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1 Apr
Not just stereotyping, apparently

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                        Rates of Toothlessness By State
                             (AP Online; 03/18/99)

   Percentage of people 65 and older who reported having lost all their
teeth in 46 states between 1995-97 to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention:


	Alabama        36.0
	Alaska         25.1
	Arizona        18.5
	Arkansas       39.2
	California     16.2
	Colorado       23.0
	Connecticut    22.3
	Florida        21.9
	Georgia        36.1
	Hawaii         13.9
	Idaho          28.7
	Illinois       28.3
	Indiana        28.8
	Iowa           32.7
	Kansas         31.8
	Kentucky       44.0
	Louisiana      43.0
	Maine          37.8
	Maryland       29.2
	Massachusetts  22.0
	Michigan       20.6
	Mississippi    35.3
	Missouri       30.4
	Montana        30.4
	Nebraska       30.0
	Nevada         24.1
	New Hampshire  27.4
	New Jersey     21.8
	New Mexico     22.7
	New York       26.0
	North Dakota   32.5
	Ohio           26.1
	Oklahoma       36.2
	Oregon         16.5
	Pennsylvania   30.2
	Rhode Island   25.6
	South Dakota   33.2
	Tennessee      35.3
	Texas          24.7
	Utah           22.8
	Vermont        34.8
	Virginia       24.1
	Washington     21.5
	West Virginia  47.9
	Wisconsin      19.4
	Wyoming        31.5


   Delaware, Minnesota, North Carolina and South Carolina were not
included.


{APWire:Science-0318.406}   03/18/99
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[Here's the same information in a different order...

        Hawaii         13.9
        California     16.2
        Oregon         16.5
        Arizona        18.5
        Wisconsin      19.4
        Michigan       20.6
        Washington     21.5
        New Jersey     21.8
        Florida        21.9
        Massachusetts  22.0
        Connecticut    22.3
        New Mexico     22.7
        Utah           22.8
        Colorado       23.0
        Nevada         24.1
        Virginia       24.1
        Texas          24.7
        Alaska         25.1
        Rhode Island   25.6
        New York       26.0
        Ohio           26.1
        New Hampshire  27.4
        Illinois       28.3
        Idaho          28.7
        Indiana        28.8
        Maryland       29.2
        Nebraska       30.0
        Pennsylvania   30.2
        Missouri       30.4
        Montana        30.4
        Wyoming        31.5
        Kansas         31.8
        North Dakota   32.5
        Iowa           32.7
        South Dakota   33.2
        Vermont        34.8
        Mississippi    35.3
        Tennessee      35.3
        Alabama        36.0
        Georgia        36.1
        Oklahoma       36.2
        Maine          37.8
        Arkansas       39.2
        Louisiana      43.0
        Kentucky       44.0
        West Virginia  47.9
-psl]

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