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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 387 271 70.6 65.3-75.4 40 9.7 7.0-13.2 28 7.4 4.8-11.2 43 10.9 8.0-14.8 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7
GENDER
Male 148 102 71.4 62.9-78.5 19 11.2 7.1-17.3 9 7.3 3.5-14.6 16 8.9 5.2-14.8 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9
Female 239 169 69.8 63.0-75.8 21 8.2 5.2-12.5 19 7.4 4.6-11.8 27 13.0 8.8-18.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7
RACE
White 292 209 70.5 64.3-76.0 28 9.8 6.7-14.1 22 8.2 5.0-13.0 28 9.6 6.5-13.9 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9
Other 93 61 70.8 60.0-79.8 12 9.4 5.1-16.8 6 5.1 2.1-11.8 14 14.6 8.3-24.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 190 140 73.2 65.8-79.5 19 9.6 6.0-15.0 13 6.7 3.7-11.5 16 9.1 5.5-14.8 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4
45+ 195 129 66.9 59.0-73.9 21 9.9 6.4-15.2 15 8.3 4.4-15.3 27 13.3 9.0-19.2 3 1.6 0.5- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 112 65.6 57.7-72.7 20 11.2 7.0-17.2 12 5.9 3.3-10.5 29 14.8 10.1-21.1 4 2.6 0.9- 7.1
Some College + 209 158 74.6 67.2-80.8 20 8.5 5.4-13.1 16 8.6 4.8-15.0 14 7.8 4.5-13.2 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 147 63.8 56.5-70.5 27 11.3 7.7-16.4 20 9.3 5.5-15.2 31 13.0 9.0-18.5 5 2.6 1.0- 6.3
$50,000+ 87 76 85.8 75.5-92.3 5 5.6 2.2-13.6 2 2.4 0.5-10.6 4 6.1 2.3-15.5 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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