Table 3 Prevalence and mean number of decayed, missing and filled teeth by age, gender and location: Malawi national oral health survey 2013

Age (years):

 12

1,114

19.1

16.8–21.4

2.7

1.7–3.7

0.2

−0.1–0.5

459

0.41

285

0.26

4

0.00

748

0.67

 15

933

21.9

19.2–24.6

5.2

3.8–6.6

1.3

0.6–2.0

459

0.49

195

0.21

13

0.01

667

0.71

 35–44

2,305

49.0

47.0–51.0

47.7

45.7–49.7

8.7

7.5–9.9

3,278

1.42

3,636

1.58

264

0.11

7,178

3.11

 65–74

683

49.2

45.5–52.9

79.9

76.9–82.9

12.7

10.2–15.2

964

1.41

3,506

5.13

232

0.34

4,702

6.87

Others

356

37.4

32.4–42.4

41.3

36.2–46.4

13.1

9.6–16.6

423

1.17

679

1.87

86

0.24

1,188

3.27

 All

5,391

37.4

36.1–38.7

35.2

33.9–36.5

6.5

5.8–7.2

5,583

1.03

8,301

1.54

599

0.11

14,483

2.68

Gender:

Male

2,090

32.4

30.4–34.4

30.1

28.1–32.1

6.6

5.5–7.7

1,668

0.80

3,069

1.47

200

0.10

4,937

2.36

Female

3,301

40.5*

38.8–42.2

37.7*

36.0–39.4

6.6

5.8–7.4

3,846

1.17

5,271

1.60

401

0.12

9,518

2.88

Both sexes

5,391

37.4

36.1–38.7

34.8

33.5–36.1

6.5

5.8–7.2

5,514

1.02

8,340

1.55

601

0.11

14,455

2.68

Location:

Urban

327

33.3

28.2–38.4

30.9

25.9–35.9

5.2

2.8–7.6

239

0.73

377

1.15

40

0.12

656

2.01

Rural

4,384

37.4

36.0–38.8

33.7

32.3–35.1

7.2

6.4–8.0

4,612

1.05

6,496

1.48

535

0.12

11,643

2.66