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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 477 316 62.9 56.6-68.7 55 14.1 10.2-19.2 38 9.3 5.9-14.4 56 12.3 8.8-17.1 12 1.3 0.6- 2.8
GENDER
Male 180 113 56.5 46.6-66.0 23 16.0 9.9-24.8 12 9.8 4.4-20.3 25 16.2 10.0-25.3 7 1.4 0.5- 4.1
Female 297 203 68.3 60.8-74.9 32 12.5 8.0-18.9 26 8.9 5.6-14.0 31 9.0 5.9-13.6 5 1.3 0.5- 3.5
RACE
White 425 285 64.1 57.5-70.2 45 12.7 8.8-18.1 33 8.8 5.4-14.1 52 13.2 9.3-18.3 10 1.2 0.5- 2.6
Other 51 30 46.3 27.3-66.5 10 31.9 16.3-53.1 5 15.9 4.7-42.1 4 2.2 0.7- 6.8 2 3.7 0.6-18.3
AGE
18-44 135 77 54.8 43.3-65.7 17 17.2 10.1-27.9 17 13.7 7.1-24.8 22 13.2 7.4-22.4 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5
45+ 341 238 69.0 62.6-74.7 38 11.8 8.2-16.5 21 6.0 3.7- 9.7 34 11.7 7.8-17.3 10 1.5 0.7- 3.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 93 45.6 35.5-56.1 26 17.0 10.6-26.1 22 14.8 8.1-25.4 36 20.2 13.5-29.2 9 2.4 1.1- 5.4
Some College + 288 221 76.1 69.0-82.1 29 12.0 7.6-18.4 15 4.9 2.7- 8.9 20 6.4 3.3-11.9 3 0.5 0.1- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 292 174 54.9 47.1-62.6 34 14.9 9.9-21.8 30 10.9 7.0-16.4 44 17.2 11.8-24.4 10 2.1 1.0- 4.6
$50,000+ 121 99 83.9 74.6-90.2 14 11.6 6.3-20.3 4 2.9 0.8- 9.7 4 1.6 0.4- 5.9 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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