Table 2.
Distribution of students according to their dental caries experience by district, age, and sex (N = 785) (percentages in parenthesis).
| Without caries experience | With caries experience | Total | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
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| District | Tanga | 217 | (51.5) | 177 | (48.6) | 394 | (50.2) |
| Lushoto | 204 | (48.5) | 187 | (51.4) | 391 | (49.8) | |
| Age group | 14–17 | 300 | (71.3) | 248 | (68.1) | 548 | (69.8) |
| (years) | 18+ | 121 | (28.7) | 116 | (31.9) | 237 | (30.2) |
| Sex | M | 219 | (52.0) | 171 | (47.0) | 390 | (49.7) |
| F | 202 | (48.0) | 193 | (53.0) | 395 | (50.3) | |
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| Total | 421 | (53.6) | 364 | (46.4) | 785 | (100.0) | |