Table 1. Age and gender distribution of sources of pain .

			Age (year)			Gender		Total (%)
Condition*	1-9 yrs	10-16 yrs	17-29 yrs	30-49 yrs	≥50 yrs	Male	Female
Caries	16	18	158	85	19	123	173	296 (63.5%)
Periodontal diseases	1	4	47	27	22	33	68	101 (21.7%)
Tooth fracture	0	1	13	17	15	26	20	46 (9.9%)
Jaw fracture	0	1	1	3	3	4	4	8 (1.7%)
Foreign body	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Oral ulcer	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	3 (0.6%)
Infected benign tumour	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2 (0.4%)
Malignant tumour	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1 (0.2%)
Dental prosthesis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Referred pain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0%)
Temporo-mandibular joint pain	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	5 (1.1%)
Atypical orofacial pain	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	4 (0.9%)
Total	17 (3.7%)	24 (5.2%)	223 (47.8%)	137 (29.4%)	65 (13.9%)	193 (41.4%)	273 (58.6%)	466 (100%)

^*Some patients have more than one source of pain.