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Table 2 Total counts and prevalences of 16-20-year-old ABC study participants with experience of toothache/impaired appearance/food avoidance by demographic, socio-economic, diet, behavioural, dental service utilisation and clinical oral health variables (95% CI in brackets)

From: Risk indicators for severe impaired oral health among indigenous Australian young adults

 

Counts

Prevalence of toothachea

Prevalence of avoid eating foodb

Prevalence of dissatisfied appearancec

Prevalence of impaired oral health summary measure_anyd

Prevalence of impaired oral health summary measure_alle

Total

442

26.2 (22.1-30.3)

30.5 (26.2-34.8)

63.8 (59.3-68.3)

67.2 (62.8-71.6)

16.3 (12.9-19.7)

Demographic

      

Sex

      

   Male

216

21.8 (16.3-27.3)*

26.9 (21.0-32.8)

60.6 (54.1-67.1)

66.2 (59.9-72.5)

12.0 (7.7-16.3)*

   Female

226

30.5 (24.5-36.5)

34.1 (28.0-40.2)

66.8 (60.7-72.9)

68.1 (62.1-74.1)

20.4 (15.2-25.6)

Age-group

      

   16-18 years

301

21.9 (17.3-26.5)*

29.2 (24.1-34.3)

63.5 (58.1-68.9)

67.4 (62.1-72.7)

12.6 (8.9-16.3)*

   19-20 years

141

35.5 (27.6-43.4)

33.3 (25.6-41.0)

64.5 (56.6-72.4)

66.7 (59.0-74.4)

24.1 (17.1-31.1)

Residential location

      

   Regional

94

30.9 (21.6-40.2)

24.5 (15.8-33.2)

64.9 (55.3-74.5)

68.1 (58.7-77.5)

17.0 (9.4-24.6)

   Rural/remote

348

25.0 (20.5-29.5)

32.2 (27.3-37.1)

63.5 (58.5-68.5)

67.0 (62.1-71.9)

16.1 (12.3-19.9)

Socio-economic

      

Source of household income

      

   Job

52

34.6 (21.7-47.5)

28.8 (16.6-41.0)

63.5 (50.5-76.5)

63.5 (50.5-76.5)

23.1 (11.7-34.5)

   Welfare

390

25.1 (20.8-29.4)

30.8 (26.2-35.4)

63.8 (59.1-68.5)

67.7 (63.1-72.3)

15.4 (11.8-19.0)

Household size

      

   Four or less people

87

36.8 (26.7-46.9)*

32.2 (22.4-42.0)

69.0 (59.3-78.7)

73.6 (64.4-82.8)

19.5 (11.2-27.8)

   Five or more people

355

23.7 (19.3-28.1)

30.1 (25.4-34.8)

62.5 (57.5-67.5)

65.6 (60.7-70.5)

15.5 (11.8-19.2)

Do you own a car?

      

   No

407

26.0 (21.8-30.2)

31.0 (26.5-35.5)

63.9 (59.3-68.5)

67.3 (62.8-71.8)

16.2 (12.6-19.8)

   Yes

35

28.6 (13.7-43.5)

25.7 (11.3-40.1)

62.9 (47.0-78.8)

65.7 (50.1-81.3)

17.1 (4.7-29.5)

Someone in house own car?

      

   No

242

26.0 (20.5-31.5)

32.2 (26.3-38.1)

61.6 (55.5-67.7)

66.1 (60.2-72.0)

16.5 (11.8-21.2)

   Yes

200

26.5 (20.4-32.6)

28.5 (22.3-34.7)

66.5 (60.0-73.0)

68.5 (62.1-74.9)

16.0 (10.9-21.1)

Diet

      

Soft drink consumption

      

   Every day or a few times a week

305

31.5 (26.3-36.7)*

34.4 (29.1-39.7)*

70.5 (65.4-75.6)*

73.0 (68.0-78.0)*

20.7 (16.2-25.2)*

   Once a week or less often

137

14.6 (8.7-20.5)

21.9 (15.0-28.8)

48.9 (40.6-57.2)

54.0 (45.7-62.3)

6.6 (2.5-10.7)

Fruit juice consumption

      

   Every day or a few times a week

320

27.5 (22.6-32.4)

30.9 (25.9-35.9)

65.0 (59.8-70.2)

67.5 (62.4-72.6)

17.8 (13.6-22.0)

   Once a week or less often

122

23.0 (15.6-30.4)

29.5 (21.4-37.6)

60.7 (52.1-69.3)

66.4 (58.1-74.7)

12.3 (6.5-18.1)

Cordial consumption

      

   Every day or a few times a week

289

29.1 (23.9-34.3)*

31.8 (26.5-37.1)

65.1 (59.6-70.6)

68.9 (63.6-74.2)

18.0 (13.6-22.4)

   Once a week or less often

153

20.9 (14.5-27.3)

28.1 (21.0-35.2)

61.4 (53.7-69.1)

64.1 (56.5-71.7)

13.1 (7.8-18.4)

Milk consumption

      

   Every day or a few times a week

306

26.1 (21.2-31.0)

27.5 (22.5-32.5)

61.8 (56.4-67.2)

65.0 (59.7-70.3)

15.7 (11.6-19.8)

   Once a week or less often

136

26.5 (19.1-33.9)

37.5 (29.4-45.6)

68.4 (60.6-76.2)

72.1 (64.6-79.6)

17.6 (11.2-24.0)

Do take sugar with tea?

      

   Yes

366

27.0 (22.5-31.5)

32.0 (27.2-36.8)

64.2 (59.3-69.1)

67.5 (62.7-72.3)

17.8 (13.9-21.7)*

   No

76

22.4 (13.1-31.7)

23.7 (14.2-33.2)

61.8 (50.9-72.7)

65.8 (55.2-76.4)

9.2 (2.7-15.7)

Fruit consumption

      

   Every day or a few times a week

288

24.0 (19.1-28.9)

26.4 (21.3-31.5)*

60.8 (55.2-66.4)*

64.6 (59.1-72.3)

14.9 (10.8-19.0)

   Once a week or less often

154

30.5 (23.3-37.7)

38.3 (30.7-45.9)

69.5 (62.3-76.7)

72.1 (65.1-79.1)

18.8 (12.7-24.9)

Sweet consumption

      

   Every day or a few times a week

238

34.9 (28.9-40.9)*

36.6 (30.5-42.7)*

73.1 (67.5-78.7)*

75.6 (70.2-81.0)*

21.8 (16.6-27.0)*

   Once a week or less often

204

16.2 (11.2-21.2)

23.5 (17.7-29.3)

52.9 (46.1-59.7)

57.4 (50.6-64.2)

9.8 (5.7-13.9)

Dental service utilisation

      

Visited dentist before?

      

   Yes

412

26.9 (22.6-31.2)

30.1 (25.7-34.5)

63.6 (59.0-68.2)

66.7 (62.2-71.2)

16.7 (13.1-20.3)

   No

30

16.7 (3.4-30.0)

36.7 (19.5-53.9)

66.7 (49.9-83.5)

73.3 (57.5-89.1)

10.0 (0-20.7)

Dental behaviour

      

Toothbrush ownership

      

   Yes

303

22.4 (17.7-27.1)*

26.1 (21.2-31.0)*

58.4 (52.9-63.9)*

62.4 (57.0-67.8)*

12.9 (9.1-16.7)*

   No

139

34.5 (26.6-42.4)

40.3 (32.2-48.4)

75.5 (68.4-82.6)

77.7 (70.8-84.6)

23.7 (16.7-30.7)

If yes, did brush teeth yesterday?

      

   Yes

220

20.0 (14.7-25.3)*

25.0 (19.3-30.7)

55.0 (48.5-61.5)*

59.1 (52.6-65.6)*

10.5 (6.5-14.5)*

   No

85

30.6 (20.9-40.3)

31.8 (22.0-41.6)

68.2 (58.4-78.0)

71.8 (62.3-81.3)

21.2 (12.6-29.8)

If yes, what age when started to brush?

      

   When had little teeth

164

20.7 (14.5-26.9)

20.7 (14.5-26.9)*

54.9 (47.3-62.5)

59.1 (51.6-66.6)

10.4 (5.8-15.0)

   When had big teeth

128

23.4 (16.1-30.7)

32.8 (24.7-40.9)

62.5 (54.2-70.8)

64.8 (56.6-73.0)

15.6 (9.3-21.9)

Dental fear

      

Would you feel scared about going to the dentist?

      

   No

181

22.1 (16.1-28.1)

22.7 (16.6-28.8)*

53.6 (46.4-60.8)*

56.9 (49.7-64.1)*

13.3 (8.4-18.2)

   Little bit, fair bit, heaps

261

29.1 (23.6-34.6)

36.0 (30.2-41.8)

70.9 (65.4-76.4)

74.3 (69.0-79.6)

18.4 (13.7-23.1)

Clinical oral health outcomes

      

DT>0

      

   Yes

322

31.4 (26.4-36.4)*

38.5 (33.2-43.8)*

74.8 (70.1-79.5)*

78.3 (73.8-82.8)*

20.5 (16.1-24.9)*

   No

120

12.5 (6.6-18.4)

9.2 (4.1-14.3)

34.2 (25.8-42.6)

37.5 (28.9-46.1)

5.0 (1.1-8.9)

MT>0

      

   Yes

241

28.6 (22.9-34.3)

29.0 (23.3-34.7)

65.1 (59.1-71.1)

67.2 (61.3-73.1)

17.8 (13.0-22.6)

   No

201

23.4 (17.6-29.2)

32.3 (25.9-38.7)

62.2 (55.5-68.9)

67.2 (60.7-73.7)

14.4 (9.6-19.2)

FT>0

      

   Yes

99

29.3 (20.4-38.2)

34.3 (25.0-43.6)

72.7 (64.0-81.4)*

74.7 (66.2-83.2)*

16.2 (9.0-23.4)

   No

343

25.4 (20.8-30.0)

29.4 (24.6-34.2)

61.2 (56.1-66.3)

65.0 (60.0-70.0)

16.3 (12.4-20.2)

Moderate or severe periodontal disease

      

   Yes

119

26.9 (19.0-34.8)

35.3 (26.8-43.8)

75.6 (67.9-83.3)*

77.3 (69.8-84.8)*

19.3 (12.2-26.4)

   No

323

26.0 (21.2-30.8)

28.8 (23.9-33.7)

59.4 (54.1-64.7)

63.5 (58.3-68.7)

15.2 (11.3-19.1)

Inflamed/abnormal oral mucosa

      

   Yes

51

35.3 (22.3-48.3)

47.1 (33.5-60.7)*

70.6 (58.2-83.0)

76.5 (64.9-88.1)

27.5 (15.3-39.7)*

   No

391

25.1 (20.8-29.4)

28.4 (24.0-32.8)

62.9 (58.1-67.7)

66.0 (61.3-70.7)

14.8 (11.3-18.3)

  1. aA response of 'Yes' to the item 'Do you have any trouble with your teeth, gum or jaw right now?'. bA response of 'Yes' to the item 'Since the last wet, have you stopped eating some foods because they hurt your teeth?'. aA response of 'Some or none good' to the item 'Do you think your teeth are looking ok?'. dA response of 'Yes' to the items 'Do you have any trouble with your teeth, gum or jaw right now?' OR 'Since the last wet, have you stopped eating some foods because they hurt your teeth?' OR a response of 'Some or none good' to the item 'Do you think your teeth are looking ok?'. eA response of 'Yes' to the items 'Do you have any trouble with your teeth, gum or jaw right now?' AND 'Since the last wet, have you stopped eating some foods because they hurt your teeth?' AND a response of 'Some or none good' to the item 'Do you think your teeth are looking ok?'. *P < 0.05