Table 1.

Total sample and stratified by sex, according to socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, access to dental services and self-reported oral health condition. Florianopolis, SC, Southern Brazil, 2009. (N = 1,720)

Variable		Sample		Men		Women
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years) (n = 1,720)
	20 to 29	540	32.7	260	34.8	280	30.9
	30 to 39	392	22.9	172	22.9	220	23.0
	40 to 49	438	25.0	181	23.7	257	26.0
	50 to 59	350	19.4	148	18.6	202	20.1
Self-reported skin color (n = 1,678)
	White	1,444	86.0	642	85.1	802	86.3
	Parda/Black	234	14.0	108	14.9	126	13.7
Per capita income in terciles (reais) (n = 1,685)
	3rd tercile (highest income)	559	34.1	258	35.7	301	32.9
	2nd tercile	562	33.3	258	34.4	304	32.4
	1st tercile (lowest income)	564	32.6	229	29.9	335	34.7
Schooling (years of study) (n = 1,716)
	≥ 12	737	43.9	318	43.0	419	44.6
	9 to 11	568	33.3	263	34.5	305	32.5
	5 to 8	253	14.0	108	13.7	145	14.2
	≤ 4	158	8.8	69	8.8	89	8.7
Most recent dental visit (years) (n = 1,705)
	< 1	1,136	66.9	453	60.2	683	72.2
	1 to 2	381	22.4	194	25.5	187	19.9
	≥ 3	188	10.7	109	14.3	79	7.9
Type of service (n = 1,707)
	Private	1,293	76.3	563	75.1	730	77.3
	Public	331	19.0	150	19.3	181	18.7
	Other	83	4.7	44	5.6	39	4.0
Dry mouth (n = 1,716)
	Never/Sometimes	1,564	91.5	704	93.1	860	90.1
	Often/Always	152	8.5	55	6.9	97	9.9
Wearing full prosthesis (n = 1,698)
	No	1,575	93.0	711	94.1	864	91.9
	Yes	123	7.0	41	5.9	82	8.1
Number of natural teeth (n = 1,717)
	≥ 10 in both dental arches	1,394	82.0	629	83.3	765	81.0
	< 10 in at least one arch	279	15.6	116	14.7	163	16.2
	None	44	2.4	15	2.0	29	2.8
Toothache (n = 1,717)
	No	1,463	85.4	661	87.5	802	83.8
	Yes	254	14.6	100	12.5	154	16.2
Difficulty chewing (n = 1,712)
	Never	1,443	84.2	653	87.0	790	82.0
	Sometimes/Often/Always	269	15.8	104	13.0a	165	18.0a

^aPrevalence of the outcome, stratified by sex, according to the Rao-Scott test, p = 0.009