TABLE 1—
Sociodemographic, Health, and Health Care Characteristics of Participants by Dentate Status: ElderSmile Program; New York, NY; 2010–2012
| Characteristic | Overall, No.a (%) | Dentate, No.a (%) | Edentulous, No.a (%) | Pb |
| Gender | .98 | |||
| Female | 409 (74.9) | 313 (74.9) | 96 (75.0) | |
| Male | 137 (25.1) | 105 (25.1) | 32 (25.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity | .56 | |||
| Hispanic | 349 (65.7) | 262 (65.3) | 87 (66.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 38 (7.2) | 29 (7.2) | 9 (6.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 131 (24.7) | 98 (24.4) | 33 (25.4) | |
| Other | 13 (2.4) | 12 (3.0) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Age, y | < .01 | |||
| < 65 | 95 (17.9) | 82 (20.45) | 13 (10.1) | |
| 65–74 | 201 (37.9) | 162 (40.40) | 39 (30.2) | |
| ≥ 75 | 234 (44.2) | 157 (39.15) | 77 (59.7) | |
| Primary language | .21 | |||
| English | 278 (51.8) | 221 (53.9) | 57 (44.9) | |
| Spanish | 244 (45.4) | 178 (43.4) | 66 (52.0) | |
| Other | 15 (2.8) | 11 (2.7) | 4 (3.1) | |
| Place of birth | .41 | |||
| Mainland United States | 188 (35.7) | 146 (36.2) | 42 (34.2) | |
| Puerto Rico | 136 (25.9) | 104 (25.8) | 32 (26.0) | |
| Dominican Republic | 111 (21.1) | 89 (22.1) | 22 (17.9) | |
| Other | 91 (17.3) | 64 (15.9) | 27 (22.0) | |
| Highest education | .05 | |||
| Primary | 219 (48.0) | 167 (46.6) | 52 (53.1) | |
| High school | 130 (28.5) | 98 (27.4) | 32 (32.6) | |
| Some college or more | 107 (23.5) | 93 (26.0) | 14 (14.3) | |
| Smoking status | .09 | |||
| Never smoked | 219 (58.7) | 162 (56.2) | 57 (67.1) | |
| Former smoker | 109 (29.2) | 86 (29.9) | 23 (27.1) | |
| Current smoker | 45 (12.1) | 40 (13.9) | 5 (5.9) | |
| Health insurance | .13 | |||
| Yes | 512 (95.2) | 386 (94.4) | 126 (97.7) | |
| No | 26 (4.8) | 23 (5.6) | 3 (2.3) | |
| Medicaid | < .01 | |||
| Yes | 290 (64.2) | 200 (59.9) | 90 (76.3) | |
| No | 162 (35.8) | 134 (40.1) | 28 (23.7) | |
| Dental insurance | .761 | |||
| Yes | 326 (68.5) | 248 (68.1) | 78 (69.6) | |
| No | 150 (31.5) | 116 (31.9) | 34 (30.4) | |
| Time since last visit to a doctor, y | .52 | |||
| < 1 | 424 (83.8) | 327 (83.8) | 97 (83.6) | |
| 1–3 | 56 (11.1) | 41 (10.5) | 15 (12.9) | |
| > 3 | 26 (5.1) | 22 (5.7) | 4 (3.5) | |
| Time since last visit to a dentist, y | .25 | |||
| < 1 | 244 (50.5) | 194 (52.6) | 50 (43.9) | |
| 1–3 | 138 (28.6) | 100 (27.1) | 38 (33.3) | |
| > 3 | 101 (20.9) | 75 (20.4) | 26 (22.8) | |
| Self-rated oral health | < .01 | |||
| Excellent | 40 (8.5) | 23 (6.3) | 17 (16.0) | |
| Good | 143 (30.4) | 109 (29.9) | 34 (32.1) | |
| Fair | 206 (43.7) | 163 (44.7) | 43 (40.6) | |
| Poor | 82 (17.4) | 70 (19.2) | 12 (11.3) | |
| Self-reported diabetes | .06 | |||
| Yes | 192 (41.3) | 153 (43.7) | 39 (33.9) | |
| No | 273 (58.7) | 197 (56.3) | 76 (66.1) | |
| Self-reported hypertension | .92 | |||
| Yes | 297 (67.5) | 223 (67.4) | 74 (67.9) | |
| No | 143 (32.5) | 108 (32.6) | 35 (32.1) | |
| Total | 556 | 425 | 131 |
a
Numbers may vary across characteristics because of missing values.
b
P values correspond to the testing of differences between dentate and edentulous participants using the χ2 test.