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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and dental caries status

From: The potential of the Child Health Utility 9D Index as an outcome measure for child dental health

Characteristics

N

No apparent caries (% dmft = 0)

Mean dmft (SD)

All

140

54 (38.6)

2.4 (2.6)

Sex

   

Male

69

28 (40.6)

2.3 (2.6)

Female

71

26 (36.6)

2.6 (2.7)

Age (years)

   

6-7

50

23 (46.0)

2.0 (2.6)

8-9

90

31 (34.4)

2.7 (2.7)

Ethnicity

   

NonMāori

123

49 (39.8)

2.3 (2.5)

Māori

17

5 (29.4)

3.8 (3.1)

Deprivation

   

High

36

11 (30.6)

3.1 (2.9)

Medium

58

28 (48.3)

2.1 (2.6)

Low

45

15 (33.3)

2.3 (2.4)