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Table 2 Number (%) of 12-year-old schoolchildren with caries experience and self-reported bad state of teeth according to area of residence and gender.

From: Prevalence and correlates of self-reported state of teeth among schoolchildren in Kerala, India

 

DMFT > 0 n (%)

Bad state of teeth n (%)

Urban

  

   all

74 (33)*

63 (28)*

   girls

34 (38)

35 (27)

   boys

40 (30)

28 (31)

Rural

  

   all

152 (25)

131 (21)

   girls

66 (25)

86 (25)†

   boys

86 (25)

45 (17)

  1. * Chi-square test, p < 0.05 (comparison between urban and rural)
  2. † Chi-square test, p < 0.05 (comparison between girls and boys in rural area)