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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 5,631 1,808 30.1 28.5-31.7 937 11.4 10.5-12.3 537 5.8 5.2- 6.4 2,349 52.7 50.9-54.6
Female 9,761 2,971 28.4 27.3-29.6 1,707 13.7 12.9-14.5 982 7.3 6.8- 7.9 4,101 50.6 49.2-51.9
RACE
White 11,600 3,421 27.0 25.9-28.1 1,881 12.0 11.3-12.7 1,126 6.5 6.0- 7.0 5,172 54.6 53.3-55.8
African American 2,552 893 34.2 31.8-36.7 634 20.2 18.3-22.3 315 9.4 8.2-10.7 710 36.2 33.6-38.9
Asian 105 31 24.0 15.4-35.4 5 2.7 1.0- 7.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 66 71.9 60.2-81.3
Native American 298 110 38.8 31.3-47.0 65 15.1 10.8-20.7 40 10.2 6.8-15.0 83 35.9 27.9-44.7
Other Minorities 773 301 36.4 32.0-41.0 52 4.8 3.4- 6.7 29 1.9 1.3- 2.9 391 56.9 52.2-61.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 815 308 36.7 32.4-41.2 61 4.9 3.5- 6.7 31 1.9 1.2- 3.1 415 56.5 51.9-60.9
-English Speaking 311 87 28.0 21.9-35.1 35 8.1 5.4-12.1 23 4.3 2.6- 7.1 166 59.5 52.2-66.5
-Spanish Speaking 503 221 39.9 34.6-45.5 26 3.7 2.3- 6.0 8 1.1 0.4- 2.8 248 55.3 49.6-60.8
Non-Hispanic 14,547 4,465 28.5 27.5-29.5 2,572 13.3 12.7-14.0 1,483 7.0 6.6- 7.5 6,027 51.2 50.0-52.3
AGE
18-24 629 107 14.0 11.2-17.5 8 1.2 0.5- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 514 84.8 81.2-87.8
25-34 1,856 511 27.6 25.1-30.3 38 2.0 1.3- 2.9 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8 1,302 70.1 67.4-72.7
35-44 2,654 802 30.6 28.4-32.8 191 7.0 5.9- 8.3 42 1.5 1.0- 2.2 1,619 60.9 58.6-63.2
45-54 3,053 1,099 37.1 34.9-39.3 490 15.4 13.8-17.1 149 4.8 3.9- 5.8 1,315 42.8 40.6-45.0
55-64 3,052 1,031 34.0 31.9-36.1 713 23.2 21.4-25.1 382 12.5 11.1-14.0 926 30.3 28.3-32.4
65-74 2,303 689 29.9 27.7-32.2 692 29.6 27.4-31.9 506 21.0 19.0-23.1 416 19.6 17.6-21.6
75+ 1,742 504 28.2 25.8-30.8 497 28.3 25.8-30.9 429 24.5 22.0-27.0 312 19.0 16.8-21.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,346 615 30.6 27.7-33.6 663 19.9 18.1-22.0 651 18.0 16.3-19.9 417 31.5 28.3-34.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,636 1,614 32.7 30.8-34.6 1,040 16.7 15.5-18.1 534 7.6 6.8- 8.5 1,448 42.9 40.7-45.1
Some Post-H.S. 3,804 1,296 30.4 28.4-32.3 583 11.1 9.9-12.4 247 4.3 3.7- 5.0 1,678 54.3 52.0-56.5
College Graduate 4,574 1,245 24.1 22.6-25.6 353 5.7 5.0- 6.4 83 1.4 1.0- 1.8 2,893 68.9 67.2-70.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,742 450 30.2 26.6-34.0 496 22.6 20.2-25.3 464 19.7 17.5-22.2 332 27.5 23.9-31.3
$15,000- 24,999 2,549 843 33.5 30.9-36.3 640 18.4 16.6-20.3 358 9.3 8.2-10.6 708 38.7 35.7-41.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,845 683 34.8 31.9-37.9 385 16.6 14.7-18.7 165 7.1 5.9- 8.5 612 41.5 38.2-44.9
$35,000- 49,999 2,178 754 31.7 29.2-34.4 310 11.0 9.6-12.6 117 4.2 3.4- 5.2 997 53.1 50.2-55.9
$50,000-74,999 1,999 651 29.6 27.1-32.1 231 10.0 8.5-11.7 62 2.5 1.9- 3.4 1,055 58.0 55.1-60.8
$75,000+ 2,825 748 23.8 22.0-25.8 163 4.6 3.6- 5.7 46 1.4 1.0- 2.0 1,868 70.2 68.1-72.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,525 1,654 30.7 29.0-32.4 1,449 22.1 20.8-23.5 896 12.3 11.4-13.4 1,526 34.9 33.0-36.8
No 9,391 2,969 28.4 27.2-29.6 1,127 8.3 7.7- 9.0 583 4.0 3.6- 4.4 4,712 59.3 57.9-60.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,238 748 32.2 29.8-34.7 493 18.9 16.9-21.0 247 9.1 7.8-10.6 750 39.8 37.1-42.6
Non-Veteran 13,124 4,021 28.8 27.7-29.8 2,146 11.6 11.0-12.2 1,272 6.2 5.7- 6.6 5,685 53.5 52.3-54.7

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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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