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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2002
Q7.1 HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU LAST VISITED A DENTIST OR A DENTAL CLINIC FOR ANY REASON?

  PERCENTS  
CATEGORIES WITHIN PAST YEAR WITHIN PAST TWO YEARS WITHIN PAST FIVE YEARS FIVE OR MORE YEARS NEVER UNK/REF TOTAL
AGE GROUP

      18-24
67.8 15.8 8.5 6.0 1.3 0.6 468
      25-34 65.9 15.8 9.6 7.6 0.9 0.2 983
      35-44 69.5 11.9 10.7 7.1 0.5 0.3 1,231
      45-54 73.0 10.4 7.8 8.2 0.5 0.1 1,157
      55-64 65.6 9.8 9.4 14.5 0.2 0.4 797
      65-74 62.1 8.8 9.0 19.5 0 0.6 570
      75 + 57.2 9.9 9.0 21.6 0.4 1.9 528
      UNK/REF 78.7 4.8 7.5 8.0 0 1.0 55
SEX

      MALE
64.4 13.2 10.3 10.9 0.7 0.5 2,295
      FEMALE 69.9 11.1 8.1 9.9 0.5 0.4 3,494
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
69.0 11.3 8.9 10.1 0.2 0.4 5,042
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC 59.4 18.1 11.6 9.7 0.8 0.5 285
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. 59.6 12.9 12.1 15.2 0 0.2 203
      HISPANIC 55.7 18.4 9.0 9.5 7.0 0.4 195
      REFUSED 44.2 17.1 13.1 22.0 1.2 2.3 64
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
49.2 16.6 12.4 19.5 1.0 1.2 560
      $15-$24,999 54.3 16.0 12.0 15.9 1.5 0.2 918
      $25-$49,999 64.7 14.6 9.1 10.5 0.7 0.4 1,745
      $50-$74,999 76.6 9.2 9.0 5.2 0 0 947
      >=$75,000 85.0 7.3 4.9 2.6 0 0.2 867
      UNK/REF 67.4 8.3 9.2 13.4 0.5 1.2 752
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
47.5 12.9 13.5 22.8 2.4 0.9 650
      H S GRAD OR GED 62.3 13.1 10.3 13.1 0.7 0.4 2,151
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 71.2 12.2 8.9 7.2 0 0.5 1,447
      COLLEGE GRAD 79.5 10.3 6.0 3.8 0.2 0.1 1,530
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** *** 11
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
69.6 11.4 8.9 9.2 0.5 0.4 3,216
      UNMARRIED 63.6 13.3 9.7 12.2 0.7 0.5 2,560
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** *** 13
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
69.8 12.2 9.3 7.6 0.8 0.3 3,558
      NOT EMPLOYED 57.0 19.1 10.1 13.1 0 0.7 250
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 72.0 13.0 7.3 7.2 0.2 0.4 689
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 58.5 9.4 10.0 20.9 0.4 0.8 1,278
      UNK/REF *** *** *** *** *** *** 14

--- ALL ---
67.3 12.1 9.2 10.4 0.6 0.4 5,789

 NOTES:      Percents are based on weighted data; totals are unweighted numbers.
                   *** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

 SOURCE:   Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002

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