BRFSS 2004 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	440	144	31.8	27.1-36.9	64	12.1	9.2-15.6	53	12.5	9.2-16.8	179	43.7	38.3-49.1
GENDER
Male	156	44	25.5	18.9-33.6	16	8.8	5.2-14.6	18	12.4	7.4-20.2	78	53.2	44.3-61.8
Female	284	100	37.4	31.3-44.0	48	15.0	11.1-19.9	35	12.5	8.7-17.8	101	35.1	29.2-41.4
RACE
White	366	115	29.9	24.9-35.3	55	13.2	9.8-17.3	48	13.8	9.9-18.7	148	43.2	37.5-49.1
Other	71	28	40.7	28.1-54.5	9	8.1	4.0-15.9	4	5.6	1.6-17.8	30	45.6	32.2-59.7
AGE
18-44	175	48	26.5	19.8-34.3	9	3.6	1.7- 7.2	1	0.3	0.0- 2.3	117	69.7	61.6-76.6
45+	264	96	36.4	30.0-43.3	55	19.2	14.5-25.0	51	21.8	16.2-28.7	62	22.6	17.4-28.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	236	73	29.8	23.6-36.9	43	14.4	10.2-19.8	45	18.8	13.5-25.6	75	37.0	29.8-44.8
Some College +	204	71	34.3	27.4-41.9	21	9.1	5.8-14.1	8	4.4	1.9- 9.8	104	52.2	44.5-59.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	89	34.7	28.2-41.8	44	14.2	10.3-19.3	37	15.2	10.5-21.4	84	35.9	29.1-43.4
$50,000+	103	33	31.2	22.4-41.6	6	5.0	2.1-11.2	2	3.0	0.5-15.0	62	60.8	50.1-70.6

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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
-Rowan County	440	144	31.8	27.1-36.9	64	12.1	9.2-15.6	53	12.5	9.2-16.8	179	43.7	38.3-49.1
GENDER
Male	156	44	25.5	18.9-33.6	16	8.8	5.2-14.6	18	12.4	7.4-20.2	78	53.2	44.3-61.8
Female	284	100	37.4	31.3-44.0	48	15.0	11.1-19.9	35	12.5	8.7-17.8	101	35.1	29.2-41.4
RACE
White	366	115	29.9	24.9-35.3	55	13.2	9.8-17.3	48	13.8	9.9-18.7	148	43.2	37.5-49.1
Other	71	28	40.7	28.1-54.5	9	8.1	4.0-15.9	4	5.6	1.6-17.8	30	45.6	32.2-59.7
AGE
18-44	175	48	26.5	19.8-34.3	9	3.6	1.7- 7.2	1	0.3	0.0- 2.3	117	69.7	61.6-76.6
45+	264	96	36.4	30.0-43.3	55	19.2	14.5-25.0	51	21.8	16.2-28.7	62	22.6	17.4-28.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	236	73	29.8	23.6-36.9	43	14.4	10.2-19.8	45	18.8	13.5-25.6	75	37.0	29.8-44.8
Some College +	204	71	34.3	27.4-41.9	21	9.1	5.8-14.1	8	4.4	1.9- 9.8	104	52.2	44.5-59.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	89	34.7	28.2-41.8	44	14.2	10.3-19.3	37	15.2	10.5-21.4	84	35.9	29.1-43.4
$50,000+	103	33	31.2	22.4-41.6	6	5.0	2.1-11.2	2	3.0	0.5-15.0	62	60.8	50.1-70.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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.