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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 559 170 30.5 25.7-35.7 103 14.9 11.9-18.6 89 9.9 7.6-12.9 197 44.7 38.9-50.6
GENDER
Male 212 63 32.7 25.1-41.4 36 13.0 8.7-18.8 36 10.3 6.7-15.5 77 44.0 35.1-53.4
Female 347 107 28.5 22.8-35.1 67 16.6 12.6-21.6 53 9.6 6.9-13.4 120 45.2 37.9-52.8
RACE
White 497 147 30.7 25.7-36.2 95 14.9 11.8-18.7 77 10.2 7.7-13.4 178 44.2 38.2-50.3
Other 61 23 27.8 15.3-45.3 8 15.8 6.1-35.2 12 6.4 3.0-12.9 18 50.0 31.1-69.0
AGE
18-44 136 46 24.0 16.6-33.4 16 9.9 5.6-16.8 2 0.8 0.1- 4.4 72 65.3 55.0-74.4
45+ 423 124 34.7 29.1-40.7 87 18.2 14.5-22.6 87 15.9 12.3-20.4 125 31.2 26.1-36.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 76 32.9 25.3-41.5 55 17.0 12.3-23.2 75 17.4 12.8-23.3 50 32.6 23.4-43.4
Some College + 301 94 28.5 22.8-35.1 47 12.8 9.2-17.5 14 3.4 1.7- 6.8 146 55.2 48.2-62.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 361 110 31.9 25.8-38.6 75 18.0 13.8-23.2 73 12.5 9.3-16.6 103 37.6 30.6-45.2
$50,000+ 126 40 31.0 22.2-41.6 11 6.7 3.5-12.8 6 4.5 1.6-11.9 69 57.7 47.1-67.6

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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.


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

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