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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 421 316 75.5 70.5-80.0 44 10.5 7.5-14.4 18 3.6 2.1- 6.1 35 8.1 5.5-11.6 8 2.3 1.1- 5.1
GENDER
Male 175 129 73.3 65.3-80.0 20 10.7 6.6-16.9 5 3.0 1.2- 7.6 19 11.1 6.9-17.4 2 1.8 0.5- 7.0
Female 246 187 78.0 71.6-83.3 24 10.2 6.5-15.6 13 4.3 2.3- 7.7 16 4.7 2.7- 7.9 6 2.9 1.1- 7.3
RACE
White 291 234 81.0 75.4-85.6 27 8.8 5.9-13.1 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0 21 6.9 4.2-11.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
Other 128 81 64.9 54.6-74.0 16 13.2 7.5-22.2 10 5.3 2.5-10.7 14 10.5 5.9-18.3 7 6.1 2.5-13.8
AGE
18-44 146 111 75.9 66.9-83.1 13 9.8 5.3-17.3 7 4.1 1.7- 9.2 9 5.4 2.6-10.9 6 4.9 2.0-11.7
45+ 270 201 75.4 69.0-80.8 30 10.6 7.2-15.4 11 3.4 1.7- 6.7 26 10.0 6.4-15.1 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 86 65.6 55.9-74.2 16 13.2 7.7-21.7 11 6.7 3.3-13.2 22 12.7 7.9-20.0 4 1.7 0.5- 5.5
Some College + 281 230 80.9 74.9-85.7 28 9.0 5.9-13.5 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 12 5.4 2.9- 9.9 4 2.7 1.0- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 131 68.1 59.7-75.5 25 13.5 8.5-20.7 12 4.4 2.2- 8.5 21 10.5 6.5-16.6 4 3.5 1.2- 9.6
$50,000+ 143 123 84.8 77.1-90.2 10 7.0 3.7-12.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 7 6.5 3.0-13.4 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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