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Table 3 Education level 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? N (%)

Do you have bridges/dentures? N (%)

Unmet dental needs? N (%)

Education level

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1456

 

N = 1399

 

N = 1459

Primary

1119 (98.7)

15 (1.3)

0.049

665 (60.9)

427 (39.1)

0.281

1071 (94.2)

66 (5.8)

0.843

Secondary

217 (96.4)

8 (1.6)

 

126 (59.4)

86 (41.6)

 

214 (95.1)

11 (4.9)

 

Higher/oth

96 (99.0)

1 (1.0)

 

50 (52.6)

45 (47.4)

 

91 (93.8)

6 (6.2)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 989

 

N = 960

 

N = 990

Primary

690 (98.4)

11 (1.6)

0.209

505 (74.5)

173 (25.6)

0.301

677 (96.6)

24 (3.4)

0.838

Secondary

184 (97.4)

5 (2.6)

 

136 (73.5)

49 (26.5)

 

182 (95.8)

8 (4.2)

 

Higher/oth

95 (96.0)

4 (4.0)

 

78 (80.4)

19 (19.6)

 

96 (97.0)

3 (3.0)

 

São Paulo

N = 1600

 

N = 1586

 

N = 1600

Primary

1347 (99.6)

6 (0.4)

0.001

1140 (84.7)

206 (15.3)

0.729

1293 (95.6)

60 (4.4)

0.622

Secondary

70 (97.2)

2 (2.8)

 

59 (84.3)

11 (15.7)

 

69 (95.8)

3 (4.2)

 

Higher/oth

170 (97.1)

5 (2.9)

 

140 (82.4)

30 (17.6)

 

170 (96.1)

5 (3.9)

 

Santiago

N = 1138

 

N = 1126

 

N = 1139

Primary

90 (100)

0 (0.0)

*

62 (68.9)

28 (31.1)

0.936

77 (85.6)

13 (14.4)

0.877

Secondary

143 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

96 (67.6)

46 (32.4)

 

125 (87.4)

18 (12.6)

 

Higher/oth

905 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

618 (69.1)

276 (31.9)

 

778 (85.9)

128 (14.1)

 

Havana

N = 1901

 

N = 1873

 

N = 1901

Yes

1793 (98.7)

23 (1.3)

0.001

1270 (70.8)

523 (29.2)

0.126

1782 (98.1)

34 (1.9)

0.751

No

80 (94.1)

5 (5.9)

 

63 (78.8)

17 (21.2)

 

83 (97.6)

2 (2.4)

 

Mexico City

N = 1553

 

N = 1415

 

N = 1554

Primary

1014 (92.1)

87 (7.9)

0.020

531 (52.5)

480 (47.5)

0.000

1033 (93.7)

69 (6.3)

0.276

Secondary

115 (95.0)

6 (5.0)

 

77 (67.0)

38 (33.0)

 

115 (95.0)

6 (5.0)

 

Higher/oth

291 (87.9)

40(22.1)

 

210 (72.7)

79 (27.3)

 

303 (91.5)

28 (8.5)

 

Montevideo

N = 1382

 

N = 1300

 

N = 1382

Primary

859 (96.5)

31 (3.5)

0.000

656 (76.7)

199 (23.3)

0.239

858

32 (3.6)

0.886

Secondary

221 (94.8)

12 (5.2)

 

177 (81.6)

40 (19.4)

 

224

9 (3.9)

 

Higher/oth

231 (89.2)

28(11.8)

 

172 (75.4)

56 (24.5)

 

248

11 (4.2)

 
  1. *Santiago has 100% missing teeth for this variable unable to determine an association.
  2. Havana has no education level variable, so “Did you attend school - yes/no” was used.