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Table 1 Descriptive statistics (mean or %) of weighted sample: oral health outcomes, socio-demographic and caries-related behaviours variables, by ethnic group

From: Ethnic disparities in children’s oral health: findings from a population-based survey of grade 1 and 2 schoolchildren in Alberta, Canada

Variables

Ethnic groups

 

All

White

South Asian

Filipino

Chinese

Black

Arab

Latin America

Indigenous

Mixed ethnic

P-value

(n = 5600)

(n = 2944)

(n = 771)

(n = 345)

(n = 301)

(n = 241)

(n = 193)

(n = 166)

(n = 95)

(n = 544)

 

Oral health outcomes

 Children with dental caries, %

56.7

49.2

60.2

76.1

70.0

58.3

81.9

54.1

81.9

57.0

<0.001

 Average count of deft/DMFT

2.71

2.0

2.9

5.2

3.7

2.8

4.7

2.2

5.5

2.8

<0.001

 Average count of deft/DMFT if deft/DMFT > 0

4.76

4.0

4.9

6.9

5.2

4.9

5.7

4.1

6.7

4.9

<0.001

  ≥ 2 teeth with untreated caries, %

16.5

9.6

25.0

38.3

18.1

23.9

29.5

15.9

32.4

14.9

<0.001

 Parent-rated oral health (fair or poor), %

10.4

7.5

14.2

14.8

20.3

8.8

14.2

11.1

22.3

8.8

<0.001

Sociodemographic variables

 Age (≥ 7 years), %

74.7

75.3

71.8

82.6

72.0

69.5

77.7

71.8

71.2

74.4

0.025

 Male, %

49.6

50.2

48.2

48.2

50.7

45.1

54.7

44.4

44.5

51.6

0.201

 Having dental insurance, %

84.7

89.6

72.3

85.3

85.5

74.2

75.0

73.6

89.3

85.7

<0.001

 Highest level of educational attainment in household (high school diploma or less), %

14.8

12.3

14.6

7.0

15.5

32.5

22.6

17.2

40.8

14.7

<0.001

 Dwelling ownership of family (non-owned), %

30.1

21.6

35.6

43.4

9.8

64.2

51.2

54.0

78.7

27.2

<0.001

Caries-related behaviors

 Brushing teeth twice or more times per day, %

62.8

62.8

55.4

90.8

70.6

67.4

32.9

67.6

36.7

65.6

<0.001

 Sugar sweetened beverage consumption (high level), %

23.0

10.3

41.1

41.1

15.6

58.8

48.1

37.9

53.2

20

<0.001

 One or more routine dental visits in the past year, %

77.2

85.3

54.3

69.8

83.8

64.2

66.9

66.2

63.7

83.2

<0.001

  1. NOTE: for the purpose of summarizing results in the text, we use the term “visible minority” to describe all groups except White and Indigenous [10]. We also considered the mixed ethnicity category separately