From: Oral health behavior patterns among Tanzanian university students: a repeat cross-sectional survey
Urban | Rural | |||||
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Total n = 421 (%) | Female n = 185 (%) | Male n = 236 (%) | Total n = 207 (%) | Female n = 48 (%) | Male n = 159 (%) | |
1999 | ||||||
Never use tobacco | 352 (84) | 179 (97) | 173 (74)** | 169 (83) | 45 (98) | 124 (79) * |
Toothpicks | 217 (52) | 99 (54) | 118 (50) | 98 (48) | 27 (57) | 71 (45) |
Dental checkups | 203 (48) | 112 (61) | 91 (38)** | 76 (37) * | 24(51) | 52 (32) * |
2001 | 617 (%) | 226 (%) | 391 (%) | 358 (%) | 98 (%) | 260 (%) |
Never use tobacco | 523 (87) | 209 (95) | 314 (81)** | 297 (84) | 94 (96) | 203 (80) ** |
Toothpicks | 375 (62) | 129 (58) | 246 (63) | 219 (63) | 52 (55) | 167 (66) |
Dental checkups | 302 (50) | 135 (60) | 167 (43)** | 135 (38)** | 57 (58) | 78 (30) ** |