Table 1.

Age standardised estimates of oral health measures in England and the US. Values are prevalence (95% CI) unless stated otherwise

	England	US	Difference (P value)
Total
Mean (SE) No of missing teeth	6.97 (0.09)	7.31 (0.15)	0.001
Self rated oral health lessthan good	30.84 (29.50 to 32.18)	31.37 (29.81 to 32.93)	0.502
Reporting ≥1 oral impact*	15.07 (14.05 to 16.08)	13.46 (12.39 to 14.52)	0.017
Edentulousness	6.18 (5.64 to 6.72)	7.20 (6.23 to 8.17)	0.844
Women
Mean (SE) No of missing teeth	7.09 (0.11)	7.44 (0.17)	0.010
Self rated oral health lessthan good	28.67 (26.99 to 30.35)	30.14 (28.29 to 31.99)	0.167
Reporting ≥1 oral impact*	17.15 (15.77 to 18.52)	15.70 (13.89 to 17.50)	0.095
Edentulousness	6.72 (6.02 to 7.42)	7.63 (6.61 to 8.65)	0.081
Men
Mean (SE) No of missing teeth	6.85 (0.13)	7.20 (0.18)	0.024
Self rated oral health lessthan good	33.12 (31.37 to 34.88)	32.67 (30.61 to 34.74)	0.700
Reporting ≥1 oral impact*	12.89 (11.68 to 14.09)	11.07 (10.03 to 12.10)	0.021
Edentulousness	5.32 (4.64 to 6.00)	6.65 (5.43 to 7.87)	0.296
Age 25-44 years
Mean (SE) No of missing teeth	3.72 (0.08)	4.62 (0.10)	<0.001
Self rated oral health lessthan good	29.12 (27.07 to 31.16)	28.96 (26.84 to 31.08)	0.899
Reporting ≥1 oral impact*	15.13 (13.54 to 16.73)	13.13 (12.16 to 14.09)	0.045
Edentulousness	0.21 (0.05 to 0.38)	0.99 (0.47 to 1.50)	0.001
Age 45-64 years
Mean (SE) No of missing teeth	7.13 (0.14)	7.79 (0.20)	<0.001
Self rated oral health lessthan good	34.26 (32.20 to 36.32)	34.10 (31.61 to 36.59)	0.905
Reporting ≥1 oral impact*	16.52 (15.04 to 17.99)	14.75 (12.73 to 16.78)	0.083
Edentulousness	2.91 (2.26 to 3.55)	5.67 (4.31 to 7.03)	<0.001
Age ≥65 years
Mean (SE) No of missing teeth	13.07 (0.24)	11.76 (0.33)	<0.001
Self rated oral health lessthan good	28.29 (26.00 to 30.58)	31.37 (29.19 to 33.54)	0.039
Reporting ≥1 oral impact*	12.44 (10.85 to 14.03)	11.87 (10.30 to 13.43)	0.578
Edentulousness	23.55 (21.42 to 25.67)	22.02 (19.13 to 24.92)	0.215

*Oral impacts defined in Methods section.