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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health-FEMALES

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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 12,033 8,164 67.0 65.6-68.4 1,088 10.3 9.4-11.3 1,092 10.1 9.2-11.2 1,629 11.8 10.9-12.8 60 0.7 0.5- 1.0
-FEMALES 7,586 5,238 68.7 66.9-70.4 687 9.9 8.8-11.1 670 9.9 8.7-11.2 951 10.9 9.9-12.0 40 0.7 0.4- 1.0
RACE
White 5,807 4,180 71.9 69.9-73.9 467 8.7 7.5-10.1 457 9.1 7.7-10.7 683 10.0 8.9-11.2 20 0.3 0.2- 0.4
African American 1,314 758 58.9 54.5-63.1 177 13.1 10.5-16.3 157 12.9 10.1-16.2 214 14.0 11.5-16.8 8 1.2 0.5- 3.0
Other Minorities 421 269 64.7 57.3-71.3 39 12.4 8.2-18.5 50 8.4 5.7-12.1 51 11.3 7.4-17.1 12 3.2 1.6- 6.2
AGE
18-24 191 123 63.5 53.6-72.4 32 16.2 10.3-24.6 25 13.9 7.9-23.3 10 5.9 2.7-12.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4
25-34 622 399 66.9 62.0-71.5 81 11.8 9.0-15.5 78 11.0 8.4-14.3 55 8.8 6.3-12.0 9 1.5 0.6- 3.5
35-44 1,066 776 72.5 68.9-75.9 105 9.9 7.8-12.6 90 9.2 6.9-12.1 87 7.4 5.8- 9.5 8 0.9 0.4- 2.0
45-54 1,391 987 71.0 67.7-74.0 137 9.5 7.7-11.5 129 9.1 7.3-11.3 135 10.1 8.1-12.7 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8
55-64 1,620 1,164 71.7 68.6-74.6 126 6.8 5.5- 8.5 131 8.4 6.5-10.7 196 12.9 10.9-15.4 3 0.1 0.0- 0.5
65+ 2,602 1,716 63.9 61.2-66.6 201 7.6 6.3- 9.1 211 9.3 7.4-11.7 458 18.4 16.4-20.7 16 0.7 0.4- 1.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 922 379 38.8 33.5-44.3 95 12.3 9.0-16.5 134 19.6 14.3-26.3 297 27.3 22.8-32.2 17 2.1 1.1- 4.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,222 1,372 61.8 58.4-65.2 251 12.5 10.3-15.1 232 11.2 9.0-13.9 354 13.9 11.8-16.3 13 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,032 1,432 69.1 65.7-72.4 181 10.4 8.0-13.5 196 10.1 8.3-12.3 215 9.5 7.9-11.4 8 0.8 0.3- 2.2
College Graduate 2,396 2,044 84.9 82.6-86.9 159 6.3 5.1- 7.7 108 5.1 3.7- 6.9 83 3.6 2.7- 4.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 919 387 44.4 39.5-49.3 100 11.3 8.4-14.9 149 15.7 12.5-19.5 277 27.7 23.6-32.3 6 0.9 0.3- 2.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,241 660 51.6 47.0-56.1 150 15.1 11.9-19.2 177 16.1 12.7-20.1 244 15.7 13.2-18.7 10 1.5 0.6- 3.8
$25,000- 34,999 807 539 58.1 52.2-63.7 102 16.0 12.3-20.6 70 10.9 7.4-15.8 90 13.6 10.0-18.2 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3
$35,000- 49,999 934 709 73.7 69.2-77.7 81 8.7 6.3-11.7 76 9.4 6.9-12.8 66 8.0 5.8-10.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
$50,000- 74,999 945 806 83.8 80.1-86.9 59 6.4 4.5- 9.0 44 5.7 3.9- 8.4 34 3.9 2.5- 6.0 2 0.2 0.0- 1.2
$75,000+ 1,336 1,198 88.1 85.1-90.6 69 5.2 3.9- 6.9 44 4.5 2.8- 7.3 25 2.1 1.2- 3.7 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,926 1,757 56.8 53.8-59.7 276 10.1 8.5-11.9 316 13.3 10.8-16.3 561 19.2 17.1-21.6 16 0.6 0.3- 1.2
No 4,376 3,283 74.4 72.2-76.4 389 9.7 8.3-11.4 324 8.3 7.0- 9.8 359 6.9 5.9- 8.1 21 0.7 0.4- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 174 134 77.6 67.4-85.4 13 8.6 3.5-19.5 13 5.5 2.7-10.8 14 8.3 4.4-15.2 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 7,411 5,103 68.5 66.7-70.2 674 9.9 8.8-11.2 657 10.0 8.8-11.3 937 11.0 9.9-12.1 40 0.7 0.4- 1.1

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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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