BRFSS 2004 - Iredell 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
-Iredell County	427	135	32.0	27.1-37.3	68	13.7	10.5-17.7	42	9.0	6.4-12.6	182	45.3	39.7-51.0
GENDER
Male	172	53	31.2	24.1-39.5	26	13.9	9.2-20.5	19	11.0	6.7-17.4	74	43.9	35.3-52.8
Female	255	82	32.7	26.6-39.5	42	13.6	9.8-18.4	23	6.9	4.5-10.5	108	46.8	40.1-53.7
RACE
White	369	108	29.6	24.5-35.3	60	13.7	10.4-17.9	38	10.1	7.1-14.3	163	46.6	40.6-52.7
Other	55	26	44.7	30.8-59.4	6	12.5	5.2-27.3	4	3.4	1.2- 9.0	19	39.4	25.7-55.1
AGE
18-44	164	45	27.7	20.6-36.1	11	6.0	3.1-11.6	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4	107	65.3	56.5-73.2
45+	259	88	35.2	28.9-42.1	57	20.5	15.5-26.5	41	16.0	11.5-22.0	73	28.2	22.7-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	58	30.0	23.3-37.7	41	19.0	13.6-25.9	31	14.9	10.0-21.4	65	36.1	28.8-44.2
Some College +	231	77	33.8	27.0-41.3	26	8.8	5.7-13.3	11	3.8	1.9- 7.6	117	53.6	45.8-61.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	72	36.3	28.8-44.5	44	18.4	13.4-24.6	23	9.7	6.0-15.4	68	35.6	27.3-44.9
$50,000+	123	34	28.0	20.1-37.4	6	4.6	1.9-10.6	6	7.3	3.2-15.8	77	60.2	50.4-69.2

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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
-Iredell County	427	135	32.0	27.1-37.3	68	13.7	10.5-17.7	42	9.0	6.4-12.6	182	45.3	39.7-51.0
GENDER
Male	172	53	31.2	24.1-39.5	26	13.9	9.2-20.5	19	11.0	6.7-17.4	74	43.9	35.3-52.8
Female	255	82	32.7	26.6-39.5	42	13.6	9.8-18.4	23	6.9	4.5-10.5	108	46.8	40.1-53.7
RACE
White	369	108	29.6	24.5-35.3	60	13.7	10.4-17.9	38	10.1	7.1-14.3	163	46.6	40.6-52.7
Other	55	26	44.7	30.8-59.4	6	12.5	5.2-27.3	4	3.4	1.2- 9.0	19	39.4	25.7-55.1
AGE
18-44	164	45	27.7	20.6-36.1	11	6.0	3.1-11.6	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4	107	65.3	56.5-73.2
45+	259	88	35.2	28.9-42.1	57	20.5	15.5-26.5	41	16.0	11.5-22.0	73	28.2	22.7-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	195	58	30.0	23.3-37.7	41	19.0	13.6-25.9	31	14.9	10.0-21.4	65	36.1	28.8-44.2
Some College +	231	77	33.8	27.0-41.3	26	8.8	5.7-13.3	11	3.8	1.9- 7.6	117	53.6	45.8-61.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	72	36.3	28.8-44.5	44	18.4	13.4-24.6	23	9.7	6.0-15.4	68	35.6	27.3-44.9
$50,000+	123	34	28.0	20.1-37.4	6	4.6	1.9-10.6	6	7.3	3.2-15.8	77	60.2	50.4-69.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell 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.