Table 2 Age- and sex-standardized prevalence (%) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for dental visits in the past 12 months, 2004–2012

 Total

45.6 (43.7–47.4)

50.5 (48.5–52.5)

51.5 (49.6–53.4)

47.7 (45.8–49.5)

48.8 (46.9–50.7)

  5.9

−3.8

  Men

36.7 (33.9–39.4)

42.7 (39.6–45.9)

41.7 (38.8–44.6)

40.1 (37.2–42.9)

42.0 (39.1–44.9)

  5.0

−1.6

  Women

54.4 (52.0–56.9)

58.3 (55.8–60.8)

61.3 (58.8–63.7)

55.3 (52.9–57.7)

55.6 (53.1–58.1)

  6.9

−6.0

  20–34

48.3 (45.2–51.5)

54.3 (50.9–57.7)

52.1 (48.8–55.4)

51.1 (47.9–54.4)

50.1 (46.6–53.5)

  3.8

−1.0

  35–49

48.9 (45.6–52.1)

52.8 (49.3–56.4)

55.8 (52.6–59.1)

46.0 (42.7–49.3)

52.3 (48.9–55.7)

  6.9

−9.8

  50–64

38.4 (35.2–41.7)

43.3 (39.8–46.7)

45.7 (42.4–49.0)

45.6 (42.4–48.8)

43.3 (40.2–46.4)

  7.3

−0.1

  Main

46.8 (44.5–49.0)

51.5 (49.1–53.9)

52.5 (50.3–54.8)

48.1 (45.8–50.2)

49.8 (47.5–52.0)

  5.7

−4.4

  Other

43.5 (40.1–46.8)

47.7 (44.0–51.3)

48.5 (45.1–52.0)

46.2 (42.7–49.7)

45.5 (41.8–49.1)

  5.0

−2.3

  High

59.4 (54.9–64.0)

61.2 (57.0–65.4)

60.0 (55.8–64.2)

57.1 (53.2–61.1)

61.8 (58.0–65.6)

  0.6

−2.9

  Mid

44.8 (42.5–47.1)

48.5 (46.0–51.0)

50.9 (48.5–53.3)

46.0 (43.6–48.4)

45.8 (43.2–48.3)

  6.1

−4.9

  Low

31.1 (25.4–36.8)

33.8 (28.0–39.5)

32.7 (27.0–38.5)

28.7 (23.0–34.3)

33.1 (27.0–39.3)

  1.6

−4.0

  Employed

47.9 (45.7–50.1)

51.8 (49.5–54.1)

52.3 (50.1–54.4)

49.5 (47.2–51.8)

50.7 (48.4–53.0)

  4.4

−2.8

  Non-employed

37.7 (33.9–41.4)

42.9 (37.9–47.9)

46.7 (41.6–51.9)

42.0 (38.5–45.5)

42.3 (38.0–46.7)

  9.0

−4.7

 Total

60.9 (58.6–63.1)

62.9 (60.6–65.2)

66.8 (64.5–69.1)

62.2 (59.9–64.4)

64.8 (62.4–67.1)

  5.9

−4.6

  Men

51.3 (47.7–54.9)

53.4 (49.7–57.1)

59.5 (55.8–63.3)

54.0 (50.3–57.7)

55.9 (52.1–59.6)

  8.2

−5.5

  Women

70.4 (67.6–73.2)

72.4 (69.6–75.1)

74.1 (71.3–76.8)

70.4 (67.8–73.0)

73.7 (70.9–76.4)

  3.7

−3.7

  20–34

63.8 (59.8–67.8)

69.8 (65.8–73.9)

67.4 (63.1–71.7)

64.0 (59.9–68.1)

67.4 (63.1–71.8)

  3.6

−3.4

  35–49

64.4 (60.8–68.1)

64.2 (60.4–67.9)

68.0 (64.3–71.6)

63.0 (59.4–66.7)

66.0 (62.2–69.8)

  3.6

−5.0

  50–64

53.3 (49.1–57.5)

53.3 (49.1–57.5)

64.7 (60.5–68.9)

59.0 (55.0–63.0)

60.1 (56.3–64.0)

11.4

−5.7

    Main

60.5 (58.1–63.0)

62.8 (60.3–65.2)

66.9 (64.4–69.4)

62.8 (60.4–65.2)

65.0 (62.5–67.4)

  6.4

−4.1

    Other

62.1 (55.8–68.4)

65.9 (60.1–71.7)

66.6 (60.8–72.5)

57.4 (49.9–64.9)

63.7 (56.9–70.4)

  4.5

−9.2

    High

69.2 (64.5–74.0)

73.3 (68.8–77.8)

74.0 (69.7–78.3)

72.8 (68.5–77.0)

78.9 (74.8–83.0)

  4.8

−1.2

    Mid

60.3 (57.4–63.2)

62.6 (59.7–65.5)

65.3 (62.0–68.6)

59.6 (56.6–62.6)

61.4 (58.3–64.4)

  5.0

−5.7

    Low

54.8 (47.0–62.7)

47.6 (40.9–54.3)

48.3 (40.4–56.3)

48.3 (41.0–55.6)

41.8 (32.9–50.6)

−6.5

  0.0

    Employed

61.7 (59.0–64.4)

64.8 (62.1–67.4)

67.8 (65.2–70.4)

64.3 (61.6–67.0)

66.6 (63.8–69.3)

  6.1

−3.5

    Non-employed

57.6 (52.3–63.0)

52.6 (46.6–58.6)

60.5 (52.9–68.2)

56.5 (51.1–61.9)

56.7 (51.3–62.1)

  2.9

−4.0