Table 1.

Caries prevalence, DMFS, DMFT, and SiC index^a in 12-year-old Puerto Ricans (2011) by GHI Regions^b

					Caries prevalence			DMFS				DMFT				SiC index
Region	Number	% N	Wtc N	Wtc N %	Percent	95 % CI		Mean	SE	95 % CI		Mean	SE	95 % CI		Mean	SE	95 % CI
North	165	10.4	297	18.7	74	63	84	3.6	0.48	2.6	4.6	2.5	0.29	1.9	3.1	4.9	0.39	4.1	5.7
East	129	8.1	69	4.4	70	63	77	4.2	0.60	2.9	5.6	2.7	0.26	2.1	3.2	5.5	0.25	4.9	6.1
Metropolitan	363	22.9	581	36.6	67	60	74	3.5	0.33	2.8	4.2	2.4	0.23	1.9	2.8	5.0	0.25	4.5	5.5
San Juan	163	10.3	164	10.3	61	50	71	3.2	0.47	2.2	4.2	2.0	0.24	1.5	2.6	4.5	0.35	3.8	5.3
Central	223	14.1	243	15.3	75	65	84	5.3	0.57	4.1	6.5	3.2	0.27	2.6	3.8	5.8	0.18	5.5	6.2
Southeast	143	9.0	67	4.2	70	52	88	5.3	1.04	2.9	7.6	3.0	0.42	2.0	3.9	5.7	0.39	4.8	6.6
Ponce	68	4.3	29	1.8	58	41	76	3.8	0.48	2.6	5.0	2.4	0.26	1.8	3.1	5.8	0.36	4.9	6.8
Southwest	82	5.2	13	0.8	68	55	80	3.6	0.57	2.0	5.1	2.2	0.31	1.4	3.1	5.1	0.59	3.5	6.8
West	78	4.9	47	3.0	70	56	84	3.3	0.59	1.9	4.6	2.0	0.30	1.3	2.7	4.3	0.18	3.9	4.7
Northwest	77	4.9	46	2.9	72	58	87	4.2	0.43	3.2	5.2	2.7	0.21	2.2	3.2	5.0	0.23	4.5	5.5
Northeast	96	6.1	30	1.9	73	57	89	4.3	0.94	2.0	6.6	2.5	0.39	1.6	3.5	4.7	0.58	3.3	6.2
Total PR	1587	100	1587	100	69	66	73	3.9	0.20	3.5	4.3	2.5	0.12	2.3	2.8	5.6	0.12	5.4	5.9

^aWeighted using normalized inverse probability weights

^bGovernment health insurance regions, as in 1997

^cWeighted