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Table 1 Caries prevalence, DMFS, DMFT, and SiC indexa in 12-year-old Puerto Ricans (2011) by GHI Regionsb

From: Persistent oral health disparity in 12-year-old Hispanics: a cross-sectional study

     

Caries prevalence

DMFS

DMFT

SiC index

Region

Number

% N

Wtc N

Wtc N %

Percent

95 % CI

Mean

SE

95 % CI

Mean

SE

95 % CI

Mean

SE

95 % CI

North

165

10.4

297

18.7

74

63

84

3.6

0.48

2.6

4.6

2.5

0.29

1.9

3.1

4.9

0.39

4.1

5.7

East

129

8.1

69

4.4

70

63

77

4.2

0.60

2.9

5.6

2.7

0.26

2.1

3.2

5.5

0.25

4.9

6.1

Metropolitan

363

22.9

581

36.6

67

60

74

3.5

0.33

2.8

4.2

2.4

0.23

1.9

2.8

5.0

0.25

4.5

5.5

San Juan

163

10.3

164

10.3

61

50

71

3.2

0.47

2.2

4.2

2.0

0.24

1.5

2.6

4.5

0.35

3.8

5.3

Central

223

14.1

243

15.3

75

65

84

5.3

0.57

4.1

6.5

3.2

0.27

2.6

3.8

5.8

0.18

5.5

6.2

Southeast

143

9.0

67

4.2

70

52

88

5.3

1.04

2.9

7.6

3.0

0.42

2.0

3.9

5.7

0.39

4.8

6.6

Ponce

68

4.3

29

1.8

58

41

76

3.8

0.48

2.6

5.0

2.4

0.26

1.8

3.1

5.8

0.36

4.9

6.8

Southwest

82

5.2

13

0.8

68

55

80

3.6

0.57

2.0

5.1

2.2

0.31

1.4

3.1

5.1

0.59

3.5

6.8

West

78

4.9

47

3.0

70

56

84

3.3

0.59

1.9

4.6

2.0

0.30

1.3

2.7

4.3

0.18

3.9

4.7

Northwest

77

4.9

46

2.9

72

58

87

4.2

0.43

3.2

5.2

2.7

0.21

2.2

3.2

5.0

0.23

4.5

5.5

Northeast

96

6.1

30

1.9

73

57

89

4.3

0.94

2.0

6.6

2.5

0.39

1.6

3.5

4.7

0.58

3.3

6.2

Total PR

1587

100

1587

100

69

66

73

3.9

0.20

3.5

4.3

2.5

0.12

2.3

2.8

5.6

0.12

5.4

5.9

  1. aWeighted using normalized inverse probability weights
  2. bGovernment health insurance regions, as in 1997
  3. cWeighted