 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 139 | 88 | 61.8 | 52.3-70.5 | 18 | 11.7 | 7.1-18.7 | 13 | 8.6 | 4.7-15.0 | 14 | 12.1 | 6.9-20.3 | 6 | 5.8 | 2.2-14.3 |
Some College + | 275 | 219 | 79.5 | 73.4-84.5 | 27 | 9.8 | 6.4-14.7 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 | 17 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 205 | 139 | 67.2 | 59.4-74.1 | 24 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.7 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.5-15.7 | 20 | 10.9 | 6.7-17.2 | 5 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.3 |
$50,000+ | 137 | 113 | 80.9 | 72.0-87.4 | 15 | 11.4 | 6.5-19.3 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 8.0 | 6 | 5.3 | 2.3-11.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having teeth.
Note: Denominator includes respondents who reported having never been to a dental clinic.
^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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