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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 406 311 75.1 69.6-79.9 42 10.1 7.2-14.0 26 6.5 4.2-10.0 27 8.3 5.1-13.0 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 149 105 69.3 60.0-77.2 20 13.6 8.4-21.0 14 9.1 5.2-15.4 10 8.1 3.7-16.9 0 0.0 . - .
Female 257 206 80.2 73.6-85.5 22 7.1 4.5-11.0 12 4.3 2.1- 8.6 17 8.4 4.7-14.6 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 318 260 82.2 76.8-86.5 29 8.3 5.5-12.3 14 4.3 2.4- 7.5 15 5.2 2.7- 9.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other 85 49 52.6 39.8-65.0 13 16.0 8.7-27.6 11 13.0 6.5-24.4 12 18.4 9.3-33.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 196 146 73.6 65.6-80.3 24 12.3 7.9-18.8 18 9.1 5.4-15.0 8 4.9 2.0-11.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 209 164 76.6 68.6-83.1 18 7.7 4.6-12.7 8 3.8 1.7- 8.1 19 11.9 6.8-19.9 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 42 47.7 35.2-60.5 15 14.2 8.0-23.8 10 12.5 6.2-23.5 14 25.6 14.3-41.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 325 269 83.0 77.8-87.2 27 8.9 5.8-13.4 16 4.8 2.7- 8.3 13 3.3 1.8- 5.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 149 92 56.7 46.8-66.1 25 16.7 10.8-25.1 16 11.7 6.6-19.9 16 14.8 8.3-25.2 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 170 154 91.4 86.0-94.8 9 4.6 2.3- 9.0 3 2.3 0.7- 6.8 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 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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