Table 3.

Proportion of participants in each racial/ethnic and nativity group who reported an adverse impact during the last year (depicted separately for each NHANES OHIP item), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003–2004

NHANES OHIP items a	Non-Hispanic White, U.S.-born	Non-Hispanic White, immigrant	Non-Hispanic Black	Hispanic, U.S.-born	Hispanic, immigrant
Had painful aching anywhere in your mouth	42.4	46.0	45.7	44.9	26.3
Felt that life in general was less satisfying	18.1	17.4	22.6	25.9	13.2
Had difficulty doing your usual jobs	7.5	7.2	11.4	11.7	7.3
Has sense of taste been affected	6.8	11.2	12.8	14.0	7.8
Have you avoided particular foods	24.8	27.5	27.4	31.0	10.6
Have you found it uncomfortable to eat any food	28.6	25.3	28.4	28.8	19.1
Been self-conscious or embarrassed	20.0	16.6	21.0	23.0	16.5

^aNHANES OHIP items ask about the frequency with which dental conditions caused specific adverse impacts during the last year.

Responses are made on a five-point scale from 0=Never, 1=Hardly Ever, 2=Occasionally, 3=Fairly Often, 4=Very Often