Table 3 Mean CPQ _11-14 , CPQ _8-10 and domains by sociodemographic characteristics and caries experience (brackets contain standard deviation unless otherwise indicated)

All children

6.6 (6.6)

8.4 (7.8)

3.1 (2.9)

3.7 (3.5)

2.0 (2.6)

2.0 (2.8)

1.0 (1.8)

2.1 (2.0)

0.6 (1.5)

1.1 (2.4)

  Older

7.2 (7.0)^a

8.4 (8.9)

3.4 (3.0)^a

4.1 (3.6)^a

2.1 (2.5)

2.1 (2.8)

1.1 (2.0)

2.2 (2.2)

0.7 (1.7)

1.2 (2.7)

  Younger

5.1 (5.5)

6.2 (6.9)

2.2 (2.4)

3.0 (3.2)

1.9 (2.7)

1.8 (2.8)

0.7 (1.1)

1.7 (1.3)

0.3 (0.7)

0.7 (1.4)

Sex

  Male

5.4 (5.1)^a

6.1 (5.9)^a

2.8 (2.5)

3.5 (3.2)

1.8 (2.3)

1.5 (2.2)

0.6 (1.0)^a

1.6 (1.0)

0.4 (1.2)

0.7 (1.8)^a

  Female

7.7 (7.7)

9.4 (10.0)

3.4 (3.2)

4.0 (3.8)

2.2 (2.8)

2.5 (3.2)

1.3 (2.3)

2.5 (2.5)

0.8 (1.7)

1.5 (2.8)

Ethnicity

  NonMāori

6.5 (6.2)

7.5 (7.3)

3.1 (2.9)

3.7 (3.4)

2.1 (2.7)

2.0 (2.6)

1.0 (1.3)

2.1 (1.9)

0.6 (1.3)

1.0 (2.0)

  Māori

6.6 (7.0)

8.0 (9.3)

3.1 (3.0)

3.7 (3.6)

1.9 (2.5)

2.0 (2.9)

0.9 (1.9)

2.1 (2.1)

0.6 (1.6)

1.2 (2.7)

NZDep^h

  High

7.5 (7.9)

9.2 (10.0)

3.5 (3.4)

4.1 (4.1)

2.2 (2.8)

2.3 (3.1)

1.1 (2.1)

2.3 (2.2)

0.9 (2.0)

1.7 (2.9)^a

  Medium

6.0 (5.9)

6.9 (7.3)

2.6 (2.3)

3.3 (2.7)

2.0 (2.5)

1.9 (2.7)

0.9 (1.7)

2.0 (2.0)

0.5 (1.1)

0.7 (2.0)

  Low

5.7 (4.2)

6.6 (4.9)

3.2 (2.6)

3.9 (3.3)

1.7 (1.9)

1.6 (1.8)

0.7 (1.0)

1.7 (1.0)

0.1 (0.4)

0.4 (1.1)

dmft tertiles

  Low (dmft ≤ 4)

5.1 (5.3)^ab

5.9 (6.2)^ad

2.4 (2.6)^af

3.0 (3.2)^ag

1.6 (2.3)

1.5 (2.3)

0.5 (0.9)

1.6 (0.9)

0.6 (1.3)

0.8 (1.6)

  Med (dmft 5 + 6)

5.7 (7.3)^bc

6.8 (9.4)^de

2.5 (2.7)^f

3.1 (3.3) ^g

1.7 (2.3)

1.7 (2.8)

0.9 (2.0)

1.9 (2.1)

0.6 (1.8)

1.1 (3.0)

  High (dmft ≥ 7)

7.9 (6.6)^c

9.5 (8.5)^e

3.9 (3.0)

4.7 (3.7)

2.5 (2.9)

2.5 (3.0)

1.1 (1.7)

2.2 (1.9)

0.6 (1.4)

1.3 (2.3)