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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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.

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  Total
Respond.^
1 to 5 6 or more but not all All None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,392 4,779 29.2 28.3-30.2 2,644 12.6 12.0-13.2 1,519 6.6 6.2- 7.0 6,450 51.6 50.5-52.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 411 132 28.9 23.8-34.5 74 14.6 11.0-19.0 41 6.6 4.6- 9.3 164 50.0 43.4-56.7
GENDER
Male 150 44 25.3 18.0-34.4 31 16.1 10.6-23.6 16 5.8 3.2-10.2 59 52.8 42.2-63.2
Female 261 88 32.0 25.5-39.4 43 13.2 9.0-18.9 25 7.3 4.6-11.2 105 47.5 39.5-55.7
RACE
White 357 115 28.2 22.8-34.3 63 14.1 10.4-18.8 34 5.9 4.0- 8.6 145 51.8 44.5-58.9
Other 53 17 32.5 19.8-48.4 10 16.3 7.7-31.2 7 9.7 4.1-21.3 19 41.5 26.8-57.9
AGE
18-44 113 32 21.4 14.5-30.5 6 5.1 2.0-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 75 73.5 63.4-81.5
45+ 293 100 36.0 29.7-42.8 67 23.2 18.0-29.4 41 12.6 9.0-17.4 85 28.2 22.9-34.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 59 28.9 21.5-37.8 46 19.1 13.2-26.7 25 9.0 5.7-13.9 56 43.0 32.9-53.8
Some College + 223 73 29.0 22.4-36.7 27 9.9 6.3-15.1 16 4.3 2.4- 7.4 107 56.9 48.3-65.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 77 31.4 24.4-39.4 50 18.5 13.3-25.2 31 9.5 6.3-14.1 74 40.6 32.2-49.5
$50,000+ 124 38 28.2 20.0-38.1 16 11.1 6.0-19.5 5 2.6 0.9- 7.1 65 58.1 47.1-68.4

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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.


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