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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 371 279 74.1 68.4-79.2 34 9.3 6.5-13.1 20 6.3 3.5-11.1 34 9.3 6.4-13.4 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9
GENDER
Male 145 102 67.3 57.8-75.6 17 11.4 7.0-18.2 9 9.6 4.5-19.3 15 10.2 5.8-17.3 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
Female 226 177 80.6 74.4-85.6 17 7.2 4.3-11.8 11 3.2 1.7- 6.0 19 8.5 5.2-13.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
RACE
White 304 240 79.1 73.5-83.8 26 8.2 5.4-12.2 13 5.0 2.7- 9.2 23 7.1 4.5-10.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
Other 64 37 52.8 37.7-67.5 8 14.0 6.7-27.2 7 12.0 3.5-33.7 10 18.4 9.1-33.6 2 2.7 0.6-11.9
AGE
18-44 140 101 69.1 59.0-77.6 14 10.1 5.8-16.8 11 9.3 4.2-19.2 12 10.5 5.7-18.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.3
45+ 230 177 78.0 71.3-83.4 20 8.7 5.4-13.7 9 4.0 1.7- 9.2 22 8.5 5.3-13.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 68 59.9 48.7-70.1 17 14.3 8.5-23.1 8 8.6 3.1-21.8 17 14.3 8.2-23.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.5
Some College + 256 210 81.3 75.2-86.2 17 6.7 4.1-10.8 12 5.2 2.6- 9.8 17 6.8 4.1-11.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 124 68.8 60.1-76.4 24 13.8 8.9-20.8 10 5.9 2.7-12.4 16 10.6 6.1-18.0 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8
$50,000+ 105 91 86.5 78.3-91.9 7 7.4 3.5-14.9 4 3.5 1.3- 9.2 3 2.6 0.8- 7.9 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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