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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Oral Health

How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?*

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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 13,315 9,305 68.9 67.9-69.9 1,398 10.6 9.9-11.3 902 7.0 6.5- 7.6 1,390 10.6 9.9-11.3 320 2.9 2.5- 3.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 504 344 67.1 61.7-72.0 64 13.2 10.1-17.2 23 5.0 3.2- 8.0 63 13.0 9.5-17.5 10 1.7 0.6- 4.4
GENDER
Male 181 119 65.4 56.5-73.4 19 11.2 6.9-17.8 10 5.8 2.9-11.3 27 14.7 9.1-22.9 6 2.8 0.9- 8.9
Female 323 225 68.5 62.0-74.3 45 15.0 10.9-20.3 13 4.3 2.3- 8.0 36 11.4 7.7-16.6 4 0.7 0.2- 2.5
RACE
White 421 303 70.6 65.0-75.5 51 12.1 9.0-16.1 17 4.5 2.6- 7.4 44 11.1 7.8-15.6 6 1.8 0.6- 5.0
Other 81 40 41.1 25.9-58.1 13 21.9 11.3-38.3 5 8.9 2.8-24.9 19 26.9 13.9-45.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4
AGE
18-44 200 128 62.0 53.1-70.1 32 15.9 10.8-22.9 12 5.9 3.0-11.1 27 16.1 10.0-24.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
45+ 301 213 70.5 63.7-76.4 32 11.4 7.7-16.4 11 4.5 2.3- 8.6 36 10.8 7.2-15.8 9 2.9 1.1- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 117 55.5 46.9-63.8 30 14.7 9.8-21.4 17 9.4 5.6-15.3 40 17.4 11.7-25.1 7 3.0 0.9- 9.6
Some College + 290 226 76.3 69.6-81.9 34 12.2 8.4-17.4 6 1.8 0.6- 5.3 22 9.1 5.3-15.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 162 55.2 47.8-62.4 47 18.3 13.4-24.6 17 6.9 4.0-11.6 52 17.4 12.4-24.0 5 2.1 0.5- 7.8
$50,000+ 121 109 89.3 80.9-94.3 5 2.7 0.9- 7.6 2 3.2 0.8-12.3 4 3.9 1.4-10.1 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having teeth.
Note: Denominator includes respondents who reported having never been to a dental clinic.

^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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