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Table 2 Frequency of aspects related to pain in adults from Brazilian regions (last 6 months)

From: Perception of toothache in adults from state capitals and interior cities within the Brazilian geographic regions

  

Went to the dentist % (n)

Public dental service % (n)

Reason–pain % (n)

Difficulty in eating% (n)

Brushing discomfort % (n)

Sleep disturbance % (n)

North

Belém

97.60% (122)

49.20% (60)

25.40% (31)

56.70% (72)

43.30% (55)

34.90% (44)

Boa Vista

98.20% (56)

60.70% (34)

41.10% (23)

53.60% (30)

49.10% (28)

48.10% (26)

Macapá

85.90% (73)

68.50% (50)

23.30% (17)

63.50% (54)

40.00% 34)

48.20% (41)

Manaus

100.00% (36)

60.00% (21)

25.70% (9)

40.00% (14)

37.10% (13)

33.30% (12)

Palmas

96.60% (56)

50.00% (28)

33.90% (19)

57.60% 934)

47.50% (28)

20.30% (12)

Porto Velho

98.50% (66)

53.00% (35)

30.30% (20)

58.20% (39)

46.30% (31)

17.90% (12)

Rio Branco

95.10% (39)

64.10% (25)

13.20% (5)

47.50% (19)

48.80% (20)

19.50% (8)

Inner North

90.40% (113)

64.50% (71)

35.10% (39)

49.60% (61)

44.40% (55)

35.20% (43)

Northeast

Aracaju

100.00% (43)

69.80% (30)

18.60% (8)

57.10% (24)

37.20% (16)

16.30% (7)

Fortaleza

97.90% (92)

44.60% (41)

35.90% (33)

62.10% (59)

52.10% 949)

35.80% (34)

João Pessoa

91.30% (42)

66.70% (28)

33.30% (14)

39.10% (18)

37.00% (17)

41.30% (19)

Maceió

100.00% (45)

34.10% (15)

13.30% (6)

59.10% (26)

47.70% (21)

48.90% (22)

Natal

83.00% (39)

53.80% (21)

46.20% (18)

29.80% (14)

41.30% (19)

14.90% (7)

Recife

100.00% (45)

51.10% (23)

35.60% (16)

60.00% (27)

46.70% (21)

44.40% (20)

Salvador

92.50% (62)

26.70% (16)

27.90% (17)

40.30% (27)

28.80% (19)

13.40% (9)

São Luis

81.00% (17)

29.40% (5)

23.50% (4)

66.70% (14)

61.90% (13)

35.00% (7)

Teresina

93.30% (70)

78.60% (55)

28.60% (20)

50.00% (37)

32.00% (24)

40.00% (30)

Inner Northeast

91.70% (105)

64.80% (68)

28.80% (30)

67.80% (78)

48.70% (55)

43.00% (49)

Southeast

Belo Horizonte

100.00% (70)

31.40% (22)

40.00% (28)

63.80% (44)

60.00% (42)

30.00% (21)

Rio de Janeiro

100.00% (60)

41.70% (25)

26.70% (16)

61.00% (36)

45.00% (27)

27.10% (16)

São Paulo

100.00% (131)

42.70% (56)

42.00% (55)

72.70% (96)

53.80% (71)

57.60% (76)

Vitória

100.00% (46)

50.00% (23)

39.10% (18)

54.30% (25)

40.90% (18)

28.30% (13)

Inner Southeast

94.40% (152)

49.30% (75)

26.30% (40)

53.30% (90)

52.50% (84)

44.10% (71)

South

Curitiba

91.30% (84)

52.40% (44)

38.10% (32)

51.10% (47)

37.00% (34)

29.30% (27)

Florianópolis

100.00% (62)

53.20% (33)

54.80% (34)

38.70% (24)

46.80% (29)

30.60% (19)

Porto Alegre

98.30% (118)

48.30% (57)

33.90% (40)

65.00% (78)

47.90% (57)

52.50% (63)

Inner South

94.10% (95)

49.50% (47)

32.60% (31)

57.80% (59)

40.20% (41)

32.40% (33)

Midwest

Brasília

94.20% (49)

32.70% (16)

32.70% (16)

69.20% (36)

50.00% (26)

51.90% (27)

Campo Grande

98.50% (67)

62.70% (42)

52.20% (35)

61.80% (42)

41.20% (28)

38.20% (26)

Cuiabá

92.90% (26)

38.50% (10)

30.80% (8)

46.40% (13)

39.30% (11)

25.00% (7)

Goiânia

92.30% (60)

30.00% (18)

43.30% (26)

53.80% (35)

32.30% (21)

37.50% (24)

Inner Midwest

88.40% (99)

60.60% (60)

30.30% (30)

60.40% (67)

47.30% (52)

45.50% (51)