SOS teeth with advanced caries and sociodemographic indicators, health-related habits and dental attendance patterns: data from the Dental, Oral, Medical Epidemiological (DOME) nationwide records-based study

Table 1 The association of SOS teeth with socio-demographic parameters

Parameter	Variable	N	Mean	Std. deviation	95% Confidence interval for mean		p value
Parameter	Variable	N	Mean	Std. deviation	Lower bound	Upper bound	p value
Sex	Female	33,063	0.12	0.46	0.11	0.12	< 0.001*
	Male	99,466	0.15	0.54	0.14	0.15
	Total	132,529	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14
Education	High school	112,112	0.15	0.54	0.14	0.15	< 0.001^
	Technicians	7426	0.10	0.39	0.09	0.11
	Academic	12,816	0.08	0.35	0.08	0.09
	Total	132,354	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14
Socio-economic status (SES)	Low	5719	0.27	0.76	0.25	0.29	< 0.001^
	Medium	68,619	0.16	0.55	0.15	0.16
	High	56,707	0.10	0.44	0.10	0.11
	Total	131,045	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14
Birth country	Western Europe	10,571	0.19	0.61	0.18	0.20	< 0.001^
	East Europe and FSU	1715	0.22	0.65	0.18	0.25
	Asia	509	0.11	0.44	0.07	0.15
	Ethiopia	2185	0.19	0.63	0.17	0.22
	Africa	345	0.14	0.54	0.08	0.20
	North America	2859	0.08	0.37	0.06	0.09
	South America	957	0.14	0.61	0.10	0.18
	Israel	113,359	0.13	0.51	0.13	0.14
	Total	132,500	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14
Rings of a city/town	Peripheral (suburbs)	118,450	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14	< 0.001*
	Central (midtown)	14,079	0.12	0.48	0.11	0.13
	Total	132,529	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14
Locality of residence	Urban Jewish	113,468	0.14	0.53	0.14	0.15	< 0.001^
	Urban non-Jewish	17,918	0.10	0.43	0.09	0.11
	Rural	583	0.11	0.38	0.07	0.14
	Total	131,969	0.14	0.52	0.14	0.14

Parameter	Mean ± SD	Range	Pearson correlation (R)	p value**
Age (years)	21.5 ± 5.5	18–50	− 0.033	< 0.001

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