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Table 1 Selected Characteristics of Children 5–19 years of age, NHANES, 2005–2010 (n = 9151).

From: Households’ age, country of birth, and marital status, stronger predictor variables than education in the prevalence of dental sealants, restorations, and caries among US children 5–19 years of age, NHANES 2005–2010

 

Mexican American

Other Hispanic

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Other Race/Multi-Racial

Total

P value

N (%)a

2668

787

2701

2479

516

9151

 

Sex

      

0.4658

 Male

1345 (51.1)

397 (48.9)

1398 (51.9)

1259 (50.0)

256 (49.0)

4655 (51.1)

 

 Female

1323 (48.9)

390 (51.1)

1303 (48.1)

1220 (50.0)

260 (51.0)

4496 (48.9)

 

Age

      

0.0084

 5–9

921 (36.66)

281 (33.68)

914 (30.66)

756 (31.27)

188 (34.42)

3060 (32.00)

 

 10–14

896 (33.99)

259 (32.55)

876 (33.71)

832 (33.76)

174 (36.83)

3037 (33.91)

 

 15–19

851 (29.35)

247 (33.77)

911 (35.63)

891 (34.97)

154 (28.75)

3054 (34.09)

 

Education (age 6–19)

      

0.0376

 Never Attended

209 (9.22)

63 (7.60)

215 (7.95)

175 (7.80)

50 (8.90)

712 (8.14)

 

 1st – 8th

1483 (62.0)

439 (59.2)

1437 (57.2)

1318 (57.3)

288 (63.2)

4965 (58.3)

 

 9th – 12th

693 (26.6)

203 (29.5)

731 (30.1)

712 (30.1)

122 (23.2)

2461 (29.4)

 

  > HS

60 (2.40)

24 (3.70)

103 (4.20)

111 (4.81)

21 (4.72)

319 (4.05)

 

Poverty

      

< 0.0001

  < 100% FPL

947 (36.0)

267 (32.8)

479 (12.8)

827 (33.6)

127 (19.5)

2647 (20.5)

 

  > 100% FPL

1711 (64.0)

520 (67.2)

2205 (87.2)

1642 (66.4)

388 (80.5)

6466 (79.5)

 

Dental Indicators

Ages

       

Sealant

6–9

170 (24.1)

49 (21.7)

182 (27.8)

114 (20.0)

34 (26.7)

549 (25.7)

0.1051

13–15

148 (34.4)

59 (38.7)

219 (44.7)

112 (26.4)

40 (49.7)

578 (40.9)

< 0.0001

Restoration

6–9

383 (54.0)

87 (39.7)

248 (36.7)

195 (34.2)

47 (30.6)

960 (38.7)

0.0001

13–15

248 (52.3)

66 (46.1)

236 (45.0)

197 (43.1)

53 (57.9)

800 (46.6)

0.0489

Caries

6–9

191 (27.1)

43 (19.5)

121 (16.5)

152 (26.5)

32 (18.0)

539 (19.8)

0.0008

13–15

84 (18.0)

16 (13.2)

49 (7.92)

86 (20.1)

10 (9.17)

245 (11.2)

< 0.0001

Sealant

5–19

640 (26.7)

212 (28.1)

822 (34.4)

458 (21.0)

154 (37.5)

2286 (31.3)

< 0.0001

Restoration

5–19

1308 (51.9)

314 (43.3)

1070 (41.6)

921 (40.4)

206 (43.7)

3819 (43.0)

0.0011

Caries

5–19

546 (22.0)

120 (16.2)

362 (12.7)

503 (22.5)

84 (16.4)

1615 (15.8)

< 0.0001

  1. Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
  2. 100% of Federal Poverty Level for 1 person ($10,830), 2 persons ($14,570), 4 persons ($22,050)
  3. aUnweighted sample size and weighted percentage of subjects in each strata of subject characteristic