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Table 1 Age and dentition for the SABE population

From: Oral health among the elderly in 7 Latin American and Caribbean cities, 1999-2000: a cross-sectional study

Row %

Are you missing any teeth?

Do you have bridges/dentures?

Unmet dental needs?

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age groups

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1474

 

N = 1417

 

N = 1477

 

60 yrs and >

291 (96.4)

11 (3.6)

0.038

177 (61.9)

109 (38.1)

0.104

285 (94.1)

18 (5.9)

 

61 - 65 yrs.

310 (97.8)

7 (2.2)

 

171 (56.4)

132 (44.6)

 

307 (96.2)

12 (3.8)

0.182

66 - 70 yrs.

298 (99.3)

2 (0.7)

 

180 (62.5)

108 (37.5)

 

276 (93.9)

18 (6.1)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

248 (99.2)

2 (0.8)

 

161 (66.0)

83 (34.0)

 

230 (92.0)

20 (8.0)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

175 (99.4)

1 (0.6)

 

95 (56.2)

74 (43.8)

 

163 (92.6)

13(7.4)

 

81 yrs. and up

133 (98.5)

2 (1.5)

 

69 (54.3)

58 (45.7)

 

131 (97.0)

4 (3.0)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 1027

 

N = 998

 

N = 1028

60 yrs and >

46 (95.8)

2 (4.2)

0.441

30 (66.7)

15 (33.3)

0.164

47 (97.8)

1 (2.1)

0.423

61 - 65 yrs.

241 (98.0)

5 (2.0)

 

178 (73.6)

64 (26.4)

 

237 (96.3)

9 (3.7)

 

66 - 70 yrs.

252 (98.4)

4 (1.6)

 

185 (73.4)

67 (26.6 )

 

243 (94.9)

13 (5.1)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

233 (97.1)

7 (2.9)

 

176 (76.5)

54 (23.5)

 

235 (97.9)

5 (2.1)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

134 (98.5)

2 (1.5)

 

97 (74.0)

34 (26.0)

 

134 (97.8)

3 (2.2)

 

81 yrs. and up

101 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

79 (80.6)

19 (19.4)

 

96 (95.0)

5 (5.0)

 

São Paulo

N = 2143

 

N = 2129

 

N = 2143

60 yrs and >

76 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.045

66 (86.8)

10 (13.2)

0.022

73 (96.1)

3 (3.9)

0.747

61 - 65 yrs.

429 (98.8)

5 (1.2)

 

331 (77.2)

98 (22.8)

 

413 (95.2)

21 (4.8)

 

66 - 70 yrs.

366 (99.2)

3 (0.8)

 

308 (84.2)

58 (15.8)

 

356 (96.5)

13 (3.5)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

379 (98.7)

5 (1.3)

 

311 (82.3)

67 (17.7)

 

373 (97.1)

11 (2.9)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

421 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

352 (83.6)

69 (16.4)

 

404 (96.0)

17 (4.0)

 

81 yrs. and up

459 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

358 (78.0)

101 (22.0)

 

438 (95.6)

21 (4.6)

 

Santiago

N = 1299

 

N = 1281

 

N = 1301

60 yrs and >

63 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.365

41 (67.2)

20 (32.8)

0.017

55 (87.3)

8 (12.7)

0.108

61 - 65 yrs.

278 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

180 (65.7)

94 (34.3)

 

244 (87.1)

36 (12.9)

 

66 - 70 yrs.

327 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

202 (72.5)

121 (27.5)

 

290 (88.7)

37 (11.3)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

247 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

178 (72.7)

67 (27.3)

 

216 (87.4)

31 (12.6)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

182 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

133 (73.9)

47 (26.1)

 

153 (84.1)

29 (15.9)

 

81 yrs. and up

201 (99.5)

1 (0.5)

 

147 (74.2)

51 (25.8)

 

162 (80.2)

40 (19.8)

 

Havana

N = 1905

 

N = 1877

 

N = 1905

60 yrs and >

112 (99.1)

1 (0.9)

0.838

69 (61.6)

43 (38.4)

0.007

113 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.452

61 - 65 yrs.

438 (98.0)

9 (2.0)

 

293 (66.9)

145 (33.1)

 

440 (98.4)

7 (1.6)

 

66 - 70 yrs.

389 (98.7)

5 (1.3)

 

285 (73.3)

104 (26.7)

 

384 (97.5)

10 (2.5)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

326 (99.1)

3 (0.9)

 

226 (69.3)

100 (30.7)

 

321 (97.6)

8 (2.4)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

251 (98.4)

4 (1.6)

 

192 (76.5)

59 (23.5)

 

252 (98.8)

3 (1.2)

 

81 yrs. and up

361 (98.4)

6 (1.6)

 

270 (74.8)

91 (25.2)

 

329 (97.8)

8 (2.2)

 

Mexico City

N = 1873

 

N = 1717

 

N = 1876

60 yrs and >

628 (89.0)

78 (11.0)

0.000

339 (54.1)

288(45.9)

0.620

662 (93.5)

46 (6.5)

0.255

61 - 65 yrs.

337 (90.8)

34 (9.2)

 

171 (51.0)

164 (49.0)

 

352 (94.9)

19 (5.1)

 

66 - 70 yrs.

280 (93.6)

19 (6.4)

 

155 (55.6)

124 (44.4)

 

282 (94.3)

17 (5.7)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

201 (95.7)

9 (4.3)

 

109 (54.5)

91 (45.5)

 

190 (94.5)

20 (9.5)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

150 (95.5)

7 (4.5)

 

89 (59.7)

60 (41.3)

 

150 (95.5)

7 (4.5)

 

81 yrs. and up

127 (97.7)

3 (2.3)

 

71 (55.9)

56 (45.1)

 

120 (94.5)

7 (5.5)

 

Montevideo

N = 1450

 

N = 1365

 

N = 1450

60 yrs and >

64 (91.4)

6 (9.6)

0.166

52 (79.7)

13 (21.3)

0.078

66 (94.3)

4 (5.7)

0.259

61 - 65 yrs.

291 (92.7)

23 (7.2)

 

209 (72.8)

78 (27.2)

 

301 (95.9)

13 (4.1)

 

66 - 70 yrs.

366 (94.8)

20 (5.2)

 

289 (79.2)

76 (20.8)

 

376 (97.4)

10 (2.6)

 

71 - 75 yrs.

282 (96.2)

11 (3.8)

 

214 (76.4)

66 (23.6)

 

277 (94.5)

16 (5.5)

 

76 - 80 yrs.

220 (96.5)

8 (3.5)

 

163 (75.1)

54 (24.9)

 

217 (95.2)

11 (4.8)

 

81 yrs. and up

153 (96.2)

6 (3.8)

 

129 (84.9)

23 (15.1)

 

156 (98.1)

3 (1.9)