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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

Oral Health

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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 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
-NE Partnership II 473 293 60.5 55.2-65.6 54 13.1 9.8-17.3 35 8.6 5.8-12.5 88 16.8 13.4-20.8 3 1.1 0.2- 5.1
GENDER
Male 154 95 57.6 48.6-66.1 23 15.8 10.2-23.6 13 11.1 6.1-19.3 22 13.6 8.8-20.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.5
Female 319 198 62.8 56.7-68.6 31 10.9 7.4-15.7 22 6.6 4.3-10.2 66 19.3 15.0-24.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4
RACE
White 306 197 61.7 55.2-67.8 25 9.0 5.9-13.5 26 11.6 7.5-17.6 57 17.6 13.4-22.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Other 166 96 58.9 49.9-67.4 29 19.1 12.9-27.5 9 4.1 1.9- 8.8 30 15.4 10.3-22.4 2 2.4 0.4-12.7
AGE
18-44 137 88 58.7 48.6-68.2 16 12.5 7.1-21.2 12 11.1 5.7-20.6 20 15.2 9.6-23.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.1
45+ 335 205 61.6 55.6-67.3 38 13.4 9.6-18.4 23 7.2 4.6-11.1 67 17.5 13.6-22.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 143 55.1 48.0-62.1 32 13.0 9.0-18.5 24 10.7 6.6-16.9 57 19.2 14.5-25.0 3 1.9 0.4- 9.1
Some College + 214 150 67.0 59.2-74.0 22 13.1 8.2-20.3 11 6.0 3.1-11.4 31 13.8 9.4-19.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 168 57.3 50.6-63.8 37 15.3 11.0-20.9 24 7.6 4.9-11.7 57 18.3 13.8-23.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
$50,000+ 87 65 72.2 60.6-81.5 7 8.2 3.7-17.3 5 7.9 3.2-18.3 10 11.6 6.1-21.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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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