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Table 3 Oral health information. The UNRWA oral health survey by field (2016)

From: Oral health status and caries trend among 12-year old Palestine refugee students: results from the UNRWA’s oral health surveys 2011 and 2016

 

West Bank

Jordan

Gaza Strip

Lebanon

p-value

N (%)a

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Present Teeth

< 0.01°

 Median (min-max)

27 (12–27)

26 (12–27)

25 (12–27)

26 (12–27)

 

DS

< 0.01#

  = 0

79 (23.2)

138 (36.0)

135 (30.9)

122 (31.3)

 

  > 0

26 (76.8)

245 (64.0)

302 (69.1)

268 (68.7)

 

MS

< 0.01#

  = 0

324 (95.3)

383 (100)

421 (96.3)

359 (92.1)

 

  > 0

16 (4.7)

0 (0)

16 (3.7)

31 (7.9)

< 0.01#

FS

  = 0

278 (91.8)

287 (74.9)

374 (85.6)

328 (84.1)

 

  > 0

62 (18.2)

96 (25.1)

63 (14.4)

62 (15.9)

 

FT

< 0.01#

  = 0

278 (91.8)

287 (74.9)

374 (85.6)

328 (84.1)

 

  > 0

62 (18.2)

96 (25.1)

63 (14.4)

62 (15.9)

 

DMFS

< 0.01#

  = 0

69 (20.3)

121 (31.6)

128 (29.3)

103 (26.4)

 

  > 0

271 (79.7)

262 (68.4)

309 (70.7)

287 (73.6)

 

DMFT

< 0.01#

  = 0

69 (20.3)

121 (31.6)

128 (29.3)

103 (26.4)

 

  > 0

271 (79.7)

262 (68.4)

309 (70.7)

287 (73.6)

 

SEALANTS

< 0.01#

  = 0

334 (98.2)

367 (95.8)

430 (98.4)

267 (68.5)

 

  > 0

6 (1.8)

16 (4.2)

7 (1.6)

123 (31.5)

 
  1. a Otherwise specified; °Kruskal-Wallis non parametric test; # Pearson’s Chi-square test