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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2014 Dec 3;43(1):24–32. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12135

Table 3.

Prevalence and extent by residence in an Appalachian county in Pennsylvania.

Variable Appalachian
counties
Non-Appalachian
counties
Sample, N 2930 3099
Weighted population, N 228,569.46 235,623.12
dft
  Prevalence, % 50.38 42.55
  Extent in all children, mean±SD 1.87±2.54 1.47±2.28
  Extent in children with caries, mean±SD 3.72±2.44 3.45±2.29
DMFT
  Prevalence, % 33.58 28.8
  Extent in all children, mean±SD 1.14±2.25 0.94±2.00
  Extent in children with caries, mean±SD 3.39±2.73 3.25±2.53