BRFSS 2004 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	384	124	30.2	25.4-35.6	42	11.2	8.1-15.3	33	6.6	4.6- 9.5	185	51.9	46.3-57.5
GENDER
Male	146	46	30.2	22.7-38.8	20	11.7	7.4-18.0	8	4.1	2.0- 8.4	72	54.0	45.1-62.6
Female	238	78	30.3	24.3-36.9	22	10.7	6.8-16.5	25	9.1	6.0-13.5	113	49.9	43.0-56.9
RACE
White	288	97	31.8	26.2-38.0	30	10.2	7.0-14.7	25	6.8	4.5-10.2	136	51.1	44.7-57.5
Other	93	27	26.2	17.4-37.4	12	14.4	7.9-24.9	7	5.6	2.5-12.0	47	53.8	42.0-65.2
AGE
18-44	190	43	21.7	16.0-28.8	6	3.1	1.4- 7.0	0	0.0	. - .	141	75.2	67.9-81.3
45+	192	80	39.6	32.1-47.6	36	20.9	15.0-28.4	33	14.6	10.2-20.4	43	24.9	18.6-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	53	27.7	21.1-35.3	26	14.0	9.3-20.5	24	9.9	6.4-14.9	74	48.5	40.3-56.7
Some College +	205	70	32.2	25.4-39.9	16	8.9	5.3-14.6	9	3.9	2.0- 7.7	110	54.9	47.1-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	70	28.0	21.9-35.1	26	10.8	7.2-15.8	25	9.4	6.2-14.0	110	51.9	44.6-59.1
$50,000+	84	29	31.9	22.3-43.4	7	9.0	4.2-18.3	2	1.8	0.4- 6.8	46	57.3	45.6-68.2

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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
-Onslow County	384	124	30.2	25.4-35.6	42	11.2	8.1-15.3	33	6.6	4.6- 9.5	185	51.9	46.3-57.5
GENDER
Male	146	46	30.2	22.7-38.8	20	11.7	7.4-18.0	8	4.1	2.0- 8.4	72	54.0	45.1-62.6
Female	238	78	30.3	24.3-36.9	22	10.7	6.8-16.5	25	9.1	6.0-13.5	113	49.9	43.0-56.9
RACE
White	288	97	31.8	26.2-38.0	30	10.2	7.0-14.7	25	6.8	4.5-10.2	136	51.1	44.7-57.5
Other	93	27	26.2	17.4-37.4	12	14.4	7.9-24.9	7	5.6	2.5-12.0	47	53.8	42.0-65.2
AGE
18-44	190	43	21.7	16.0-28.8	6	3.1	1.4- 7.0	0	0.0	. - .	141	75.2	67.9-81.3
45+	192	80	39.6	32.1-47.6	36	20.9	15.0-28.4	33	14.6	10.2-20.4	43	24.9	18.6-32.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	177	53	27.7	21.1-35.3	26	14.0	9.3-20.5	24	9.9	6.4-14.9	74	48.5	40.3-56.7
Some College +	205	70	32.2	25.4-39.9	16	8.9	5.3-14.6	9	3.9	2.0- 7.7	110	54.9	47.1-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	70	28.0	21.9-35.1	26	10.8	7.2-15.8	25	9.4	6.2-14.0	110	51.9	44.6-59.1
$50,000+	84	29	31.9	22.3-43.4	7	9.0	4.2-18.3	2	1.8	0.4- 6.8	46	57.3	45.6-68.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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.