Table 1 Prevalence proportion (%) of caries indices, gingival bleeding and dental trauma by gender and socio-demographic factors (CI95 in brackets)
n | PP of dD | PP of mM | PP of fF | PP of DMFT | PP of dmft-DMFT | PP of gingival bleeding | PP of trauma | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (CI95) | 621 | 61.4 (58-65) | 14.2 (11-17) | 7.4 (5-7) | 56.2 (52-60) | 65.4 (62-69) | 98.7 (98-100) | 7.2 (5-9) |
Gender | ||||||||
Boys | 293 | 60.4 | 14.0 | 5.5 | 52.6 | 62.8 | 99.0 | 11.6*** |
Girls | 328 | 62.2 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 59.5 | 67.7 | 98.5 | 3.4 |
Mothers literacy | ||||||||
Illiterate | 143 | 60.8 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 51.0 | 62.2 | 99.3 | 8.4 |
Literate | 469 | 61.2 | 15.6 | 9.0** | 57.4 | 65.9 | 98.5 | 6.8 |
Urban location | ||||||||
Urban | 297 | 56.9 | 16.2 | 10.8** | 52.2 | 63.3 | 98.0 | 7.1 |
Semi urban | 324 | 65.4* | 12.3 | 4.3 | 59.9* | 67.3 | 99.4 | 7.4 |
Economic background | ||||||||
Very low | 115 | 53.9 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 45.2 | 56.5 | 100.0 | 6.1 |
Low | 117 | 59.8 | 18.8 | 3.4 | 52.1 | 63.2 | 98.3 | 7.7 |
Medium | 130 | 66.2 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 61.5 | 68.5 | 99.2 | 7.7 |
High | 136 | 66.2 | 20.6** | 11.0 | 61.8* | 69.9 | 99.3 | 5.9 |
Very high | 123 | 59.3 | 13.8 | 16.3 *** | 58.5 | 67.5 | 96.7 | 8.9 |