TABLE 3.

Association Between Tooth Loss and Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) by Race and Education: 1995–1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Birth Cohorts 1950–1969

	White, b (SE)	Black, b (SE)	< High-School Degree, b (SE)	High-School Degree, b (SE)	College Degree, b (SE)
Current CWF only
Current CWF	−0.090 (0.063)	−0.622** (0.207)	−0.654 (0.364)	−0.215** (0.079)	−0.011 (0.048)
Current and historical CWF
Current CWF	0.013 (0.114)	0.118 (0.349)	−0.113 (0.611)	0.079 (0.151)	0.048 (0.107)
CWF 20 y ago	−0.007 (0.119)	−0.556 (0.341)	−0.216 (0.584)	−0.052 (0.155)	−0.073 (0.113)
Birth CWF	−0.186* (0.075)	−0.372* (0.179)	−0.609 (0.404)	−0.389** (0.086)	−0.057 (0.060)
Observations	72 701	8636	5883	53 729	33 089

Notes. All regressions include separate indicator variables for year of birth, survey year, state of residence, and age; individual-level controls for gender, race, education, marital status, employment status, number of not good mental health days in past month, diabetic status, number of children, household income, and insurance status; and 2000 county-level controls for population, population per square mile, percentage of population White, percentage of population aged older than 65 years, percentage of population aged younger than 5 years, median age, median household income, and death rate. All estimates are based on interval regression with tooth loss category as the dependent variable.

*P < .05; **P < .01.