2014 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 7,192 4,713 64.2 62.8-65.5 719 10.8 9.9-11.8 732 10.5 9.7-11.4 939 12.8 12.0-13.8 89 1.7 1.3- 2.1
-FEMALES 4,119 2,774 66.5 64.8-68.3 407 10.5 9.4-11.8 395 9.7 8.7-10.8 508 12.1 11.0-13.4 35 1.1 0.8- 1.6
RACE
White 2,902 2,073 70.0 67.9-72.1 244 9.5 8.2-10.9 232 8.3 7.1- 9.6 334 11.4 10.0-12.9 19 0.8 0.5- 1.4
African American 898 524 60.3 56.4-64.1 119 13.3 10.8-16.3 132 13.2 10.9-15.9 120 12.7 10.4-15.6 *** *** ***
Other Minorities 268 145 53.5 46.4-60.5 38 12.2 8.3-17.5 30 13.7 9.4-19.6 45 15.7 11.4-21.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 664 411 62.7 58.5-66.7 102 15.3 12.4-18.7 76 10.8 8.5-13.6 65 9.7 7.5-12.3 *** *** ***
35-44 523 360 69.0 64.4-73.3 54 8.9 6.7-11.7 45 8.3 6.0-11.3 53 11.6 8.6-15.5 11 2.1 1.1- 3.9
45-54 620 436 71.4 67.3-75.3 60 9.1 7.0-11.9 69 9.9 7.7-12.7 51 8.9 6.5-12.0 *** *** ***
55-64 820 564 67.5 63.8-71.1 73 8.8 6.8-11.2 82 10.8 8.5-13.5 100 12.8 10.4-15.7 *** *** ***
65-74 814 555 65.6 61.7-69.3 58 6.8 5.2- 9.0 74 9.0 7.0-11.4 122 17.8 14.7-21.3 *** *** ***
75+ 617 401 63.2 58.7-67.5 53 9.1 6.8-12.2 46 7.8 5.6-10.6 113 19.1 15.8-23.0 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 468 171 40.6 35.2-46.3 58 10.5 7.8-14.1 69 14.2 11.0-18.1 151 30.2 25.5-35.4 19 4.5 2.8- 7.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,140 678 60.4 56.8-63.8 142 13.9 11.5-16.8 137 11.1 9.1-13.5 173 13.4 11.3-15.9 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 1,148 791 70.3 67.1-73.3 112 10.3 8.3-12.7 118 9.6 7.8-11.6 122 9.5 7.8-11.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 1,347 1,121 82.5 80.0-84.7 94 7.2 5.8- 9.0 69 5.7 4.4- 7.5 62 4.4 3.3- 5.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 518 220 45.3 40.1-50.6 76 13.4 10.3-17.2 83 15.4 12.1-19.4 131 23.7 19.6-28.5 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 706 356 49.7 45.2-54.2 95 14.9 11.9-18.6 98 13.5 10.8-16.7 149 20.3 17.1-24.0 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 414 280 65.3 59.3-70.7 40 9.7 6.8-13.7 35 9.2 6.2-13.5 55 14.7 10.9-19.6 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 465 353 72.3 66.7-77.3 45 11.2 7.9-15.8 42 9.9 7.0-13.9 24 6.2 3.8-10.0 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 406 327 79.3 73.8-83.9 30 8.3 5.2-13.1 25 7.1 4.6-10.9 24 5.2 3.3- 8.2 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 705 629 88.4 85.3-90.9 39 5.9 4.2- 8.3 21 3.1 1.9- 4.9 13 2.2 1.2- 4.1 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,162 681 56.2 52.7-59.7 128 11.0 9.0-13.5 130 12.3 10.1-14.8 218 20.1 17.3-23.1 *** *** ***
No 2,835 2,020 70.2 68.1-72.2 259 10.2 8.8-11.7 245 8.6 7.5- 9.9 281 9.7 8.5-11.1 30 1.4 0.9- 2.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 109 82 73.9 63.3-82.2 11 10.6 5.7-18.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 4,003 2,687 66.3 64.5-68.1 395 10.5 9.4-11.8 389 9.8 8.7-10.9 497 12.2 11.1-13.5 35 1.1 0.8- 1.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,404 1,578 64.7 62.3-67.1 248 11.1 9.6-12.8 247 10.7 9.3-12.3 312 12.5 11.0-14.1 19 1.0 0.6- 1.6
No 1,715 1,196 69.0 66.2-71.5 159 9.8 8.2-11.7 148 8.3 6.9- 9.9 196 11.7 10.0-13.7 16 1.3 0.8- 2.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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