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

Oral Health

How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?*

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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 14,007 9,566 65.7 64.5-66.8 1,536 11.8 11.0-12.7 1,083 8.3 7.7- 9.1 1,395 9.9 9.2-10.6 427 4.3 3.7- 4.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 376 249 67.6 61.3-73.3 52 13.1 9.5-17.9 28 7.1 4.5-10.9 36 9.3 6.5-13.2 11 2.9 1.4- 5.7
GENDER
Male 135 90 70.5 60.7-78.8 18 11.8 7.1-19.1 7 5.5 2.4-12.1 15 9.5 5.4-16.2 5 2.7 1.0- 7.4
Female 241 159 64.9 56.9-72.3 34 14.4 9.5-21.1 21 8.6 5.1-14.0 21 9.1 5.8-14.2 6 3.0 1.2- 7.4
RACE
White 325 230 74.3 68.1-79.7 40 11.2 7.7-16.1 20 4.7 2.8- 7.7 29 8.4 5.7-12.3 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3
Other 50 18 33.1 19.4-50.6 12 23.2 12.7-38.5 8 19.6 9.3-36.6 7 14.0 6.0-29.1 5 10.1 3.6-25.2
AGE
18-44 112 71 69.3 58.7-78.1 15 11.4 6.5-19.5 11 9.2 4.9-16.8 11 6.5 3.5-11.8 4 3.6 1.3- 9.5
45+ 259 173 65.5 58.4-72.0 37 15.1 10.5-21.1 17 5.0 3.0- 8.5 25 12.3 8.0-18.4 7 2.1 1.0- 4.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 80 53.3 42.8-63.6 25 14.8 9.3-22.8 23 12.7 7.7-20.2 25 13.3 8.4-20.3 10 5.8 2.9-11.5
Some College + 211 168 81.1 74.1-86.5 26 11.3 7.2-17.3 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1 11 5.7 3.1-10.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 114 54.5 45.6-63.1 35 16.3 11.1-23.3 23 11.6 7.1-18.5 27 13.7 9.0-20.2 8 3.9 1.7- 8.6
$50,000+ 119 100 82.6 72.7-89.4 12 10.7 5.5-20.0 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1 4 4.1 1.5-10.6 0 0.0 . - .

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* 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.


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