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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5 or more years | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 13,315 | 9,305 | 68.9 | 67.9-69.9 | 1,398 | 10.6 | 9.9-11.3 | 902 | 7.0 | 6.5- 7.6 | 1,390 | 10.6 | 9.9-11.3 | 320 | 2.9 | 2.5- 3.4 |
-Wake County | 565 | 437 | 75.6 | 71.1-79.6 | 54 | 9.3 | 7.0-12.4 | 29 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.4 | 35 | 6.8 | 4.6- 9.8 | 10 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 223 | 161 | 70.2 | 62.9-76.7 | 23 | 10.5 | 6.9-15.6 | 16 | 7.2 | 4.1-12.2 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.7-13.1 | 6 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.3 |
Female | 342 | 276 | 81.1 | 76.0-85.4 | 31 | 8.2 | 5.5-12.0 | 13 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.1 | 18 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.7 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 413 | 340 | 81.0 | 76.1-85.0 | 34 | 8.2 | 5.7-11.8 | 19 | 5.6 | 3.5- 8.9 | 19 | 5.0 | 3.0- 8.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.2 |
Other | 146 | 92 | 63.5 | 53.8-72.2 | 19 | 11.5 | 7.0-18.2 | 10 | 6.0 | 2.8-12.5 | 16 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.4 | 9 | 8.0 | 3.6-17.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 319 | 232 | 70.7 | 64.4-76.3 | 39 | 11.4 | 8.1-15.8 | 21 | 6.9 | 4.3-10.9 | 20 | 7.4 | 4.5-11.8 | 7 | 3.7 | 1.5- 8.7 |
45+ | 240 | 200 | 82.7 | 76.4-87.7 | 15 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.3 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.3 | 14 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 136 | 81 | 60.1 | 50.1-69.4 | 17 | 10.4 | 6.2-17.1 | 13 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.6 | 18 | 13.2 | 7.8-21.6 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.2-18.1 |
Some College + | 427 | 355 | 81.6 | 76.8-85.6 | 36 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.3 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.6- 8.0 | 17 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.5 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 194 | 125 | 58.8 | 50.1-67.0 | 25 | 11.8 | 7.6-17.8 | 13 | 7.9 | 4.2-14.5 | 23 | 14.5 | 9.2-22.1 | 8 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.4 |
$50,000+ | 242 | 210 | 86.4 | 80.8-90.5 | 17 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.8 | 10 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.1 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.8 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having teeth.
Note: Denominator includes respondents who reported having never been to a dental clinic.
^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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