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Table 3 Number of Sampled Persons Aged 1 year and older with Interview, MEC and Oral Health Exams by Selected Characteristics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–14

From: Overview and quality assurance for the oral health component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2011–2014

Characteristic	NHANES 2011–2012			NHANES 2013–2014
Characteristic	HIQ	MEC	OHX	HIQ	MEC	OHX
Age
1–5 years	1203	1135	1119	1198	1131	1111
6–11 years	1328	1272	1236	1371	1312	1287
12–19 years	1273	1230	1186	1432	1391	1367
20–34 years	1490	1424	1322	1482	1420	1363
35–50 years	1366	1329	1245	1507	1467	1349
50–64 years	1454	1400	1276	1474	1436	1337
65–74 years	669	637	584	748	733	689
75+ years	581	529	504	558	532	488
Sex
Male	4663	4463	4247	4802	4637	4458
Female	4701	4493	4225	4968	4785	4533
Race and ethnicity
Hispanic	2296	2195	2066	2560	2487	2358
Non-Hispanic Black	2588	2492	2358	2186	2121	2029
Non-Hispanic Asian	1257	1191	1104	1046	992	910
Non-Hispanic White	2860	2729	2604	3529	3399	3278
Other Race	363	349	340	449	423	416
Poverty status
Less than 100% FPG	2593	2480	2331	2581	2487	2380
100–199% FPG	2246	2163	2059	2322	2252	2140
200% or Higher FPG	3720	3571	3402	4119	3985	3822
Education
Less than high school	1200	1136	1031	1073	1042	944
High school	977	929	868	1086	1047	965
More than high school	2384	2296	2149	2649	2576	2424
Smoking history
Current Smoker	876	843	780	959	923	856
Former Smoker	1185	1136	1057	1243	1206	1140
Never Smoker	2498	2381	2210	2609	2538	2339
Dental visit past year
Yes	5713	5474	5205	6142	5939	5717
No	3627	3462	3247	3616	3471	3262
Total	9364	8956	8472	9770	9422	8991

Notes: Education and Smoking are only for sampled persons aged 30 years and older
[HIQ]: Home Interview
[MEC]: Mobile Examination Center
[OHX]: Oral Health Examination
[FPG]: Federal Poverty Guideline

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