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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 5 6 or more but not all All None
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
-Guilford County 419 111 27.6 22.9-32.8 58 12.9 9.8-16.9 39 8.0 5.6-11.2 211 51.5 45.9-57.0
GENDER
Male 174 47 29.0 22.1-37.2 21 11.3 7.3-17.0 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 94 53.4 45.0-61.6
Female 245 64 26.0 20.3-32.7 37 14.8 10.2-20.8 27 9.9 6.6-14.7 117 49.4 42.3-56.5
RACE
White 289 68 24.9 19.6-31.1 35 11.7 8.2-16.4 26 8.4 5.5-12.8 160 55.0 48.4-61.3
Other 129 43 33.0 24.3-43.1 23 15.5 9.8-23.8 13 7.2 3.9-12.8 50 44.3 34.0-55.0
AGE
18-44 146 26 18.7 12.5-27.0 4 2.0 0.7- 5.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 115 78.5 70.0-85.1
45+ 268 81 32.6 26.5-39.5 54 20.5 15.5-26.6 38 12.9 9.0-18.0 95 34.0 27.9-40.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 45 33.3 24.5-43.3 25 18.3 11.9-27.1 28 16.7 11.0-24.6 41 31.8 22.6-42.6
Some College + 279 66 24.7 19.5-30.9 33 10.2 7.1-14.5 10 3.3 1.6- 6.3 170 61.8 55.2-68.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 50 25.1 18.6-32.9 34 16.2 11.1-23.2 26 12.3 8.0-18.3 84 46.4 38.0-55.1
$50,000+ 140 42 31.0 23.4-39.9 12 9.1 5.1-15.8 5 3.7 1.5- 9.3 81 56.1 47.1-64.7

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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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