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BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
INDIANA STATEWIDE SURVEY DATA, 2002
RF7.3 RISK FACTOR FOR HAVING VISITED A DENTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST OR DENTAL CLINIC WITHIN PAST YEAR

  PERCENTS  
CATEGORIES NOT AT RISK AT RISK UNK/REF TOTAL
AGE GROUP

      18-24
70.8 29.0 0.2 468
      25-34 67.7 32.3 0 983
      35-44 70.3 29.5 0.2 1,231
      45-54 73.6 26.4 0.0 1,157
      55-64 66.6 33.0 0.4 797
      65-74 63.4 36.1 0.6 570
      75 + 59.5 39.8 0.6 528
      UNK/REF 79.6 19.4 1.0 55
SEX

      MALE
66.1 33.7 0.2 2,295
      FEMALE 71.1 28.6 0.3 3,494
RACE GROUP

      WHITE, NON-HISPANIC
70.3 29.5 0.2 5,042
      BLACK, NON-HISPANIC 62.6 36.9 0.5 285
      OTH/MULTI RACE, NON-HISP. 62.0 37.9 0.2 203
      HISPANIC 56.9 43.1 0 195
      REFUSED 45.3 52.3 2.3 64
INCOME GROUP

      < $15,000
51.1 48.5 0.4 560
      $15-$24,999 56.5 43.4 0.1 918
      $25-$49,999 66.2 33.5 0.3 1,745
      $50-$74,999 77.1 22.9 0 947
      >=$75,000 85.8 14.1 0.1 867
      UNK/REF 69.4 29.9 0.7 752
EDUCATION

      < H S GRAD
50.2 49.3 0.5 650
      H S GRAD OR GED 63.6 36.1 0.3 2,151
      SOME COLLEGE/TECH SCH 73.0 26.8 0.2 1,447
      COLLEGE GRAD 80.3 19.7 0.0 1,530
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 11
MARITAL STATUS

      MARRIED
70.6 29.2 0.2 3,216
      UNMARRIED 65.8 33.9 0.3 2,560
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 13
EMPLOYMENT STATUS

      EMPLOYED
71.2 28.7 0.2 3,558
      NOT EMPLOYED 60.6 38.9 0.6 250
      STUDENT/HOMEMAKER 72.7 27.1 0.2 689
      RET/UNABLE TO WORK 60.1 39.5 0.4 1,278
      UNK/REF *** *** *** 14

--- ALL ---
68.7 31.1 0.2 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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