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Table 2 Number of dentists and respondents per dentist

From: Knowledge of caries risk factors/indicators among Japanese and Irish adult patients with different socio-economic profiles: a cross-sectional study

 

Japanese study

Irish study

Number of dentists

n = 52

n = 8

 Respondents per dentist

 

min.

1

1

avg.

9.3

19.9

s.d.

5.1

26.5

max.

18

83

Number of respondents

n = 482

n = 159

 Gender (%)

Male

30.9

32.1

Female

69.1

67.9

 Age (%)

20–29

8.1

22.0

30–39

19.9

33.3

40–49

23.4

24.5

50–59

19.7

13.2

60+

28.8

6.9

Gender & Age

 Males

n = 149

n = 51

  Age (%)

20–29

7.4

25.5

30–39

16.8

25.5

40–49

15.4

27.5

50–59

22.8

15.7

60+

37.6

5.9

 Females

n = 333

n = 108

  Age (%)

20–29

8.4

20.4

30–39

21.3

37.0

40–49

27.0

23.1

50–59

18.3

12.0

60+

24.9

7.4

 Attendance for check-up and cleaning (%)

n = 481

n = 156

 

Yes

91.5

69.2

No

8.5

30.8

  1. The table shows number of dentists and respondents per dentist; respondents by gender, age group and attendance for check-up and cleaning in the Japanese and Irish studies