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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 431 310 70.9 65.6-75.7 36 8.7 6.0-12.5 31 8.1 5.4-11.9 50 11.2 8.3-15.0 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1
GENDER
Male 132 88 64.6 54.9-73.3 16 11.8 7.1-19.0 9 8.5 4.1-16.8 18 14.4 8.9-22.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
Female 299 222 74.9 68.7-80.1 20 6.8 3.9-11.5 22 7.8 5.0-12.1 32 9.2 6.3-13.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5
RACE
White 372 275 73.9 68.3-78.8 30 8.2 5.5-12.2 25 7.1 4.5-11.0 41 10.6 7.5-14.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
Other 58 34 55.0 40.1-69.0 6 11.4 4.8-24.9 6 13.4 5.9-27.6 9 14.8 7.4-27.3 3 5.5 1.7-16.7
AGE
18-44 189 142 71.2 62.9-78.3 15 9.4 5.4-16.0 17 11.1 6.6-18.1 13 6.7 3.7-11.9 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1
45+ 240 166 70.4 63.3-76.6 21 8.1 5.0-13.0 14 5.5 3.0- 9.6 37 15.3 10.7-21.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 99 55.8 46.9-64.3 14 9.3 5.2-16.3 15 12.7 7.3-21.1 37 20.0 14.1-27.8 3 2.1 0.6- 7.1
Some College + 263 211 80.1 74.1-85.1 22 8.3 5.2-13.2 16 5.3 3.1- 8.7 13 5.8 3.3-10.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 107 57.1 48.4-65.5 18 10.3 6.1-17.0 16 10.7 6.0-18.5 33 20.2 14.1-28.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.9
$50,000+ 171 144 82.8 75.2-88.4 11 7.1 3.6-13.5 9 5.1 2.6- 9.9 6 4.3 1.8- 9.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4

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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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