Table 3.
Distribution of Self-Rated Oral Health over Sociodemographic, Health, and Health Care Characteristics of Adults Aged 50 Years and Older Who Participated in Community-Based Oral Health Education and Completed a Screening Questionnaire (n = 776): The ElderSmile Program, New York, NY, August 2006 to March 2009
| Characteristic (n*) | Self-rated oral health
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) excellent | n (%) good | n (%) fair | n (%) poor | P-value† | |
| Age in years (n = 776) | |||||
| 50–64 | 2 (1.5) | 48 (36.6) | 45 (34.4) | 36 (27.5) | 0.29 |
| 65–74 | 7 (2.3) | 103 (34.0) | 101 (33.3) | 92 (30.4) | |
| 75+ | 11 (3.2) | 134 (39.2) | 104 (30.4) | 93 (27.2) | |
| Gender (n = 775) | |||||
| Female | 12 (2.3) | 196 (37.5) | 156 (29.8) | 159 (30.4) | 0.41 |
| Male | 8 (3.2) | 89 (35.3) | 93 (36.9) | 62 (24.6) | |
| Race/ethnicity (n = 687) | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2 (1.9) | 47 (43.9) | 33 (30.8) | 25 (23.4) | 0.04 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 8 (2.9) | 79 (28.2) | 92 (32.9) | 101 (36.1) | |
| Hispanic | 9 (3.3) | 112 (40.6) | 95 (34.4) | 60 (21.7) | |
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 11 (45.8) | 4 (16.7) | 9 (37.5) | |
| Place of birth (n = 773) | |||||
| Mainland United States | 5 (1.4) | 113 (32.1) | 115 (32.7) | 119 (33.8) | <0.01 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 (3.1) | 45 (35.2) | 50 (39.1) | 29 (22.7) | |
| Puerto Rico | 5 (3.4) | 68 (45.6) | 40 (26.8) | 36 (24.2) | |
| Other | 6 (4.2) | 58 (40.3) | 44 (30.6) | 36 (25.0) | |
| Highest education (n = 754) | |||||
| Primary | 8 (3.3) | 97 (39.6) | 84 (34.3) | 56 (22.9) | 0.01 |
| High school | 8 (2.7) | 107 (35.9) | 97 (32.6) | 86 (28.9) | |
| College | 4 (1.9) | 71 (33.6) | 62 (29.4) | 74 (35.1) | |
| Smoking status (n = 681) | |||||
| Current smoker | 2 (2.5) | 30 (37.0) | 24 (29.6) | 25 (30.9) | 0.12 |
| Former smoker | 3 (1.4) | 70 (31.8) | 77 (35.0) | 70 (31.8) | |
| Never smoked | 12 (3.2) | 150 (39.5) | 115 (30.3) | 103 (27.1) | |
| Health insurance (n = 765) | |||||
| Yes | 19 (2.7) | 263 (36.8) | 235 (32.9) | 198 (27.7) | 0.11 |
| No | 1 (2.0) | 17 (34.0) | 10 (20.0) | 12 (38.7) | |
| Type of health insurance (n = 703) | |||||
| Medicaid | 10 (3.4) | 111 (38.1) | 100 (34.4) | 70 (24.0) | 0.18 |
| Medicare | 7 (1.9) | 136 (36.8) | 114 (30.8) | 113 (30.5) | |
| Private | 2 (4.8) | 13 (31.0) | 16 (38.1) | 11 (26.2) | |
| Time of last visit to doctor (n = 758) | |||||
| Less than 1 year | 17 (2.8) | 231 (37.8) | 198 (32.4) | 166 (27.1) | 0.28 |
| 1–3 years | 0 (0.0) | 24 (36.4) | 22 (33.3) | 20 (30.3) | |
| More than 3 years | 0 (0.0) | 13 (33.3) | 12 (30.8) | 14 (35.9) | |
| Never | 2 (4.9) | 13 (31.7) | 14 (34.2) | 12 (29.3) | |
| Dental insurance (n = 744) | |||||
| Yes | 14 (3.8) | 144 (38.9) | 119 (32.2) | 93 (25.1) | 0.01 |
| No | 6 (1.6) | 129 (34.5) | 120 (32.1) | 119 (31.8) | |
| Type of dental insurance (n = 319) | |||||
| Medicaid | 11 (5.0) | 88 (39.6) | 76 (34.2) | 47 (21.2) | 0.08 |
| Private | 2 (2.1) | 35 (36.1) | 31 (32.0) | 29 (29.9) | |
| Time of last visit to dentist (n = 748) | |||||
| Less than 1 year | 12 (3.5) | 142 (41.3) | 103 (29.9) | 87 (25.3) | <0.01 |
| 1–3 years | 3 (1.2) | 79 (32.5) | 90 (37.0) | 71 (29.2) | |
| More than 3 years | 5 (3.1) | 50 (31.1) | 47 (29.2) | 59 (36.6) | |
| Overall | 20 (2.6) | 285 (36.7) | 250 (32.2) | 221 (28.5) | |
Differences where p ≤ 0.05 are highlighted in bold.
*
Sample sizes (hence denominators used to compare percentages) may vary across characteristics because of missing values.
†
P-values correspond to testing of linear trend for ordinal data using the Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel chi-square test.