Table 3.
Distribution of students with acceptable oral health practices by district, age, and sex (percentages shown in parenthesis).
| Question | Tanga district | Lushoto district | ||||||||||||||
| Sex | Age (years) | Sex | Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| Male | Female | 14–17 | 18+ | Male | Female | 14–17 | 18+ | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
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| Consuming sugary foods less than five times a day | 155 | (89.6)* | 152 | (81.3) | 215 | (83.3) | 92 | (90.2) | 161 | (92.0) | 164 | (90.1) | 220 | (90.5) | 105 | (92.1) |
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| Brushing teeth two or more times a day | 130 | (68.1) | 152 | (76.0) | 197 | (69.9) | 85 | (78.0) | 130 | (66.3) | 156 | (80.4)** | 194 | (73.5) | 92 | (73.0) |
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| Brushing teeth at an interval of 12 hours | 2 | (1.0) | 9 | (4.5) | 9 | (3.2) | 2 | (1.8) | 3 | (1.5) | 5 | (2.6) | 5 | (1.9) | 3 | (2.4) |
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| Ever visited a dental clinic | 81 | (42.0) | 96 | (47.8) | 121 | (42.8) | 56 | (50.5) | 82 | (41.6)** | 54 | (27.8) | 92 | (34.7) | 44 | (34.9) |
Chi-square test: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.