BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren): (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
-NE Partnership I	393	133	33.9	27.6-40.7	101	24.9	20.1-30.3	62	13.8	10.4-18.0	97	27.5	22.4-33.4
GENDER
Male	137	44	36.1	25.2-48.6	30	19.9	13.4-28.4	24	15.3	9.8-23.2	39	28.7	20.4-38.8
Female	256	89	31.9	25.9-38.5	71	29.3	23.1-36.3	38	12.4	8.8-17.2	58	26.4	20.5-33.4
RACE
White	167	54	29.3	22.2-37.6	33	19.8	13.8-27.6	23	11.6	7.4-17.8	57	39.3	31.1-48.3
Other	221	78	36.9	28.0-46.8	68	28.8	22.0-36.6	39	15.5	10.8-21.7	36	18.9	13.1-26.4
AGE
18-44	134	54	40.9	29.4-53.5	19	12.8	7.6-20.7	2	1.2	0.3- 4.9	59	45.1	34.2-56.5
45+	259	79	28.6	22.8-35.2	82	33.9	27.5-40.9	60	23.1	17.7-29.5	38	14.5	10.3-19.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	251	75	31.0	22.6-40.7	75	29.2	22.8-36.6	55	18.9	13.9-25.1	46	20.9	15.2-28.1
Some College +	142	58	39.0	30.3-48.3	26	17.2	11.1-25.6	7	4.6	2.0-10.3	51	39.2	30.3-48.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	250	88	37.0	28.6-46.4	72	27.8	21.5-35.1	43	14.7	10.4-20.2	47	20.5	14.8-27.8
$50,000+	47	19	36.8	23.5-52.5	3	7.2	2.1-21.6	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	24	54.9	39.4-69.5

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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
-NE Partnership I	393	133	33.9	27.6-40.7	101	24.9	20.1-30.3	62	13.8	10.4-18.0	97	27.5	22.4-33.4
GENDER
Male	137	44	36.1	25.2-48.6	30	19.9	13.4-28.4	24	15.3	9.8-23.2	39	28.7	20.4-38.8
Female	256	89	31.9	25.9-38.5	71	29.3	23.1-36.3	38	12.4	8.8-17.2	58	26.4	20.5-33.4
RACE
White	167	54	29.3	22.2-37.6	33	19.8	13.8-27.6	23	11.6	7.4-17.8	57	39.3	31.1-48.3
Other	221	78	36.9	28.0-46.8	68	28.8	22.0-36.6	39	15.5	10.8-21.7	36	18.9	13.1-26.4
AGE
18-44	134	54	40.9	29.4-53.5	19	12.8	7.6-20.7	2	1.2	0.3- 4.9	59	45.1	34.2-56.5
45+	259	79	28.6	22.8-35.2	82	33.9	27.5-40.9	60	23.1	17.7-29.5	38	14.5	10.3-19.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	251	75	31.0	22.6-40.7	75	29.2	22.8-36.6	55	18.9	13.9-25.1	46	20.9	15.2-28.1
Some College +	142	58	39.0	30.3-48.3	26	17.2	11.1-25.6	7	4.6	2.0-10.3	51	39.2	30.3-48.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	250	88	37.0	28.6-46.4	72	27.8	21.5-35.1	43	14.7	10.4-20.2	47	20.5	14.8-27.8
$50,000+	47	19	36.8	23.5-52.5	3	7.2	2.1-21.6	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	24	54.9	39.4-69.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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.