Table 1 Personal and professional characteristics of dentists, per (part of the) country

From: Dentists’ opinions on knowledge, attitudes and barriers in providing oral health care to older people living independently in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium)

 

The Netherlands

Flanders

Total

Proportion female (in %)a

24

48

34b

Age in January 2011 (in %)c

  

*

 39 or younger

20

19

20

 40–54

44

52

47

 55–65

36

29

33

Mean age (s.d.)

49.4 (9.9)

48.4 (10.2)

49 (10)

Year of dental graduation (in %)

   

 1979 or earlier

25

31

28

 1980–1989

43

39

41

 1990–1999

15

18

16

 2000 or later

17

12

15

Mean year (s.d.)

1986.8 (10)

1985.7 (10)

1986.3 (10)

Proportion practice owners (in %)a

84

90

87b

Mean (sd) number of patients treatedd

105.3 (58)

58.2 (24.8)

84.7 (52)b

Mean (sd) number of patients treated, aged 75 years and overd

8.0 (8.7)

6.3 (5.3)

7.2 (7.5)b

N

589–595

422–458

1.017–1.055

  1. a Dummy variable (1/0).
  2. b F-test: P<0.05.
  3. c Chi Square test: P<0.05 / Cramer’s V<0.15.
  4. d In the previous full working week in the practice by the dentist himself.
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