Table 2.
Age standardised estimates of oral health measures by socioeconomic position level in England and the US. Values are prevalence (95% CI) unless stated otherwise
| Mean (SE) No of missing teeth | Self rated oral health less than good | Reporting ≥1 oral impact* | ||||||
| England | US | England | US | England | US | |||
| Educational level | ||||||||
| High | 5.70 (0.16) | 5.56 (0.14) | 24.53 (22.41 to 26.65) | 15.49 (13.61 to 17.38) | 10.31 (8.87 to 11.76) | 8.01 (6.61 to 9.41) | ||
| Medium | 7.06 (0.12) | 7.51 (0.17) | 32.01 (30.38 to 33.64) | 32.51 (30.85 to 34.18) | 16.40 (15.15 to 17.64) | 13.62 (12.14 to 15.09) | ||
| Low | 8.19 (0.23) | 9.58 (0.25) | 37.39 (33.77 to 41.02) | 52.13 (49.33 to 54.94) | 20.94 (17.68 to 24.19) | 21.15 (19.23 to 23.07) | ||
| P value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Income level | ||||||||
| High | 5.76 (0.15) | 6.16 (0.18) | 24.01 (22.09 to 25.92) | 19.64 (18.19 to 21.08) | 10.40 (8.84 to 11.96) | 7.28 (5.92 to 8.64) | ||
| Medium | 6.80 (0.15) | 7.26 (0.15) | 29.51 (26.84 to 32.18) | 32.16 (30.22 to 34.10) | 13.96 (11.92 to 16.00) | 14.17 (12.40 to 15.94) | ||
| Low | 7.83 (0.17) | 8.76 (0.25) | 36.36 (33.86 to 38.86) | 46.41 (44.08 to 48.73) | 20.75 (18.93 to 22.56) | 21.10 (19.16 to 23.04) | ||
| P value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
*Oral impacts defined in Methods section.