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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 799 535 64.3 59.6-68.8 83 12.1 9.2-15.7 64 9.1 6.5-12.6 94 12.5 9.7-16.1 23 2.0 1.2- 3.4
GENDER
Male 297 189 59.3 51.5-66.5 30 12.9 8.5-19.2 22 9.3 5.1-16.3 44 16.1 11.1-22.7 12 2.4 1.1- 5.2
Female 502 346 68.8 63.1-74.0 53 11.3 7.9-16.0 42 8.8 6.1-12.6 50 9.4 6.7-13.1 11 1.6 0.8- 3.2
RACE
White 711 483 65.6 60.5-70.3 70 11.3 8.3-15.2 56 9.0 6.2-12.7 84 12.8 9.8-16.7 18 1.3 0.7- 2.4
Other 85 49 51.2 36.6-65.6 13 19.8 10.7-33.7 8 10.4 3.7-26.3 10 10.3 4.6-21.5 5 8.3 3.0-21.2
AGE
18-44 240 143 57.9 49.4-66.0 26 14.0 8.9-21.2 27 11.9 7.1-19.2 39 14.2 9.5-20.7 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1
45+ 558 391 69.8 64.8-74.3 57 10.5 7.8-14.1 37 6.7 4.6- 9.5 55 11.1 8.0-15.3 18 1.9 1.1- 3.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 292 147 49.4 41.0-57.7 39 14.0 9.2-20.8 34 13.8 8.5-21.5 54 18.8 13.5-25.7 18 4.0 2.2- 7.3
Some College + 503 385 74.8 69.5-79.4 44 10.8 7.5-15.3 29 5.6 3.7- 8.5 40 8.2 5.4-12.2 5 0.6 0.2- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 459 267 55.1 48.8-61.2 51 13.0 9.2-18.1 47 11.2 8.0-15.5 76 18.0 13.5-23.5 18 2.8 1.5- 4.9
$50,000+ 225 192 86.2 79.8-90.7 19 9.1 5.4-15.0 8 3.0 1.3- 6.8 6 1.7 0.7- 4.5 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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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