2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Oral Health-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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 11,712 7,783 64.9 63.8-66.0 1,189 11.1 10.3-11.9 1,069 9.9 9.2-10.7 1,536 12.7 11.9-13.5 135 1.4 1.1- 1.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 2,175 1,255 56.2 53.4-58.9 310 14.6 12.7-16.6 261 13.1 11.3-15.1 326 15.2 13.3-17.3 23 1.0 0.6- 1.7
GENDER
Male 744 395 52.3 47.8-56.8 105 14.6 11.7-18.0 97 13.3 10.7-16.5 136 18.7 15.4-22.5 *** *** ***
Female 1,431 860 59.3 56.0-62.6 205 14.6 12.4-17.1 164 12.9 10.6-15.5 190 12.3 10.3-14.6 *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,115 1,229 56.5 53.7-59.3 304 14.8 12.9-16.9 253 13.0 11.2-15.0 311 14.9 13.0-17.1 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 463 289 60.8 55.5-65.8 67 16.1 12.5-20.5 50 11.5 8.6-15.2 51 10.8 8.1-14.3 *** *** ***
35-44 325 205 59.1 52.3-65.5 49 15.6 11.4-20.9 34 11.1 7.7-15.9 31 11.9 7.8-17.6 *** *** ***
45-54 417 255 57.4 51.1-63.5 55 13.2 9.6-17.8 50 13.6 9.5-19.0 56 15.4 11.2-20.6 *** *** ***
55-64 455 257 50.2 44.2-56.1 65 11.7 8.7-15.6 66 19.2 14.7-24.7 65 18.6 13.7-24.8 *** *** ***
65-74 311 154 48.3 40.7-56.0 37 12.0 8.0-17.5 42 13.7 9.3-19.7 75 25.5 19.2-33.1 *** *** ***
75+ 172 78 38.7 29.7-48.5 28 15.2 8.7-25.1 16 10.5 5.8-18.1 45 33.7 24.2-44.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 338 138 40.9 33.9-48.2 39 10.9 7.4-15.9 44 11.6 7.8-17.1 108 33.9 27.4-41.2 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 691 343 50.9 46.1-55.7 118 16.9 13.7-20.7 104 16.7 13.4-20.7 117 14.4 11.5-17.8 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 638 394 60.6 55.7-65.2 91 14.9 11.7-18.8 75 12.8 9.9-16.5 77 11.5 8.8-15.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 498 376 73.8 68.5-78.6 59 12.7 9.2-17.4 36 8.4 5.7-12.1 24 4.4 2.8- 6.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 413 193 44.5 38.3-51.0 61 18.5 13.5-24.9 60 14.5 10.6-19.6 94 21.4 16.7-27.1 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 494 239 47.3 41.6-53.2 85 16.3 12.7-20.8 75 15.9 12.0-20.8 90 19.7 15.4-24.8 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 279 164 56.3 48.9-63.5 47 16.7 12.0-22.8 38 17.4 12.3-23.9 27 8.5 5.4-13.3 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 231 156 63.8 55.4-71.4 33 13.2 8.5-20.1 19 10.0 5.9-16.5 21 12.4 7.6-19.5 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 210 168 74.8 66.4-81.7 16 9.4 5.4-16.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 190 154 81.2 73.1-87.3 18 8.9 5.0-15.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 568 294 47.0 41.5-52.5 80 14.8 11.3-19.1 77 16.4 12.3-21.5 112 20.5 16.1-25.7 *** *** ***
No 1,580 946 58.6 55.5-61.7 226 14.5 12.4-16.8 180 12.2 10.3-14.4 210 13.8 11.8-16.2 18 0.9 0.5- 1.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 266 179 65.4 57.9-72.2 29 11.1 7.1-17.0 29 12.9 8.7-18.8 27 10.2 6.3-16.1 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,909 1,076 54.9 51.9-57.8 281 15.0 13.1-17.3 232 13.1 11.2-15.2 299 15.9 13.8-18.2 21 1.1 0.6- 1.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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