BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (How long has it been since you last visited a dentist or a dental clinic for any reason?)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-5 years	5 or more years	Never
TOTAL	14,873	10,059	67.5	66.6-68.5	1,605	10.9	10.3-11.6	1,067	7.4	6.9- 8.0	1,993	12.9	12.2-13.6	149	1.2	1.0- 1.5
GENDER
Male	5,482	3,565	65.0	63.4-66.6	600	10.7	9.7-11.7	447	8.7	7.8- 9.7	805	14.0	12.9-15.2	65	1.6	1.1- 2.2
Female	9,391	6,494	69.9	68.7-71.0	1,005	11.1	10.3-12.0	620	6.2	5.7- 6.9	1,188	11.8	11.0-12.6	84	0.9	0.7- 1.2
RACE
White	11,137	7,970	72.2	71.2-73.3	1,062	9.6	8.9-10.3	702	6.4	5.9- 7.0	1,341	11.3	10.6-12.1	62	0.4	0.3- 0.6
African American	2,648	1,521	58.1	55.7-60.4	395	15.1	13.5-16.9	257	9.6	8.2-11.3	447	15.8	14.2-17.6	28	1.4	0.9- 2.2
Asian	90	64	72.2	59.8-81.9	11	10.0	5.1-18.8	9	7.1	3.3-14.5	4	5.4	1.8-14.8	2	5.4	1.4-18.9
Native American	293	167	61.4	53.8-68.5	43	14.4	10.0-20.3	29	11.9	7.5-18.5	53	12.2	8.8-16.6	1	0.1	0.0- 0.6
Other Minorities	617	274	41.2	36.1-46.5	88	13.4	10.5-17.1	64	11.7	8.5-15.9	135	23.8	19.6-28.5	56	9.9	7.0-13.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	664	317	44.1	39.1-49.2	92	13.1	10.2-16.6	68	12.1	8.9-16.2	132	21.5	17.6-26.0	55	9.3	6.5-13.0
-English Speaking	275	183	66.3	58.9-73.0	45	16.3	11.6-22.6	17	7.1	4.0-12.2	29	10.2	6.3-15.9	1	0.1	0.0- 0.7
-Spanish Speaking	389	134	34.0	27.9-40.7	47	11.6	8.2-16.0	51	14.3	10.1-19.9	103	26.6	21.4-32.6	54	13.4	9.5-18.7
Non-Hispanic	14,191	9,729	69.2	68.2-70.1	1,511	10.8	10.1-11.4	999	7.1	6.6- 7.7	1,858	12.3	11.6-13.0	94	0.7	0.5- 0.9
AGE
18-24	834	567	67.0	62.6-71.0	97	10.6	8.4-13.4	61	7.2	5.2-10.1	93	11.9	9.4-15.0	16	3.2	1.7- 6.2
25-34	2,388	1,644	66.3	63.8-68.7	294	12.8	11.2-14.6	198	8.8	7.4-10.4	222	10.6	9.0-12.4	30	1.5	1.0- 2.3
35-44	2,813	2,022	70.7	68.4-72.8	322	11.8	10.4-13.5	195	7.2	6.0- 8.6	251	9.0	7.8-10.5	23	1.3	0.7- 2.2
45-54	2,790	1,998	71.2	69.0-73.3	308	11.0	9.7-12.6	205	7.8	6.5- 9.2	265	9.4	8.1-10.9	14	0.6	0.3- 1.0
55-64	2,537	1,714	67.7	65.4-70.0	273	10.5	9.2-12.1	178	7.0	5.9- 8.4	358	14.1	12.4-15.9	14	0.6	0.3- 1.1
65-74	1,958	1,180	61.0	58.3-63.7	182	9.2	7.7-10.9	144	7.3	6.0- 9.0	428	21.3	19.1-23.7	24	1.1	0.7- 1.8
75+	1,481	877	61.4	58.2-64.4	125	7.7	6.2- 9.5	81	5.3	4.1- 6.9	371	24.0	21.5-26.8	27	1.6	1.0- 2.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	2,431	1,008	41.8	39.1-44.4	296	12.0	10.5-13.8	250	10.9	9.3-12.7	793	31.2	28.8-33.7	84	4.2	3.2- 5.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	4,372	2,719	61.6	59.7-63.4	567	13.2	11.9-14.5	377	9.6	8.4-10.9	669	14.6	13.3-15.9	40	1.1	0.6- 1.9
Some Post-H.S.	3,735	2,698	71.3	69.4-73.1	408	11.8	10.5-13.2	268	7.3	6.3- 8.5	344	9.0	7.9-10.3	17	0.5	0.3- 1.0
College Graduate	4,314	3,624	84.6	83.2-85.9	331	7.4	6.5- 8.4	169	3.5	2.9- 4.2	182	4.2	3.5- 5.0	8	0.3	0.1- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,695	748	43.4	40.1-46.7	223	13.1	11.2-15.3	204	11.9	9.9-14.2	492	28.0	25.2-31.0	28	3.7	2.1- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999	2,508	1,365	52.1	49.5-54.7	347	14.1	12.4-16.0	240	10.5	8.8-12.4	508	20.7	18.7-22.9	48	2.5	1.8- 3.5
$25,000- 34,999	1,719	1,143	63.7	60.8-66.5	223	13.8	11.8-16.0	134	8.3	6.8-10.1	212	13.7	11.7-15.9	7	0.5	0.2- 1.6
$35,000- 49,999	1,971	1,500	73.4	70.9-75.8	206	11.9	10.2-13.8	114	6.6	5.3- 8.2	148	8.0	6.6- 9.6	3	0.1	0.0- 0.3
$50,000-74,999	1,794	1,451	80.0	77.7-82.2	153	8.8	7.3-10.5	91	5.4	4.3- 6.8	95	5.4	4.3- 6.7	4	0.3	0.1- 1.1
$75,000+	2,013	1,772	87.4	85.5-89.1	129	6.6	5.4- 8.1	61	3.4	2.5- 4.5	51	2.6	1.9- 3.6	0	0.0	. - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	4,725	2,734	58.0	56.1-59.8	555	11.9	10.7-13.1	413	9.3	8.2-10.5	961	19.5	18.1-21.0	62	1.4	1.0- 2.1
No	9,714	7,031	71.7	70.5-72.8	999	10.4	9.7-11.2	618	6.5	5.9- 7.2	983	10.2	9.4-11.0	83	1.2	0.9- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	1,914	1,275	68.6	66.0-71.0	220	10.4	8.9-12.0	136	7.1	5.7- 8.8	269	13.4	11.7-15.3	14	0.6	0.3- 1.2
Non-Veteran	12,766	8,615	67.0	65.9-68.1	1,372	11.1	10.4-11.8	927	7.6	7.0- 8.2	1,719	13.0	12.2-13.7	133	1.4	1.1- 1.7
Currently Serving	168	156	93.1	87.3-96.3	6	3.2	1.3- 7.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.7	3	2.2	0.6- 7.9	1	0.6	0.1- 4.0

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-5 years

5 or more years

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

14,873

10,059

67.5

66.6-68.5

1,605

10.9

10.3-11.6

1,067

7.4

6.9- 8.0

1,993

12.9

12.2-13.6

149

1.2

1.0- 1.5

GENDER

Male

5,482

3,565

65.0

63.4-66.6

600

10.7

9.7-11.7

447

8.7

7.8- 9.7

805

14.0

12.9-15.2

1.6

1.1- 2.2

Female

9,391

6,494

69.9

68.7-71.0

1,005

11.1

10.3-12.0

620

6.2

5.7- 6.9

1,188

11.8

11.0-12.6

0.9

0.7- 1.2

RACE

White

11,137

7,970

72.2

71.2-73.3

1,062

9.6

8.9-10.3

702

6.4

5.9- 7.0

1,341

11.3

10.6-12.1

0.4

0.3- 0.6

African American

2,648

1,521

58.1

55.7-60.4

395

15.1

13.5-16.9

257

9.6

8.2-11.3

447

15.8

14.2-17.6

1.4

0.9- 2.2

Asian

72.2

59.8-81.9

10.0

5.1-18.8

7.1

3.3-14.5

5.4

1.8-14.8

5.4

1.4-18.9

Native American

293

167

61.4

53.8-68.5

14.4

10.0-20.3

11.9

7.5-18.5

12.2

8.8-16.6

0.1

0.0- 0.6

Other Minorities

617

274

41.2

36.1-46.5

13.4

10.5-17.1

11.7

8.5-15.9

135

23.8

19.6-28.5

9.9

7.0-13.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

664

317

44.1

39.1-49.2

13.1

10.2-16.6

12.1

8.9-16.2

132

21.5

17.6-26.0

9.3

6.5-13.0

-English Speaking

275

183

66.3

58.9-73.0

16.3

11.6-22.6

7.1

4.0-12.2

10.2

6.3-15.9

0.1

0.0- 0.7

-Spanish Speaking

389

134

34.0

27.9-40.7

11.6

8.2-16.0

14.3

10.1-19.9

103

26.6

21.4-32.6

13.4

9.5-18.7

Non-Hispanic

14,191

9,729

69.2

68.2-70.1

1,511

10.8

10.1-11.4

999

7.1

6.6- 7.7

1,858

12.3

11.6-13.0

0.7

0.5- 0.9

AGE

18-24

834

567

67.0

62.6-71.0

10.6

8.4-13.4

7.2

5.2-10.1

11.9

9.4-15.0

3.2

1.7- 6.2

25-34

2,388

1,644

66.3

63.8-68.7

294

12.8

11.2-14.6

198

8.8

7.4-10.4

222

10.6

9.0-12.4

1.5

1.0- 2.3

35-44

2,813

2,022

70.7

68.4-72.8

322

11.8

10.4-13.5

195

7.2

6.0- 8.6

251

9.0

7.8-10.5

1.3

0.7- 2.2

45-54

2,790

1,998

71.2

69.0-73.3

308

11.0

9.7-12.6

205

7.8

6.5- 9.2

265

9.4

8.1-10.9

0.6

0.3- 1.0

55-64

2,537

1,714

67.7

65.4-70.0

273

10.5

9.2-12.1

178

7.0

5.9- 8.4

358

14.1

12.4-15.9

0.6

0.3- 1.1

65-74

1,958

1,180

61.0

58.3-63.7

182

9.2

7.7-10.9

144

7.3

6.0- 9.0

428

21.3

19.1-23.7

1.1

0.7- 1.8

75+

1,481

877

61.4

58.2-64.4

125

7.7

6.2- 9.5

5.3

4.1- 6.9

371

24.0

21.5-26.8

1.6

1.0- 2.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

2,431

1,008

41.8

39.1-44.4

296

12.0

10.5-13.8

250

10.9

9.3-12.7

793

31.2

28.8-33.7

4.2

3.2- 5.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

4,372

2,719

61.6

59.7-63.4

567

13.2

11.9-14.5

377

9.6

8.4-10.9

669

14.6

13.3-15.9

1.1

0.6- 1.9

Some Post-H.S.

3,735

2,698

71.3

69.4-73.1

408

11.8

10.5-13.2

268

7.3

6.3- 8.5

344

9.0

7.9-10.3

0.5

0.3- 1.0

College Graduate

4,314

3,624

84.6

83.2-85.9

331

7.4

6.5- 8.4

169

3.5

2.9- 4.2

182

4.2

3.5- 5.0

0.3

0.1- 0.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,695

748

43.4

40.1-46.7

223

13.1

11.2-15.3

204

11.9

9.9-14.2

492

28.0

25.2-31.0

3.7

2.1- 6.1

$15,000- 24,999

2,508

1,365

52.1

49.5-54.7

347

14.1

12.4-16.0

240

10.5

8.8-12.4

508

20.7

18.7-22.9

2.5

1.8- 3.5

$25,000- 34,999

1,719

1,143

63.7

60.8-66.5

223

13.8

11.8-16.0

134

8.3

6.8-10.1

212

13.7

11.7-15.9

0.5

0.2- 1.6

$35,000- 49,999

1,971

1,500

73.4

70.9-75.8

206

11.9

10.2-13.8

114

6.6

5.3- 8.2

148

8.0

6.6- 9.6

0.1

0.0- 0.3

$50,000-74,999

1,794

1,451

80.0

77.7-82.2

153

8.8

7.3-10.5

5.4

4.3- 6.8

5.4

4.3- 6.7

0.3

0.1- 1.1

$75,000+

2,013

1,772

87.4

85.5-89.1

129

6.6

5.4- 8.1

3.4

2.5- 4.5

2.6

1.9- 3.6

0.0

. - .

DISABILITY STATUS

Yes

4,725

2,734

58.0

56.1-59.8

555

11.9

10.7-13.1

413

9.3

8.2-10.5

961

19.5

18.1-21.0

1.4

1.0- 2.1

9,714

7,031

71.7

70.5-72.8

999

10.4

9.7-11.2

618

6.5

5.9- 7.2

983

10.2

9.4-11.0

1.2

0.9- 1.6

VETERAN STATUS

Veteran

1,914

1,275

68.6

66.0-71.0

220

10.4

8.9-12.0

136

7.1

5.7- 8.8

269

13.4

11.7-15.3

0.6

0.3- 1.2

Non-Veteran

12,766

8,615

67.0

65.9-68.1

1,372

11.1

10.4-11.8

927

7.6

7.0- 8.2

1,719

13.0

12.2-13.7

133

1.4

1.1- 1.7

Currently Serving

168

156

93.1

87.3-96.3

3.2

1.3- 7.8

0.9

0.2- 3.7

2.2

0.6- 7.9

0.6

0.1- 4.0

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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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