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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;115(24):5817–5827. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24670

Table 4.

Survivors’ Utilization of Dental Services.

Yes
N (%)
No
N (%)
OR (95% CI) P-value
Teeth Cleaned in Last Year
Education
  Post High School 4655 (83.3) 1981 (73.2) 1.8 (1.6, 2.0) <0.01
  No Post High School 936 (16.7) 727 (26.9) 1.0
Gender
  Female 2986 (52.7) 1213 (44.3) 1.4 (1.3, 1.5) <0.01
  Male 2680 (47.3) 1526 (55.7) 1.0
Household Income
  ≥ $20,000 and higher 4123 (74.7) 1456 (54.7) 2.5 (2.2, 2.7) <0.01
  <$20,000 1396 (25.3) 1207 (45.3) 1.0
Race
  White non-Hispanic 4942 (87.5) 2323 (85.1) 1.2 (1.1,1.4) <0.01
  Other 704 (12.5) 406 (14.9) 1.0
Visit to Dentist in Last Year
Education
  Post High School 4938 (82.4) 1755 (74.0) 1.6 (1.5, 1.8) <0.01
  No Post-High School 1057(17.6) 617 (26.0) 1.0
Gender
  Female 3193 (52.5) 1038 (43.3) 1.5 (1.3,1.6) <0.01
  Male 2886 (47.5) 1357 (56.7) 1.0
Household Income
  ≥$20,000 4320 (73.1) 1301 (55.7) 2.2 (2.0,2.4) <0.01
  <$20,000 1591 (26.9) 1037 (44.4) 1.0
Race
  White non-Hispanic 5291 (87.3) 2032 (85.2) 1.2 (1.1, 1.4) <0.01
  Other 766 (12.7) 354 (14.8) 1.0