Table 2 Characteristics of the study sample.
From: Population prevalence of edentulism and its association with depression and self-rated health
Characteristic | Category | Age <50 years | Age ≥50 years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Na | % | Na | % | ||
Sex | Male | 56,026 | 50.4 | 20,363 | 46.0 |
Female | 67,873 | 49.6 | 25,386 | 54.0 | |
Education | No formal | 27,016 | 24.0 | 16,704 | 40.7 |
≤Primary | 46,691 | 33.0 | 15,889 | 29.6 | |
Secondary completed | 37,914 | 32.8 | 9,319 | 21.0 | |
Tertiary completed | 12,144 | 10.2 | 3,792 | 8.7 | |
Wealth | Poorest | 25,863 | 19.3 | 12,262 | 22.5 |
Poorer | 23,188 | 19.5 | 9,498 | 21.4 | |
Middle | 22,459 | 20.1 | 7,717 | 19.4 | |
Richer | 22,180 | 20.5 | 6,818 | 18.4 | |
Richest | 21,588 | 20.6 | 6,222 | 18.3 | |
Alcohol consumption | Never or non-heavy | 114,652 | 94.7 | 43,168 | 96.5 |
Infrequent heavy | 5,712 | 4.2 | 1,304 | 2.5 | |
Frequent heavy | 1,645 | 1.1 | 588 | 1.0 | |
Smoking | None | 93,751 | 74.3 | 33,063 | 70.1 |
Not daily | 6,408 | 5.1 | 2,200 | 4.5 | |
Daily | 22,782 | 20.6 | 10,120 | 25.4 | |
Arthritis | No | 110,500 | 91.1 | 32,665 | 71.5 |
Yes | 11,374 | 8.9 | 11,940 | 28.5 | |
Angina | No | 107,703 | 88.4 | 33,728 | 72.9 |
Yes | 14,970 | 11.6 | 11,403 | 27.1 | |
Asthma | No | 116,986 | 95.6 | 41,788 | 91.8 |
Yes | 4,997 | 4.4 | 3,160 | 8.2 | |
Diabetes | No | 119,512 | 98.6 | 41,482 | 92.3 |
Yes | 1,636 | 1.4 | 3,068 | 7.7 | |
Disability | No | 113,271 | 91.0 | 33,378 | 70.9 |
Yes | 10,050 | 9.0 | 12,184 | 29.1 | |
Depression | No | 111,049 | 89.7 | 38,944 | 84.5 |
Yes | 11,584 | 10.3 | 6,211 | 15.5 | |
Self-rated health | Not poor | 116,209 | 93.9 | 36,793 | 78.6 |
Poor | 6,913 | 6.1 | 8,693 | 21.4 | |
