BRFSS 2004 - Union 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
-Union County	425	124	29.3	24.5-34.6	49	11.2	8.2-15.0	39	8.4	5.9-11.7	213	51.2	45.5-56.8
GENDER
Male	131	32	29.2	21.0-39.0	20	12.6	7.9-19.5	11	8.8	4.8-15.7	68	49.4	39.7-59.0
Female	294	92	29.3	23.7-35.7	29	10.3	6.8-15.2	28	8.1	5.4-12.0	145	52.3	45.5-59.1
RACE
White	366	98	25.9	21.0-31.4	41	11.5	8.2-15.8	32	8.1	5.5-11.8	195	54.5	48.4-60.4
Other	58	25	43.3	29.4-58.2	8	9.9	4.5-20.3	7	10.0	4.6-20.4	18	36.8	23.2-52.9
AGE
18-44	189	53	29.2	22.3-37.3	4	2.0	0.7- 5.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	131	68.6	60.4-75.7
45+	234	70	29.0	22.7-36.4	45	19.6	14.4-26.2	37	15.5	11.0-21.5	82	35.8	28.4-44.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	55	38.5	30.0-47.7	28	14.3	9.6-20.8	29	16.0	10.7-23.2	51	31.3	23.7-39.9
Some College +	262	69	23.7	18.4-30.0	21	9.3	5.9-14.5	10	3.8	2.0- 7.2	162	63.2	56.1-69.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	58	33.1	25.4-41.9	25	13.4	8.7-20.2	28	16.4	11.0-23.6	67	37.1	29.3-45.6
$50,000+	168	43	26.5	19.5-35.0	6	4.5	2.0-10.0	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3	118	68.1	59.3-75.7

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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
-Union County	425	124	29.3	24.5-34.6	49	11.2	8.2-15.0	39	8.4	5.9-11.7	213	51.2	45.5-56.8
GENDER
Male	131	32	29.2	21.0-39.0	20	12.6	7.9-19.5	11	8.8	4.8-15.7	68	49.4	39.7-59.0
Female	294	92	29.3	23.7-35.7	29	10.3	6.8-15.2	28	8.1	5.4-12.0	145	52.3	45.5-59.1
RACE
White	366	98	25.9	21.0-31.4	41	11.5	8.2-15.8	32	8.1	5.5-11.8	195	54.5	48.4-60.4
Other	58	25	43.3	29.4-58.2	8	9.9	4.5-20.3	7	10.0	4.6-20.4	18	36.8	23.2-52.9
AGE
18-44	189	53	29.2	22.3-37.3	4	2.0	0.7- 5.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4	131	68.6	60.4-75.7
45+	234	70	29.0	22.7-36.4	45	19.6	14.4-26.2	37	15.5	11.0-21.5	82	35.8	28.4-44.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	55	38.5	30.0-47.7	28	14.3	9.6-20.8	29	16.0	10.7-23.2	51	31.3	23.7-39.9
Some College +	262	69	23.7	18.4-30.0	21	9.3	5.9-14.5	10	3.8	2.0- 7.2	162	63.2	56.1-69.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	178	58	33.1	25.4-41.9	25	13.4	8.7-20.2	28	16.4	11.0-23.6	67	37.1	29.3-45.6
$50,000+	168	43	26.5	19.5-35.0	6	4.5	2.0-10.0	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3	118	68.1	59.3-75.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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.