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Table 3 Frequency distribution (percentage %) of students reporting total abstinence from tobacco use, weekly use of toothpicks, and annual dental checkups by place of origin and sex, 1999–2001.

From: Oral health behavior patterns among Tanzanian university students: a repeat cross-sectional survey

 

Urban

Rural

 

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) **

  1. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.001.