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Table 10 Self-reported overall health 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 (%)

Self reported health

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1474

 

N = 1445

 

N = 1508

Excellent

56 (98.2)

1 (1.8)

0.218

33 (60.0)

22 (40.0)

0.391

57 (98.3)

1 (1.7)

0.368

Very good

163 (98.8)

2 (1.2)

 

89 (56.0)

70 (44.0)

 

164 (94.8)

9 (5.2)

 

Good

501 (97.3)

14 (2.7)

 

289 (57.5)

214 (42.5)

 

496 (94.3)

30 (5.7)

 

Fair

648 (98.8)

8 (1.2)

 

405 (62.3)

245 (37.7)

 

626 (93.4)

44 (6.6)

 

Bad

81 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

49 (62.8)

29 (37.2)

 

79 (97.5)

2 (2.5)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 995

 

N = 982

 

N = 1042

Excellent

44 (97.8)

1 (2.2)

0.301

30 (71.4)

12 (28.6)

0.800

43 (93.5)

3 (6.5)

0.271

Very good

148 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

104 (73.2)

38 (26.8)

 

144 (97.3)

4 (2.7)

 

Good

447 (97.6)

11 (2.4)

 

334 (74.4)

115 (25.6)

 

447 (96.3)

17 (3.7)

 

Fair

284 (97.3)

8 (2.7)

 

220 (73.8)

78 (26.2)

 

294 (97.7)

7 (2.3)

 

Bad

52 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

35 (68.6)

16 (31.4)

 

50 (96.2)

2 (3.8)

 

São Paulo

N = 2143

 

N = 2129

 

N = 2143

Excellent

90 (96.8)

3 (3.2)

0.001

79 (87.8)

11 (12.2)

0.171

90 (96.8)

3 (3.2)

0.927

Very good

128 (97.7)

3 (2.3)

 

107 (83.6)

21 (16.4)

 

125 (95.4)

6 (4.6)

 

Good

730 (99.6)

3 (0.4)

 

596 (81.8)

133 (18.2)

 

702 (95.8)

31 (4.2)

 

Fair

983 (99.7)

3 (0.3)

 

792 (80.6)

191 (19.4)

 

946 (95.9)

40 (4.1)

 

Bad

199 (99.5)

1 (0.5)

 

152 (76.4)

47 (23.6)

 

194 (97.0)

6 (3.0)

 

Santiago

N = 1299

 

N = 1281

 

N =1301

Excellent

27 (100)

0 (0.0)

0.661

14 (51.9)

13 (48.1)

0.038

22 (81.5)

5 (18.5)

0.885

Very good

53 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

38 (77.6)

11 (22.3)

 

46 (86.8)

7 (13.2)

 

Good

380 (99.7)

1 (0.3)

 

239 (64.6)

131 (35.4)

 

332 (87.1)

49 (12.9)

 

Fair

559 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

397 (71.4)

159 (28.6)

 

483 (86.1)

78 (13.9)

 

Bad

279 (100)

0 (0.00

 

103 (69.2)

86 (30.8)

 

237 (84.9)

42 (15.1)

 

Havana

N = 1905

 

N = 1877

 

N = 1905

Proxy

170 (96.6)

6 (3.4)

0.293

109 (64.1)

61 (32.9)

0.009

174 (98.9)

2 (1.1)

0.090

Excellent

33 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

19 (57.6)

14 (42.4)

 

32 (97.0)

1 (3.0)

 

Very good

57 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

41 (71.9)

16 (28.1)

 

57 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

Good

547 (98.7)

7 (1.3)

 

388 (70.9)

159 (29.1)

 

548 (98.9)

6 (1.1)

 

Fair

850 (98.6)

12 (1.4)

 

634 (74.6)

216 (25.4)

 

844 (97.9)

18 (2.1)

 

Bad

220 (98.7)

3 (1.3)

 

144 (65.5)

76 (34.5)

 

214 (96.0)

9 (4.0)

 

Mexico City

N =1868

 

N =1713

 

N = 1871

Excellent

42 (89.4)

5 (10.6)

0.000

33 (78.6)

9 (21.4)

0.002

43 (91.7)

4 (8.3)

0.728

Very good

67 (83.8)

13 (16.2)

 

43 (64.2)

24 (35.8)

 

77 (96.2)

3 (3.8)

 

Good

395 (89.2)

48 (10.8)

 

228 (57.7)

167 (42.3)

 

415 993.7)

28 (6.3)

 

Fair

900 (92.7)

71 (7.3)

 

466 (52.0)

431 (48.0)

 

907 (93.1)

67 (6.9)

 

Bad

314 (96.0)

13 (4.0)

 

163 (52.2)

149 (47.8)

 

309 (94.5)

18 (5.5)

 

Montevideo

N = 1450

 

N = 1365

 

N = 1450

Excellent

84 (84.8)

15 (15.2)

0.000

71 (84.5)

12 (15.5)

0.068

96

3 (3.0)

0.626

Very good

143 (89.9)

16 (10.1)

 

105 (75.5)

36 (24.5)

 

152

7 (4.4)

 

Good

663 (96.10

26 (3.9)

 

495 (78.6)

135 (21.4)

 

631

28 (4.2)

 

Fair

426 (97.3)

12 (2.7)

 

324 (76.6)

99 (23.4)

 

420

18 (4.1)

 

Bad

90 (94.7)

5 (5.3)

 

60 (68.2)

28 (31.8)

 

94

1 (1.1)