Table 2 Proportion and likelihood of reporting time loss

Age (yrs, N=29,141,400)

6 to 11 (reference)

8.7

12 to 19

14.6

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

0.236

20 to 39

28.0

0.7 (0.5, 0.8)

0.001

40 to 59

33.3

0.8 (0.6, 1.0)

0.028

60 to 79

15.4

0.7 (0.5, 0.8)

0.001

Sex (N=29,141.400)

Male (reference)

47.4

Female

52.6

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

0.123

Educational attainment (N=28,724,760)

Greater than high school (reference)

74.3

Less than high school

25.7

1.0 (0.8, 1.3)

0.940

Career status (N=24,986,201)

Employed (reference)

53.7

Student

20.0

1.4 (1.0, 2.0)

0.068

Unemployed

26.4

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

0.093

Employment Type (N=20,091,451)

Part-time (reference)

20.2

Full-time

79.8

1.0 (0.8, 1.3)

0.756

Household size (N=29,141,400)

1 to 2 people (reference)

42.7

3 to 4 people

41.7

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

0.298

5 or more people

15.6

1.1 (0.7, 1.6)

0.622

Aboriginal status (N=29,112,877)

No (reference)

96.4

Yes

3.6

1.3 (0.5, 3.5)

0.590

Immigrant status (N=29,139,278)

No (reference)

80.3

Yes

19.7

0.9 (0.6, 1.4)

0.565

Occupational classification (N=20,182,418)

1.0

Management (reference)

9.4

Business, finance and administrative

21.4

1.0 (0.6, 1.7)

0.835

Natural and applies sciences and related occupations

9.5

0.8 (0.4, 1.5)

0.438

Health occupations

5.1

0.6 (0.4, 0.9)

0.023

Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion

10.1

0.9 (0.5, 1.4)

0.491

Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

5.6

1.0 (0.6, 1.5)

0.923

Sales and service occupations

23.0

0.7 (0.4 ,1.1)

0.125

Trades, transport and equipment operators and related

Occupations

11.1

0.5 (0.3, 1.0)

0.040

Occupations unique to primary industry

1.9

0.5 (0.2, 1.7)

0.251

Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities

2.9

0.4 (0.2, 0.9)

0.037

Insurance (N=28,964,287)

Private insurance (reference)

71.2

Public insurance

5.2

0.7 (0.5, 1.0)

0.045

No insurance

23.6

0.5 (0.4, 0.7)

0.000

Income adequacy (N=27,200,795)

Highest income (reference)

55.9

Upper middle income

29.8

0.7 (0.6, 0.8)

0.001

Middle income

10.6

0.5 (0.4, 0.6)

0.000

Lower middle income

2.8

0.5 (0.3, 0.7)

0.004

Lowest income

1.0

0.4 (0.2, 0.9)

0.037

Self-reported oral health (N=29,136,350)

Good to excellent (reference)

85.9

Poor to fair

14.1

0.8 (0.6, 1.2)

0.277

Self-reported oral pain (N=29,133,930)

Rarely or never (reference)

84.1

Sometimes

12.2

1.9 (1.4, 2.4)

0.001

Often

3.7

2.3 (1.1, 4.7)

0.026

Self-reported general health (N=29,137,886)

Good to excellent (reference)

93.6

Poor to fair

6.4

0.5 (0.4, 0.7)

0.001

Self-reported mental health (N=29,137,886)

Good to excellent (reference)

93.6

Poor to fair

6.4

0.5 (0.4, 0.7)

0.001

Self-reported disability status (N=28,856,199)

No to mild disability (reference)

74.1

Moderate to severe disability

26.0

1.1 (0.9, 1.2)

0.500

dmft prevalence (N=27,629,868)

dmft=0 (reference)

94.5

dmft>0

5.5

1.4 (1.1, 2.0)

0.021

DMFT prevalence (N=27,629,868)

DMFT=0 (reference)

14.7

DMFT>0

85.3

0.9 (0.7, 1.2)

0.584

Treatment needs (N=29,133,930)

No (reference)

27.1

Yes

72.9

1.5 (1.3, 1.9)

0.001

Preventive needs (N=29,133,930)

No (reference)

90.1

Yes

9.9

0.6 (0.5, 0.7)

0.001

Frequency of seeing dental professional (N=29,139,733)

Less than once a year (reference)

3.5

One or more times per year

92.3

5.4 (2.9, 9.9)

0.000

Emergency or never

4.2

0.6 (0.3, 1.2)

0.136

Time since last dental visit (N=28,196,229)

Less than 1 year ago (reference)

97.1

More than 1 year ago

2.9

0.04 (0.03, 0.06)

0.000