Socioeconomic differences in self-rated oral health and dental care utilisation after the dental care reform in 2008 in Sweden

Table 1 Number of respondents, crude prevalence of self-rated good dental health and proportion visiting their dentist/dental hygienist regularly (last visit less than three years ago), stratified according to gender and age group

		16-34 yrs	35-49 yrs	50-64 yrs	65-84 yrs	Total	p-value^*
		16-34 yrs	35-49 yrs	50-64 yrs	65-84 yrs	16-84 yrs	p-value^*
N	Women	460	430	663	1134	2687	-
	Men	667	654	804	1149	3274	-
	Total	1127	1084	1467	2283	5961	-
Good oral health (%)	Women	81	76	79	75	78	0.013
	Men	74	75	71	71	72	0.301
	Total	78	76	75	73	75	0.018
Regular dental attender (%)	Women	89	88	93	91	90	0.013
	Men	86	84	88	90	88	0.007
	Total	88	86	90	90	89	0.001

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