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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 5 6 or more but not all All None
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
-Piedmont NC 8,225 2,491 29.5 28.3-30.8 1,159 12.3 11.5-13.2 839 8.4 7.7- 9.1 3,736 49.8 48.4-51.1
GENDER
Male 3,073 925 29.7 27.8-31.8 400 11.3 10.1-12.6 284 7.9 6.9- 9.1 1,464 51.0 48.8-53.2
Female 5,152 1,566 29.3 27.8-30.8 759 13.3 12.2-14.5 555 8.8 8.0- 9.7 2,272 48.6 46.9-50.3
RACE
White 6,354 1,798 26.8 25.4-28.1 849 11.7 10.8-12.6 636 8.3 7.6- 9.2 3,071 53.2 51.7-54.8
African American 1,337 505 38.0 34.7-41.4 273 18.6 16.2-21.3 182 10.8 9.1-12.9 377 32.5 29.3-35.9
Other Minorities 72 14 22.1 12.3-36.3 4 8.6 2.7-24.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 53 68.4 53.4-80.4
AGE
18-24 416 70 16.0 12.2-20.8 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 0 0.0 . - . 344 83.7 79.0-87.6
25-34 1,364 323 24.2 21.4-27.3 40 1.9 1.3- 2.7 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3 995 73.4 70.3-76.3
35-44 1,633 531 32.5 29.7-35.5 97 5.6 4.2- 7.3 29 1.8 1.2- 2.8 976 60.1 57.1-63.1
45-54 1,542 551 33.8 30.9-36.8 225 14.9 12.8-17.2 86 5.2 4.1- 6.6 680 46.1 43.0-49.3
55-64 1,378 469 32.6 29.5-35.8 311 21.1 18.6-23.9 202 14.0 11.8-16.5 396 32.3 29.1-35.6
65-74 1,044 290 28.4 25.0-32.0 289 27.8 24.5-31.4 273 25.8 22.5-29.4 192 18.0 15.3-21.1
75+ 802 238 29.3 25.6-33.4 192 23.9 20.3-27.9 238 28.4 24.7-32.4 134 18.4 15.2-22.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,301 359 30.1 26.8-33.6 290 18.0 15.6-20.6 391 25.0 22.2-28.1 261 26.9 23.6-30.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,271 790 35.2 32.7-37.8 415 16.4 14.6-18.4 282 11.1 9.6-12.7 784 37.3 34.8-40.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,983 693 32.8 30.2-35.4 272 12.4 10.7-14.3 107 4.2 3.3- 5.3 911 50.6 47.8-53.4
College Graduate 2,658 647 22.8 20.8-24.9 178 6.7 5.6- 8.0 56 1.8 1.3- 2.5 1,777 68.7 66.5-70.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 840 203 22.5 19.2-26.3 215 23.0 19.7-26.8 229 21.9 18.8-25.3 193 32.5 27.8-37.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,274 446 35.6 32.2-39.2 247 17.0 14.6-19.8 191 14.0 11.7-16.7 390 33.4 30.0-37.0
$25,000- 34,999 904 331 34.6 30.8-38.6 112 11.9 9.6-14.7 94 10.8 8.6-13.6 367 42.6 38.6-46.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,075 380 34.9 31.5-38.5 147 13.8 11.4-16.5 44 3.8 2.7- 5.3 504 47.5 43.9-51.2
$50,000-74,999 1,062 339 32.3 28.9-35.9 82 7.9 6.1-10.1 35 3.1 2.1- 4.4 606 56.8 53.1-60.4
$75,000+ 1,309 297 22.1 19.4-25.1 69 5.9 4.4- 8.0 18 1.4 0.8- 2.5 925 70.5 67.3-73.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,418 734 30.4 28.0-32.9 549 20.4 18.5-22.4 470 17.5 15.7-19.5 665 31.7 29.3-34.3
No 5,574 1,691 29.3 27.8-30.9 573 9.2 8.4-10.2 343 5.0 4.4- 5.7 2,967 56.5 54.8-58.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 976 339 34.1 30.6-37.8 212 20.4 17.5-23.5 131 12.5 10.2-15.2 294 33.0 29.4-36.8
Non-Veteran 7,211 2,143 28.8 27.5-30.2 945 11.1 10.2-12.0 705 7.7 7.0- 8.5 3,418 52.4 50.9-53.9
Currently Serving 28 6 22.6 9.3-45.5 1 3.3 0.5-20.4 3 10.0 2.8-29.9 18 64.0 42.7-81.0

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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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