Table 2. Characteristics of the patients who received restorative treatment by DPBRN region.
| Characteristics | AL/MS | FL/GA | MN | PDA | SK | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender [N (%)] | Male | 688 (45.7) | 471 (46.0) | 441 (41.2) | 604 (49.0) | 472 (49.0) | 2676 (46.0) |
| Female | 818 (54.3) | 551 (54.0) | 629 (58.8) | 629 (51.0) | 492 (51.0) | 3119 (54.0) | |
| Race [N (%)] | White | 1169 (79.0) | 873 (88.0) | 545 (77.0) | 1038 (84.3) | 919 (97.6) | 4544 (84.8) |
| Black1 | 274 (18.5) | 102 (10.3) | 106 (15.0) | 51 (4.1) | 2 (0.2) | 535 (10.0) | |
| American Indian2 | 23 (1.5) | 3 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 7 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 38 (0.7) | |
| Asian | 14 (0.9) | 11 (1.1) | 45 (6.4) | 76 (6.1) | 19 (2.0) | 165 (3.1) | |
| Native Hawaiian3 | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.3) | 0 | 7 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 13 (0.2) | |
| Other Race | 0 | 0 | 8 (1.0) | 53 (4.3) | 0 | 61 (1.1) | |
| Ethnicity [N (%)] | Hispanic | 23 (1.5) | 115 (11.3) | 50 (6.6) | 79 (6.5) | 4 (0.4) | 271 (5.0) |
| Not Hispanic | 1465 (98.5) | 903 (88.7) | 707 (93.4) | 1143 (93.5) | 960 (99.6) | 5178 (95.0) | |
| Insurance [N (%)] | Yes | 1226 (81.7) | 677 (66.6) | 933 (86.0) | 1150 (93.3) | 653 (67.9) | 4639 (80.0) |
| No | 274 (18.3) | 340 (33.4) | 151 (14.0) | 83 (6.7) | 309 (32.1) | 1157 (20.0) | |
| Age mean in years (SD) | 34.1 (18.5) | 39.5 (20.2) | 34.0 (19.0) | 34.7 (16.0) | 37.2 (18.3) | 35.9 (18.4) | |
Of the 5,810 patients enrolled in this study, data were collected on gender from 5,795 patients; 5,356 on race; 5,449 on ethnicity; and 5,796 on insurance coverage.
1
Black or African-American;
2
American Indian or Alaska Native;
3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Percentages are within columns for each patient characteristic.