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Table 2 Oral and mental health characteristics

From: Poor mental health days is associated with higher odds of poor oral health outcomes in the BRFSS 2020

 

Last Dental Visit

Tooth Loss

Category

Level

All

More than 1 Year ago or never

Up to 1 Year ago

Chi-square p-value

Lost 6 or more teeth (including all)

Lost less than 6 teeth (including none)

Chi-square p-value

  

n, %

n, %

n, %

NA

n, %

n, %

NA

All

All

379,073, 100%

123,077, 32%

255,996, 68%

63,239, 17%

315,834, 83%

How many of past 30 days that mental health was not good

None

244,782, 65%

74,717, 61%

170,065, 66%

p < 0.0001

40,790, 65%

203,992, 65%

p < 0.0001

1–2 days

29,936, 8%

8,505, 7%

21,431, 8%

3,712, 6%

26,224, 8%

3–6 days

36,453, 10%

11,596, 9%

24,857, 10%

4,784, 8%

31,669, 10%

7–14 days

23,748, 6%

8,718, 7%

15,030, 6%

3,621, 6%

20,127, 6%

15–30 days

44,154, 12%

19,541, 16%

24,613, 10%

10,332, 16%

33,822, 11%

Last dental visit

Within the past year

255,996, 68%

0, 0%

255,996, 100%

NC

29,383, 46%

226,613, 72%

p < 0.0001

Between 1 and 2 years ago

47,234, 12%

47,234, 38%

0, 0%

8,633, 14%

38,601, 12%

Between 2 and 5 years ago

34,577, 9%

34,577, 28%

0, 0%

8,755, 14%

25,822, 8%

5 or more years ago or never

41,266, 11%

41,266, 34%

0, 0%

16,468, 26%

24,798, 8%

Tooth loss status

0 teeth lost

203,019, 54%

55,888, 45%

147,131, 57%

p < 0.0001

0, 0%

203,019, 64%

NC

1 to 5 teeth lost

112,815, 30%

33,333, 27%

79,482, 31%

0, 0%

112,815, 36%

6 or more teeth lost (but not all)

40,125, 11%

16,663, 14%

23,462, 9%

40,125, 63%

0, 0%

All teeth lost

23,114, 6%

17,193, 14%

5921, 2%

23,114, 37%

0, 0%

  1. Chi-square p-values considered statistically significant at α < 0.05. NA Not applicable, NC Not calculable