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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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 15,506 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
-Orange County 376 99 23.8 18.9-29.4 42 10.8 7.1-16.2 23 5.2 3.3- 8.2 212 60.2 53.4-66.6
GENDER
Male 152 42 22.4 15.4-31.4 19 11.5 5.9-21.4 13 6.5 3.5-11.7 78 59.6 48.5-69.8
Female 224 57 25.3 19.3-32.5 23 10.0 6.3-15.7 10 3.9 1.9- 7.7 134 60.8 53.0-68.0
RACE
White 305 73 20.6 15.8-26.5 29 8.8 5.8-13.2 14 3.9 2.2- 6.9 189 66.6 59.6-72.9
Other 69 25 32.2 20.6-46.4 13 16.5 7.0-34.2 9 8.9 4.1-18.4 22 42.4 28.4-57.7
AGE
18-44 90 19 17.2 10.0-27.9 4 6.8 1.8-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 67 76.0 62.8-85.6
45+ 280 77 27.5 22.0-33.8 38 14.0 9.8-19.5 23 9.1 5.8-14.0 142 49.4 42.8-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 27 29.5 19.1-42.7 20 25.3 13.8-41.7 16 14.3 8.0-24.5 21 30.8 18.5-46.7
Some College + 291 71 21.7 16.4-28.0 22 6.3 3.7-10.4 7 2.4 1.1- 5.2 191 69.7 62.6-75.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 137 39 27.2 19.1-37.2 25 21.8 12.7-34.7 18 12.4 7.3-20.3 55 38.6 28.7-49.6
$50,000+ 194 43 19.7 14.3-26.6 11 4.2 2.1- 8.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 139 75.4 68.2-81.5

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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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