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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health-WHITE FEMALES

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 15,506 4,847 29.4 28.3-30.5 2,732 12.3 11.7-12.9 1,563 6.1 5.7- 6.5 6,364 52.2 51.0-53.4
-WHITE FEMALES 7,342 2,194 26.9 25.5-28.3 1,149 11.1 10.3-11.9 747 6.6 6.0- 7.3 3,252 55.4 53.7-57.1
AGE
18-24 147 15 9.0 4.8-16.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 0 0.0 . - . 130 90.5 83.3-94.7
25-34 599 126 20.0 16.4-24.1 16 2.0 1.2- 3.6 5 1.2 0.4- 4.2 452 76.7 72.3-80.6
35-44 1,050 247 22.3 19.4-25.4 58 5.3 3.8- 7.3 14 1.3 0.7- 2.3 731 71.2 67.7-74.4
45-54 1,401 425 31.5 28.5-34.6 139 10.3 8.4-12.5 58 3.9 2.8- 5.4 779 54.3 51.1-57.5
55-64 1,599 580 37.3 34.4-40.3 305 17.7 15.5-20.1 153 9.1 7.4-11.1 561 36.0 33.1-38.9
65-74 1,383 466 34.0 31.0-37.1 327 22.4 19.9-25.1 233 15.9 13.6-18.6 357 27.7 24.9-30.7
75+ 1,115 317 30.4 27.1-34.0 297 26.1 23.0-29.4 279 23.5 20.5-26.8 222 20.0 17.3-23.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 804 157 22.5 18.5-27.0 240 28.6 24.4-33.1 307 33.6 29.1-38.5 100 15.3 11.4-20.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,101 775 35.3 32.1-38.6 480 15.8 14.0-17.7 282 8.2 7.0- 9.5 564 40.8 37.0-44.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,132 731 29.9 27.4-32.6 294 9.9 8.5-11.5 119 3.8 2.9- 4.8 988 56.4 53.3-59.3
College Graduate 2,292 526 18.1 16.4-20.1 133 3.6 2.9- 4.5 36 0.9 0.6- 1.3 1,597 77.4 75.3-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 773 218 26.4 22.2-31.1 232 27.1 22.7-31.9 205 22.0 17.9-26.9 118 24.4 17.9-32.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,076 340 33.2 28.9-37.9 266 18.6 15.8-21.7 203 13.5 11.2-16.2 267 34.7 29.5-40.2
$25,000- 34,999 732 271 35.1 30.6-39.9 135 15.5 12.5-19.1 82 8.2 6.3-10.5 244 41.2 36.4-46.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,028 352 31.4 27.5-35.6 149 11.3 9.2-13.8 45 3.6 2.4- 5.2 482 53.7 49.2-58.2
$50,000-74,999 1,048 315 26.1 22.9-29.5 106 6.6 5.2- 8.4 23 1.5 0.9- 2.4 604 65.8 62.1-69.3
$75,000+ 1,525 344 19.6 17.2-22.2 67 3.5 2.6- 4.7 15 0.6 0.3- 1.0 1,099 76.3 73.5-78.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,749 856 30.6 28.2-33.1 629 18.8 17.0-20.7 453 12.9 11.3-14.7 811 37.7 34.6-40.8
No 4,445 1,299 25.2 23.5-26.9 501 7.4 6.6- 8.2 275 3.5 3.0- 4.1 2,370 64.0 62.0-65.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 48 33.0 24.0-43.4 13 5.8 2.9-11.4 9 2.7 1.3- 5.3 67 58.5 48.1-68.2
Non-Veteran 7,205 2,146 26.8 25.4-28.2 1,136 11.2 10.4-12.0 738 6.7 6.1- 7.4 3,185 55.3 53.6-57.0

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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