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Table 6 Working 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 (%)

Working status

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Yes

No

pvalue

Bridgetown

N = 1409

 

N = 1353

 

N = 1412

Yes

247 (97.2)

7 (2.8)

0.191

138 (56.6)

106 (43.4)

0.255

243 (95.7)

11 (4.3)

0.267

No

137 (98.4)

18 (1.6)

 

671 (60.5)

438 (39.5)

 

1087 (93.9)

71 (6.1)

 

Buenos Aires

N = 929

 

N = 902

 

N = 929

Yes

246 (97.6)

6 (2.4)

0.258

186 (75.3)

61 (24.7)

0.508

239 (94.8)

13 (5.2)

0.138

No

668 (98.7)

9 (1.3)

 

479 (73.1)

176 (26.9)

 

656 (96.9)

21 (3.1)

 

São Paulo

N = 2004

 

N = 1990

 

N = 2004

Yes

432 (98.9)

5 (1.1)

0.145

344 (79.8)

87 (20.2)

0.476

422 (96.6)

15 (3.4)

0.371

No

1559 (99.5)

8 (0.5)

 

1268 (81.3)

291 (18.7)

 

1498 (95.6)

69 (4.4)

 

Santiago

    

N = 1188

Yes

313 (100)

0.0

*

191 (61.8)

118 (39.2)

0.007

274 (87.3)

40 (12.7)

0.659

No

873 (100)

0.0

 

604 (70.2)

257 (29.8)

 

754 (86.1)

120 (13.7)

 

Havana

N = 1905

 

N = 1807

 

N = 1905

Yes

346 (98.3)

6 (1.7)

0.685

236 (68.2)

110 (31.8)

0.185

346 (98.3)

6 (1.7)

0.777

No

1531 (98.6)

22 (1.4)

 

1099 (71.8)

432 (29.2)

 

1523 (98.1)

30 (1.9)

 

Mexico City

N = 1569

 

N = 1443

 

N = 1571

Yes

573 (88.7)

73 (11.3)

0.000

284 (49.6)

289 (51.4)

0.019

603

43 (6.7)

0.904

No

873 (94.6)

50 (5.4)

 

486 (55.9)

383 (44.1)

 

862

63 (6.8)

 

Montevideo

N = 1327

 

N = 1250

 

N = 1327

Yes

227 (91.9)

20 (8.1)

0.015

170 (75.2)

56 (24.8)

0.645

238

9 (3.6)

0.661

No

1023 (95.6)

47 (4.4)

 

785 (76.7)

239 (23.3)

 

1034

46 (4.3)