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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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
-Wake County 646 165 21.8 18.4-25.7 68 8.3 6.3-10.8 26 3.0 1.9- 4.9 387 66.9 62.4-71.0
GENDER
Male 224 59 22.7 17.1-29.4 27 8.2 5.2-12.6 8 2.3 1.0- 5.2 130 66.8 59.4-73.5
Female 422 106 21.1 17.2-25.7 41 8.3 5.9-11.7 18 3.6 2.0- 6.4 257 66.9 61.5-71.9
RACE
White 476 116 20.2 16.4-24.7 47 7.1 5.1- 9.8 15 2.2 1.2- 4.2 298 70.4 65.4-75.0
Other 162 45 24.6 17.9-32.8 21 11.5 7.1-18.1 10 3.7 1.9- 7.3 86 60.2 51.1-68.6
AGE
18-44 266 48 16.2 12.0-21.5 9 3.2 1.5- 6.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 207 79.7 73.9-84.6
45+ 371 115 30.2 25.1-35.7 59 15.7 12.0-20.4 24 6.3 3.9-10.0 173 47.8 42.1-53.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 42 29.9 21.3-40.2 24 15.8 10.1-23.8 16 9.6 5.1-17.1 48 44.7 33.8-56.2
Some College + 515 123 19.7 16.2-23.8 44 6.2 4.4- 8.9 10 1.3 0.6- 2.6 338 72.8 68.2-76.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 249 80 28.9 22.5-36.2 35 12.3 8.3-17.8 18 4.9 2.8- 8.5 116 53.9 45.8-61.7
$50,000+ 316 61 18.1 13.9-23.3 24 5.5 3.5- 8.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 229 75.8 70.3-80.6

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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.


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