Association between the longest job and oral health: Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study project cross-sectional study

Table 2 Total number of subjects for analyses and percentages of subjects with poor oral health status and poor oral health behavior according to the longest job in each sex

Longest job in each sex	Poor oral health status						Poor oral health behavior
	Having 19 or less teeth		Denture/bridge non-user in subjects with 19 or less teeth		Subjective poor oral health		No dental visit for treatment		Interdental brush/dental floss non-user in subjects with 10 or more teeth
	N for analyses	%	N for analyses	%	N for analyses	%	N for analyses	%	N for analyses	%
Male
Professional/technical	2,555	60.2	1,453	29.2	2,506	31.0	2,514	46.7	1,402	44.9
Administrative	1,281	57.5	701	25.8	1,256	24.5	1,269	40.7	755	43.8
Clerical	1,089	60.7	635	23.9	1,071	27.6	1,083	43.2	645	46.0
Sales/service	1,318	68.5	837	33.3	1,282	31.0	1,290	45.5	705	49.5
Skilled/labor	2,313	69.6	1,487	35.8	2,251	34.4	2,263	54.0	1,057	51.0
Agriculture/forestry/fishery	1,154	84.1	854	39.9	1,122	34.0	1,114	55.7	354	56.2
Others	1,238	71.1	787	40.2	1,200	33.2	1,201	51.9	536	53.7
No occupation	123	80.5	89	44.9	118	45.8	116	67.2	46	63.0
Total	11,071	66.8	6,843	33.1	10,806	31.3	10,850	48.7	5,500	48.4
Female
Professional/technical	1,224	57.2	648	31.0	1,203	24.0	1,204	47.6	770	31.9
Administrative	132	68.9	82	29.3	132	22.0	132	50.8	57	28.1
Clerical	2,244	56.6	1,169	29.6	2,209	25.3	2,217	47.9	1,363	30.9
Sales/service	2,155	69.1	1,331	32.3	2,131	32.1	2,132	52.8	1,046	38.8
Skilled/labor	1,045	69.7	654	33.3	1,027	28.8	1,033	56.4	496	42.1
Agriculture/forestry/fishery	1,156	85.8	848	31.8	1,165	29.3	1,149	60.0	344	48.5
Others	2,084	74.5	1,366	34.8	2,042	29.8	2,036	55.0	865	44.3
No occupation	1,465	76.0	997	35.9	1,448	29.3	1,426	57.8	569	40.4
Total	11,505	69.0	7,095	32.7	11,357	28.4	11,329	53.3	5,510	37.7

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