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Table 4 Marital status 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 (%)

Marital status

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1459

 

N = 1402

 

N = 1462

Unmarried

292 (98.7)

4 (1.3)

0.373

186 (63.9)

105 (36.1)

0.368

284 (94.4)

17 (5.6)

 

Married

499 (97.7)

12 (2.3)

 

292 (59.8)

196 (40.2)

 

488 (95.1)

25 (4.9)

 

Widow/er

407 (99.3)

3 (0.7)

 

232 (58.1)

167 (41.9)

 

382 (93.2)

28 (6.8)

0.164

Separated

151 (98.1)

3 (1.9)

 

94 (63.9)

53 (36.1)

 

149 (96.1)

6 (3.9)

 

Divorced

81 (97.6)

2 (2.4)

 

42 (54.5)

35 (45.5)

 

74 (89.2)

9 (10.8)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 1025

 

N = 996

 

N = 1026

Unmarried

54 (94.7)

3 (5.3)

*

46 (82.1)

10 (17.9)

0.212

56 (98.2)

1 (1.8)

 

Married

432 (97.7)

10 (2.3)

 

315 (72.7)

118 (27.3)

 

426 (96.4)

16 (3.6)

 

Widow/er

42 (98.6)

6 (1.4)

 

313 (76.3)

97 (23.7)

 

413 (96.5)

15 (3.5)

0.886

Separated

88 (98.9)

1 (1.1)

 

60 (69.0)

27 (31.0)

 

85 (95.5)

4 (4.5)

 

Divorced

10 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

9 (90.0)

1 (10.0)

 

10 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

São Paulo

N = 2142

 

N = 2128

 

N = 2142

Unmarried

103 (100)

0 (0.0)

*

80 (77.7)

23 (22.7)

0.139

95 (92.2)

8 (7.8)

 

Married

1112 (99.2)

9 (0.8)

 

899 (80.9)

12 (19.1)

 

1082 (95.5)

39 (3.5)

 

Widow/er

757 (99.6)

3 (0.4)

 

626 (82.7)

131 (17.3)

 

728 (95.8)

32 (4.2)

0.035

Separated

135 (99.3)

1 (0.7)

 

101 (74.8)

34 (25.2)

 

132 (97.1)

4 (2.9)

 

Divorced

22 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

20 (90.9)

2 (19.1)

 

19 (86.4)

3 (13.6)

 

Santiago

N = 1284

 

N = 1266

 

N = 1286

Unmarried

94 (98.9)

1 (1.1)

*

56 (61.5)

35 (39.5)

0.013

85 (89.5)

10 (10.5)

 

Married

560 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

362 (65.3)

192 (34.7)

 

495 (88.4)

65 (11.6)

 

Widow/er

458 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

334 (73.7)

119 (26.3)

 

379 (82.4)

81 (17.6)

0.015

Separated

166 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

113 (69.3)

50 (31.7)

 

147 (88.6)

19 (11.4)

 

Divorced

5 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

5 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

3 (60.0)

2 (40.0)

 

Havana

N = 1902

 

N = 1874

 

N = 1902

Unmarried

61 (93.8)

4 (6.2)

*

31 (50.8)

30 (49.2)

0.001

64 (98.5)

1 (1.5)

 

Married

700 (98.5)

11 (1.5)

 

484 (69.1)

216 (30.9)

 

702 (98.7)

9 (1.3)

 

Widow/er

658 (98.9)

7 (1.1)

 

494 (75.1)

164 (24.9)

 

648 (97.4)

17 (2.6)

0.534

Separated

247 (99.6)

1 (0.4)

 

179 (72.5)

68 (27.5)

 

243 (98.0)

5 (2.0)

 

Divorced

208 (97.7)

5 (2.3)

 

145 (69.7)

63 (30.3)

 

209 (98.1)

4 (1.9)

 

Mexico City

N = 1868

 

N = 1712

 

N = 1871

Unmarried

89 (94.7)

5 (5.3)

0.002

52 (58.4)

37 (41.6)

0.063

92

2 (2.1)

 

Married

978 (91.1)

95 (8.9)

 

515 (52.9)

458 (47.1)

 

1010

64 (6.0

 

Widow/er

457 (94.0)

29 (6.0)

 

259 (56.6)

199 (44.4)

 

452

36 (7.4)

0.291

Separated

170 (92.9)

13 (7.1)

 

86 (51.2)

82 (48.8)

 

169

14 (7.7)

 

Divorced

24 (75.0)

8 (5.0)

 

19 (79.2)

5 (20.8)

 

29

3 (9.4)

 

Montevideo

N = 1444

 

N = 1360

 

N = 1444

Unmarried

49 (94.2)

3 (5.8)

0.288

28 (57.1)

21 (42.9)

0.000

49 (94.2)

3 (5.8)

 

Married

659 (93.7)

44 (6.2)

 

495 (75.8)

158 (24.2)

 

673 (95.7)

30 (4.3)

0.456

Widow/er

511 (96.4)

19 (3.6)

 

416 (82.1)

91 (17.9)

 

515 (97.2)

15 (2.8)

 

Separated

82 (96.5)

3 (3.5)

 

55 (67.9)

26 (32.1)

 

80 (94.1)

5 (5.9)

 

Divorced

70 (94.6)

4 (5.4)

 

57 (81.4)

13 (18.6)

 

70 (94.6)

4 (5.4)

 
  1. *Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago and Havana has many cells with N < 5 for this variable therefore unable to determine an association.