BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	634	187	28.9	25.1-33.1	57	9.2	6.8-12.4	38	4.9	3.4- 7.0	352	56.9	52.5-61.3
GENDER
Male	245	67	27.0	21.4-33.5	24	9.9	6.3-15.3	14	5.0	2.8- 8.7	140	58.1	51.2-64.7
Female	389	120	30.7	25.8-36.1	33	8.5	5.6-12.7	24	4.9	3.2- 7.5	212	55.9	50.3-61.3
RACE
White	439	107	23.6	19.5-28.3	34	7.3	4.7-11.1	25	4.5	3.0- 6.9	273	64.6	59.4-69.4
Other	192	78	39.4	31.9-47.5	23	13.1	8.4-19.8	12	5.2	2.6-10.0	79	42.3	34.5-50.6
AGE
18-44	322	83	26.2	21.1-32.0	5	2.2	0.7- 6.5	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	233	71.3	65.3-76.6
45+	311	104	32.3	26.7-38.4	52	17.5	13.0-23.2	37	10.3	7.2-14.5	118	39.9	33.8-46.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	65	35.6	28.0-44.1	27	14.8	9.4-22.4	27	12.3	8.1-18.3	60	37.3	29.3-46.0
Some College +	454	122	25.9	21.7-30.6	30	6.7	4.4-10.0	11	1.6	0.8- 2.9	291	65.8	60.9-70.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	94	34.8	28.5-41.8	32	12.6	8.4-18.4	16	5.6	3.2- 9.7	119	47.0	40.0-54.1
$50,000+	245	57	23.2	17.9-29.5	11	6.6	3.4-12.3	3	0.9	0.3- 3.2	174	69.3	62.4-75.4

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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
-Mecklenburg County	634	187	28.9	25.1-33.1	57	9.2	6.8-12.4	38	4.9	3.4- 7.0	352	56.9	52.5-61.3
GENDER
Male	245	67	27.0	21.4-33.5	24	9.9	6.3-15.3	14	5.0	2.8- 8.7	140	58.1	51.2-64.7
Female	389	120	30.7	25.8-36.1	33	8.5	5.6-12.7	24	4.9	3.2- 7.5	212	55.9	50.3-61.3
RACE
White	439	107	23.6	19.5-28.3	34	7.3	4.7-11.1	25	4.5	3.0- 6.9	273	64.6	59.4-69.4
Other	192	78	39.4	31.9-47.5	23	13.1	8.4-19.8	12	5.2	2.6-10.0	79	42.3	34.5-50.6
AGE
18-44	322	83	26.2	21.1-32.0	5	2.2	0.7- 6.5	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	233	71.3	65.3-76.6
45+	311	104	32.3	26.7-38.4	52	17.5	13.0-23.2	37	10.3	7.2-14.5	118	39.9	33.8-46.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	179	65	35.6	28.0-44.1	27	14.8	9.4-22.4	27	12.3	8.1-18.3	60	37.3	29.3-46.0
Some College +	454	122	25.9	21.7-30.6	30	6.7	4.4-10.0	11	1.6	0.8- 2.9	291	65.8	60.9-70.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	94	34.8	28.5-41.8	32	12.6	8.4-18.4	16	5.6	3.2- 9.7	119	47.0	40.0-54.1
$50,000+	245	57	23.2	17.9-29.5	11	6.6	3.4-12.3	3	0.9	0.3- 3.2	174	69.3	62.4-75.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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.