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Table 5 Past occupation 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 (%)

Past occupation

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1404

 

N = 1348

 

N = 1407

Professionals

108 (54.3)

91 (45.7)

0.079

108 (54.3)

91 (45.7)

0.129

197 (93.8)

13 (6.2)

0.166

Office workers

371 (59.1)

257 (41.9)

 

371 (59.1)

257 (40.9)

 

622 (95.4)

30 (4.6)

 

Manual/unskill

325 (62.4)

196 (31.6)

 

325 (62.4)

196 (37.6)

 

506 (92.8)

39 (7.2)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 925

 

N = 898

 

N = 883

Professionals

129 (97.7)

3 (2.3)

0.810

99 (78.0)

28 (22.0)

0.345

84 (93.3)

6 (6.7)

0.288

Office workers

248 (98.4)

4 (1.6)

 

187 (74.8)

63 25.2)

 

243 (96.3)

9 (3.6)

 

Manual/unskill

533 (98.5)

8 (1.5)

 

375 (72.0)

146 (28.0)

 

525 (97.0)

16 (3.0)

 

São Paulo

N = 2000

 

N = 1986

 

N = 2000

Professionals

141 (97.2)

4 (2.8)

0.003

125 (88.7)

16 (11.3)

0.002

139 (95.9)

6 (4.1)

0.985

Office workers

535 (99.3)

4 (0.7)

 

409 (76.6)

125 (23.4)

 

517 (95.9)

22 (4.1)

 

Manual/unskill

1311 (99.6)

5 (0.4)

 

1075 (82.)

236 (18)

 

1260 (95.7)

56 (4.3)

 

Santiago

N = 1053

 

N = 1038

 

N = 1055

Professionals

77 (100)

0 (0.0)

*

58 (77.3)

17 (22.7)

0.211

67 (87.0)

10 (13.0)

0.700

Office workers

207 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

136 (67.3)

66 (32.7)

 

178 (85.2)

31 (14.8)

 

Manual/unskill

769 (100)

0 (0.0)

 

514 (67.5)

247 (32.5)

 

672 (87.4)

97 (12.6)

 

Havana

N = 1584

 

N = 1561

 

N = 1584

Professionals

266 (96.4)

10 (3.6)

0.003

180 (67.7)

86 (32.3)

0.538

274 (99.3)

2 (0.7)

0.160

Office workers

568 (99.3)

4 (0.7)

 

405 (71.3)

163 (28.7)

 

558 (97.6)

14 (2.4)

 

Manual/unskill

727 (98.8)

9 (1.2)

 

515 (70.8)

212 (29.2)

 

725 (98.5)

11 (1.5)

 

Mexico City

N = 1532

 

N = 1410

 

N = 1533

Professionals

113 (86.9)

17 (13.1)

0.035

85 (75.2)

28 (24.8)

0.000

119 (91.5)

11 (8.5)

0.323

Office workers

477 (93.7)

32 (6.3)

 

262 (55.3)

212 (44.7)

 

469 (92.1)

40 (7.9)

 

Manual/unskill

823 (92.2)

70 (7.8)

 

404 (49.1)

419 (50.9)

 

840 (94.0)

54 (6.0)

 

Montevideo

N = 1310

 

N = 1233

 

N = 1310

Professionals

183 (89.3)

22 (10.7)

0.000

140 (78.2)

39 (21.8)

0.019

196 (4.4)

9 (95.5)

0.470

Office workers

304 (96.5)

11 (3.5)

 

248 (81.8)

55 (18.2)

 

306 (2.9)

9 (97.1)

 

Manual/unskill

756 (95.7)

34 (4.3)

 

555 (73.9)

196 (26.1)

 

755 (4.4)

35 (95.5)

 
  1. *Santiago has 100% missing teeth for this variable therefore no cell for a p value.