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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 593 172 30.2 25.7-35.1 108 18.7 15.2-22.9 94 11.9 9.3-15.0 219 39.2 34.4-44.2
GENDER
Male 211 65 33.2 26.0-41.4 35 17.5 12.3-24.1 31 10.6 7.0-15.7 80 38.8 31.2-46.9
Female 382 107 27.6 22.3-33.6 73 19.8 15.3-25.2 63 13.0 9.7-17.2 139 39.6 33.7-45.8
RACE
White 498 144 29.4 24.7-34.5 85 18.1 14.4-22.5 82 12.6 9.8-16.0 187 39.9 34.9-45.1
Other 92 28 37.9 23.3-55.0 22 23.7 12.9-39.5 11 3.6 1.2-10.5 31 34.8 20.7-52.1
AGE
18-44 200 52 27.4 20.0-36.3 15 8.2 4.5-14.4 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 131 63.2 54.3-71.3
45+ 388 119 32.1 26.6-38.2 92 25.2 20.2-30.9 91 18.3 14.4-23.1 86 24.4 19.4-30.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 72 27.7 21.4-35.0 64 23.4 17.8-30.2 77 19.4 14.8-25.1 70 29.4 22.8-37.1
Some College + 306 100 32.8 26.6-39.6 42 14.1 10.1-19.5 16 4.8 2.8- 8.3 148 48.2 41.6-55.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 80 24.1 18.8-30.4 81 25.2 19.9-31.5 61 14.1 10.4-18.8 118 36.6 30.3-43.3
$50,000+ 122 53 40.9 31.3-51.2 10 9.2 4.8-16.8 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 57 48.4 38.4-58.6

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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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