BRFSS 2004 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	373	125	33.6	28.3-39.3	50	12.7	9.3-17.1	22	5.5	3.5- 8.6	176	48.2	42.5-54.0
GENDER
Male	149	52	36.3	28.1-45.3	17	12.8	7.8-20.5	8	5.0	2.4-10.1	72	45.9	37.3-54.8
Female	224	73	30.6	24.4-37.5	33	12.6	8.8-17.7	14	6.1	3.5-10.5	104	50.8	43.6-57.9
RACE
White	246	73	28.7	23.0-35.3	30	12.2	8.2-17.8	13	5.4	3.0- 9.4	130	53.7	46.8-60.5
Other	124	51	41.5	31.7-52.0	20	13.8	8.2-22.2	9	5.8	2.8-11.8	44	38.9	29.3-49.5
AGE
18-44	187	54	30.5	23.3-38.8	10	5.5	2.8-10.4	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	122	63.6	55.3-71.2
45+	184	70	37.3	29.8-45.4	40	21.7	15.5-29.6	21	11.8	7.4-18.1	53	29.2	22.5-37.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	143	58	40.6	31.7-50.3	29	18.5	12.4-26.7	17	10.6	6.3-17.1	39	30.3	22.1-40.0
Some College +	230	67	28.1	22.2-34.9	21	8.3	5.0-13.4	5	1.6	0.6- 4.3	137	61.9	54.8-68.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	200	78	39.9	32.2-48.2	32	15.5	10.4-22.4	19	8.6	5.2-13.8	71	36.0	28.6-44.2
$50,000+	109	30	27.4	19.3-37.3	9	9.0	4.6-16.9	0	0.0	. - .	70	63.7	53.4-72.8

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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
-Pitt County	373	125	33.6	28.3-39.3	50	12.7	9.3-17.1	22	5.5	3.5- 8.6	176	48.2	42.5-54.0
GENDER
Male	149	52	36.3	28.1-45.3	17	12.8	7.8-20.5	8	5.0	2.4-10.1	72	45.9	37.3-54.8
Female	224	73	30.6	24.4-37.5	33	12.6	8.8-17.7	14	6.1	3.5-10.5	104	50.8	43.6-57.9
RACE
White	246	73	28.7	23.0-35.3	30	12.2	8.2-17.8	13	5.4	3.0- 9.4	130	53.7	46.8-60.5
Other	124	51	41.5	31.7-52.0	20	13.8	8.2-22.2	9	5.8	2.8-11.8	44	38.9	29.3-49.5
AGE
18-44	187	54	30.5	23.3-38.8	10	5.5	2.8-10.4	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	122	63.6	55.3-71.2
45+	184	70	37.3	29.8-45.4	40	21.7	15.5-29.6	21	11.8	7.4-18.1	53	29.2	22.5-37.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	143	58	40.6	31.7-50.3	29	18.5	12.4-26.7	17	10.6	6.3-17.1	39	30.3	22.1-40.0
Some College +	230	67	28.1	22.2-34.9	21	8.3	5.0-13.4	5	1.6	0.6- 4.3	137	61.9	54.8-68.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	200	78	39.9	32.2-48.2	32	15.5	10.4-22.4	19	8.6	5.2-13.8	71	36.0	28.6-44.2
$50,000+	109	30	27.4	19.3-37.3	9	9.0	4.6-16.9	0	0.0	. - .	70	63.7	53.4-72.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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.