BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	368	129	33.2	28.1-38.8	33	8.5	5.9-12.2	29	6.0	4.0- 8.8	177	52.3	46.5-58.1
GENDER
Male	144	49	31.0	23.6-39.6	14	9.2	5.3-15.3	8	4.5	2.2- 9.0	73	55.3	46.3-64.0
Female	224	80	35.3	28.6-42.7	19	7.9	4.8-12.8	21	7.4	4.6-11.7	104	49.4	42.0-56.8
RACE
White	300	107	34.2	28.5-40.4	20	5.9	3.6- 9.4	20	5.2	3.2- 8.3	153	54.7	48.4-60.9
Other	65	21	29.3	18.5-43.1	13	20.0	11.2-33.1	9	9.3	4.3-18.8	22	41.4	27.1-57.4
AGE
18-44	138	27	19.0	12.7-27.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.4	0.3- 5.6	109	79.6	71.1-86.2
45+	229	102	44.2	37.2-51.4	33	15.1	10.5-21.1	27	9.5	6.2-14.1	67	31.3	24.9-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	43	37.1	27.6-47.8	19	16.5	10.2-25.6	21	13.0	8.1-20.3	30	33.4	23.3-45.1
Some College +	254	85	31.1	25.3-37.7	14	4.6	2.6- 7.9	8	2.4	1.1- 5.3	147	61.8	55.1-68.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	174	66	34.5	27.1-42.7	25	15.8	10.4-23.1	11	5.2	2.7- 9.8	72	44.5	36.1-53.3
$50,000+	104	34	36.1	26.7-46.6	4	3.2	1.1- 8.6	0	0.0	. - .	66	60.8	50.3-70.4

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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
-New Hanover County	368	129	33.2	28.1-38.8	33	8.5	5.9-12.2	29	6.0	4.0- 8.8	177	52.3	46.5-58.1
GENDER
Male	144	49	31.0	23.6-39.6	14	9.2	5.3-15.3	8	4.5	2.2- 9.0	73	55.3	46.3-64.0
Female	224	80	35.3	28.6-42.7	19	7.9	4.8-12.8	21	7.4	4.6-11.7	104	49.4	42.0-56.8
RACE
White	300	107	34.2	28.5-40.4	20	5.9	3.6- 9.4	20	5.2	3.2- 8.3	153	54.7	48.4-60.9
Other	65	21	29.3	18.5-43.1	13	20.0	11.2-33.1	9	9.3	4.3-18.8	22	41.4	27.1-57.4
AGE
18-44	138	27	19.0	12.7-27.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.4	0.3- 5.6	109	79.6	71.1-86.2
45+	229	102	44.2	37.2-51.4	33	15.1	10.5-21.1	27	9.5	6.2-14.1	67	31.3	24.9-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	113	43	37.1	27.6-47.8	19	16.5	10.2-25.6	21	13.0	8.1-20.3	30	33.4	23.3-45.1
Some College +	254	85	31.1	25.3-37.7	14	4.6	2.6- 7.9	8	2.4	1.1- 5.3	147	61.8	55.1-68.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	174	66	34.5	27.1-42.7	25	15.8	10.4-23.1	11	5.2	2.7- 9.8	72	44.5	36.1-53.3
$50,000+	104	34	36.1	26.7-46.6	4	3.2	1.1- 8.6	0	0.0	. - .	66	60.8	50.3-70.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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.