Table 1 Frequency distribution of participants by experience of dental pain and socio-demographic characteristics (n = 1759)
From: Oral health related behaviors among adult Tanzanians: a national pathfinder survey
Pain experience and socio-demographic characteristics | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Experience of pain | Â | Â |
• Never had dental pain | 725 | 41.2 |
• Had dental pain | 1034 | 58.8 |
Socio-demographic characteristics | Â | Â |
• 37 yrs and above | 864 | 49.1 |
• 18-36 years | 895 | 50.9 |
• Rural | 1027 | 58.4 |
• Urban | 732 | 41.6 |
• Female | 896 | 50.9 |
• Male | 863 | 49.1 |
• Secondary education and above | 293 | 16.7 |
• Primary education or less | 1466 | 83.3 |