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Table 2 Characteristics of study population (0-18 year old children enrolled in DDWI from 2002-2008)

From: Rural–urban differences in dental service use among children enrolled in a private dental insurance plan in Wisconsin: analysis of administrative data

 

Rural 1

Rural 2

Rural 3

Urban

Suburban Milwaukee

Inner city Milwaukee

Gender

      

Female

162,429

129,006

87,138

336,610

137,706

48,891

(48.37%)

(48.16%)

(48.60%)

(47.50%)

(48.62%)

(48.14%)

Male

169,246

136,030

90,490

356,497

141,696

51,452

(50.40%)

(50.78%)

(50.47%)

(50.31%)

(50.03%)

(50.67%)

Gender Unknown

4,099

2,830

1,677

15,492

3,817

1,208

(1.22%)

(1.06%)

(0.94%)

(2.19%)

(1.35%)

(1.19%%)

Age

      

0-3

58,138

46,602

31,523

127,904

51,226

17,540

(17.31%)

(17.40%)

(17.58%)

(18.05%)

(18.09%%)

(17.27 %)

4-6

45,836

36,759

24,725

99,211

41,896

14,371

(13.65%)

(13.72%)

(13.79%)

(14.00%)

(14.79%)

(14.15%)

7-9

50,522

41,406

27,142

108,701

45,355

16,005

(15.05%)

(15.46%%)

(15.14%)

(15.34%)

(16.01%)

(15.76%%)

10-14

98,850

79,119

52,561

206,399

81,356

30,031

(29.44%%)

(29.54%)

(29.31%)

(29.13%)

(28.73%)

(29.57%)

15-18

82,428

63,980

43,354

166,384

63,386

23,604

(24.55%)

(23.89%)

(24.18%)

(23.48%%)

(22.38%)

(23.24%)

Total

335,774

267,866

179,305

708,599

283,219

101,551

  1. Numbers in parenthesis represent percentage of the total population.