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Table 1 Frequency breakdown and N size for respondents including MDAS total score means (SD) and percent ≥ 19

From: Dental anxiety and potentially traumatic events: a cross-sectional study based on the Tromsø Study—Tromsø 7

 

N

%

Mean

Median

SD

% 19+

Household income NOK

 < 150.000

210

1.0

7.9

5.0

4.5

5.6

150.000–250.000

990

4.9

7.6

5.0

4.5

5.4

251.000–350.000

1439

7.1

7.7

6.0

4.2

4.2

351.000–450.000

1906

9.4

7.6

6.0

3.9

2.9

451.000–550.000

2312

11.5

7.8

6.0

3.9

2.9

551.000–750.000

3572

17.7

7.7

6.0

4.0

3.0

751.000–1.000.000

4741

23.6

7.9

7.0

3.8

3.0

 > 1.000.000

5015

24.8

7.6

6.0

3.3

1.7

Education

Primarya

4796

23.1

7.5

5.0

4.0

3.6

Upper secondaryb

5756

27.8

7.8

6.0

4.0

3.4

Tertiary < 4 yearsc

4008

19.4

7.7

6.0

3.7

2.8

Tertiary > 4 yearsd

6145

29.7

7.7

7.0

3.4

2.1

Ethnicity

Norwegian

19,835

94.1

7.6

6.0

3.8

2.9

Sami

580

2.8

7.9

7.0

4.0

3.2

Kven/Finnish

400

1.9

8.0

7.0

3.9

3.1

Other

884

4.2

8.0

7.0

3.8

2.9

Oral healthe

Excellent

3143

15.2

6.9

6.0

2.8

1.1

Good

8203

39.8

7.3

6.0

3.1

1.4

Neither good nor bad

7263

35.2

7.9

7.0

3.8

2.9

Bad

1497

7.2

9.5

8.0

5.4

10.4

Very bad

547

2.6

10.5

8.0

6.7

16.7

  1. aPrimary and lower secondary, up to 10 years of education. bMinimum of 3 years. cCollege or university less than 4 years. dCollege or university 4 years or more. e"How do you consider your oral health to be?"