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Table 2 Gender 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 N %

Are you missing any teeth?

Do you have bridges/dentures?

Unmet dental needs?

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Sex

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1474

 

N = 1417

 

N = 1477

Male

887 (97.9)

13 (2.1)

0.349

515 (61.9)

356 (38.1)

0.299

843 (93.5)

59 (6.5)

0.104

Female

562( 98.6)

12 (1.4)

 

338 (59.1)

208 (41.9)

 

549 (95.5)

26 (4.5)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 1027

 

N = 998

 

N = 1028

Male

370 (97.9)

12 (2.1)

0.765

268 (73.2)

98 (26.8)

0.143

368 (97.4)

10 (2.6)

0.255

Female

637 (98.2)

8 (1.8)

 

477 (75.5)

155 (25.5)

 

624 (96.0)

26 (4.0)

 

São Paulo

N = 2143

 

N = 2129

 

N = 2143

Male

872 (99.0)

9 (1.0)

0.039

634 (72.7)

238 (27.3)

0.000

846 (96.0)

35 (4.0)

0.937

Female

1258 (99.7)

4 (0.3)

 

1092 (86.9

165 (13.1)

 

1211 (96.0)

51 (4.0)

 

Santiago

N = 1299

 

N = 1281

 

N = 1301

Male

445 (99.8)

1 (0.2)

0.167

236 (53.8)

203 (46.2)

0.000

376 (84.3)

70 (15.7)

0.180

Female

853 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

645 (76.7)

197 (23.3)

 

744 (87.0)

111 (13.0)

 

Havana

N = 1905

 

N = 1877

 

N = 1905

Male

700 (98.9)

8 (1.1)

0.343

454 (64.9)

246 (35.1)

0.000

698 (98.6)

10 (1.4)

0.239

Female

1177 (98.3)

20 (1.7)

 

881 (74.9)

296 (25.1)

 

1171 (97.8)

26 (2.2)

 

Mexico City

N = 1873

 

N = 1717

 

N = 1876

Male

465 (91.7)

42 (8.3)

0.789

216 (46.8)

246 (53.2)

0.000

481 (94.9)

26 (5.1)

0.172

Female

1258 (92.1)

108 (7.9)

 

718 (57.2)

537 (42.8)

 

1275 (93.1)

94 (6.9)

 

Montevideo

N = 1450

 

N = 1365

 

N = 1450

Male

490 (92.5)

40 (7.5)

0.001

318 (65.4)

168 (34.6)

0.000

514 (97.0)

16 (3.0)

0.175

Female

886 (96.3)

34 (3.7)

 

737 (83.8)

142 (16.2)

 

879 (95.4)

41 (4.5)