BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (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
-Gaston County	370	113	32.6	27.3-38.3	62	14.2	10.9-18.4	56	13.1	9.7-17.4	139	40.1	34.6-45.9
GENDER
Male	133	43	33.3	25.1-42.7	17	10.9	6.6-17.5	16	12.5	7.2-20.6	57	43.3	34.4-52.7
Female	237	70	31.9	25.4-39.2	45	17.0	12.4-22.8	40	13.7	9.8-18.7	82	37.5	30.7-44.7
RACE
White	307	93	32.3	26.5-38.6	46	12.2	9.0-16.5	47	12.6	9.2-17.0	121	42.8	36.7-49.3
Other	62	20	34.3	22.5-48.4	16	22.8	13.4-36.0	9	15.4	7.1-30.2	17	27.5	17.2-41.0
AGE
18-44	140	39	29.1	21.4-38.2	10	6.8	3.5-13.0	4	2.6	0.9- 7.7	87	61.5	52.2-70.0
45+	226	73	35.5	28.6-43.2	51	19.9	14.9-26.1	52	21.6	16.0-28.4	50	23.0	17.4-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	54	32.3	25.3-40.4	46	19.4	14.2-25.8	48	19.5	14.5-25.9	54	28.7	22.1-36.5
Some College +	167	59	33.0	25.4-41.5	15	7.9	4.5-13.4	8	5.8	2.4-13.3	85	53.4	44.8-61.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	70	34.4	27.4-42.0	43	15.5	11.2-21.0	40	15.8	11.4-21.7	71	34.3	27.5-41.9
$50,000+	72	19	27.1	17.4-39.5	8	10.4	5.0-20.4	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7	44	61.9	49.4-73.1

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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
-Gaston County	370	113	32.6	27.3-38.3	62	14.2	10.9-18.4	56	13.1	9.7-17.4	139	40.1	34.6-45.9
GENDER
Male	133	43	33.3	25.1-42.7	17	10.9	6.6-17.5	16	12.5	7.2-20.6	57	43.3	34.4-52.7
Female	237	70	31.9	25.4-39.2	45	17.0	12.4-22.8	40	13.7	9.8-18.7	82	37.5	30.7-44.7
RACE
White	307	93	32.3	26.5-38.6	46	12.2	9.0-16.5	47	12.6	9.2-17.0	121	42.8	36.7-49.3
Other	62	20	34.3	22.5-48.4	16	22.8	13.4-36.0	9	15.4	7.1-30.2	17	27.5	17.2-41.0
AGE
18-44	140	39	29.1	21.4-38.2	10	6.8	3.5-13.0	4	2.6	0.9- 7.7	87	61.5	52.2-70.0
45+	226	73	35.5	28.6-43.2	51	19.9	14.9-26.1	52	21.6	16.0-28.4	50	23.0	17.4-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	54	32.3	25.3-40.4	46	19.4	14.2-25.8	48	19.5	14.5-25.9	54	28.7	22.1-36.5
Some College +	167	59	33.0	25.4-41.5	15	7.9	4.5-13.4	8	5.8	2.4-13.3	85	53.4	44.8-61.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	70	34.4	27.4-42.0	43	15.5	11.2-21.0	40	15.8	11.4-21.7	71	34.3	27.5-41.9
$50,000+	72	19	27.1	17.4-39.5	8	10.4	5.0-20.4	1	0.5	0.1- 3.7	44	61.9	49.4-73.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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.