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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 376 247 63.8 58.1-69.1 44 13.5 10.0-18.1 30 8.6 5.8-12.4 53 13.8 10.3-18.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
GENDER
Male 136 90 67.5 58.5-75.4 19 12.8 8.0-19.8 9 7.3 3.7-14.1 18 12.4 7.6-19.6 0 0.0 . - .
Female 240 157 60.7 53.3-67.5 25 14.1 9.4-20.7 21 9.6 6.1-14.7 35 14.9 10.4-21.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9
RACE
White 313 209 64.6 58.3-70.4 32 11.9 8.2-16.8 26 9.0 6.0-13.4 44 14.1 10.2-19.1 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9
Other 62 37 59.7 45.8-72.2 12 20.8 11.8-34.1 4 6.8 2.4-17.8 9 12.7 6.2-24.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 140 88 58.3 49.0-67.0 22 18.3 12.1-26.9 15 10.8 6.3-18.0 15 12.6 7.4-20.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 232 156 67.5 60.4-74.0 22 10.2 6.5-15.6 15 7.0 4.1-11.8 37 14.5 10.2-20.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 114 55.3 47.4-62.9 26 13.8 9.1-20.3 18 9.6 5.9-15.4 43 20.6 15.0-27.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0
Some College + 172 133 73.6 65.3-80.4 18 13.3 8.4-20.5 12 7.4 4.0-13.2 9 5.7 2.7-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 150 63.2 55.6-70.2 22 11.9 7.7-18.1 21 9.5 6.0-14.8 33 15.4 10.6-21.7 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 75 52 67.9 55.6-78.2 13 19.1 11.1-30.7 5 7.1 2.8-16.8 5 5.9 2.3-14.0 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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