. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Gerodontology. 2013 Jan 4;31(3):210–219. doi: 10.1111/ger.12028

Table 1.

Prevalence of coronal and root caries by age, gender and ethnicity

Age Group (years) (N)	Sex	Ethnicity^* (N)	Coronal caries				Root caries
Age Group (years) (N)	Sex	Ethnicity^* (N)	% with Caries	Total % with Caries	Mean # affected teeth	Mean # Surfaces	% with Caries	Total % with Caries	Mean # affected teeth	Mean # Surfaces
36-49 (205)	Male	MA (53)	54.7	44.4	1.48	2.25	15.1	12.7	0.22	0.36
	Male	EA (40)	42.5				12.5
	Female	MA (77)	49.4				13.0
	Female	EA (35)	20.0				8.6
50-59 (199)	Male	MA (67)	49.3	39.2	0.92	1.42	23.9	16.1	0.32	0.43
	Male	EA (31)	29.0				9.7
	Female	MA (68)	39.7				11.8
	Female	EA (33)	27.3				15.2
60-69 (209)	Male	MA (46)	54.3	34.0	1.01	2.01	32.6	25.8	0.68	1.32
	Male	EA (43)	20.9				20.9
	Female	MA (64)	40.6				29.7
	Female	EA (56)	19.6				19.6
70-79 (150)	Male	MA (33)	42.4	37.3	0.96	1.93	30,3	28.7	0.89	1.65
	Male	EA (38)	34.2				44.7
	Female	MA (32)	34.4				21.9
	Female	EA (47)	38.3				19.1

MA- Mexican American; EA- European American