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Table 2 Overview of main Structural Social Determinants, sociodemographic characteristics, and caries indicators by district

From: Structural determinants explain caries differences among preschool children in Chile’s Metropolitan Region

Districts

CHDI

Location

Preschool

% Public

Family income (%)

 < $705 .11 USD monthly

Caregiver education

% Up to secondary education

Health coverage

% Public

N

Age

mean (SD)

Females %

dmft

mean (SD)

Untreated Caries prevalence (UCP)

(95%CI)

D1

0.679

Urban

71.2

86.6

74.6

82.1

229

2.2 (0.8)

55.5

1.0 (2.2)

28.4 (22.6–34.7)

D2

0.697

Urban

53.9

58.5

42.1

62.3

165

3.0 (1.1)

46.7

1.0 (2.3)

26.7 (20.1–34.1)

D3

0.697

Rural

0.00

75.2

65.1

75.3

167

4.5 (1.2)

45.5

3.2 (3.7)

53.9 (46.0–61.6)

D4

0.709

Urban

43.2

73.4

63.0

73.3

266

4.5 (0.9)

45.3

2.4 (3.3)

40.6 (34.7–46.8)

D5

0.724

Rural

28.2

84.6

65.2

84.6

227

4.8 (1.3)

48.5

2.9 (3.8)

46.3 (39.6–52.9)

D6

0.735

Rural

47.7

87.1

80.5

84.9

88

4.3 (1.1)

48.9

2.5 (3.2)

42.7 (32.7–54.2)

D7

0.743

Urban

58.5

54.9

40.6

51.4

147

2.7 (1.1)

48.3

1.5 (2.8)

35.4 (26.7–43.7)

D8

0.743

Urban

90.1

90.2

80.1

82.3

171

3.3 (1.3)

47.4

1.9 (3.1)

40.4 (32.9–48.1)

D9

0.759

Rural

100

81.7

73.8

87.4

122

3.7 (1.5)

48.4

2.6 (3.4)

52.5 (43.2–61.6)

D10

0.782

Urban

0.00

25.9

22.3

41.1

114

2.9 (1.2)

50.9

1.2 (2.8)

24.6 (16.9–33.5)

D11

0.807

Urban

30.8

46.6

31.6

62.3

117

4.4 (1.7)

64.1

1.6 (2.4)

39.3 (30.4–48.8)

D12

0.911

Urban

73.1

51.7

28.2

53.5

245

5.0 (1.0)

48.6

1.8 (2.8)

29.4 (23.8–35.5)

D13

0.949

Urban

78.8

54.9

19.2

38.5

217

4.6 (0.7)

50.7

1.1 (2.2)

17.1 (12.3–22.7)

Total

56.6

68.2

52.6

67.5

2275

3.9 (0.0)

49.5

1.9 (3.1)

35.9 (33.9–37.9)

  1. CHDI: Community Human Development Index