Table 1.

Distribution of elderly respondents according to age and sex.

Complaints	Male	Female	Chi-square	P-value
Missing tooth	378 (81.2)	324 (74.5)	5.5602	0.0180*
Gum problems	352 (75.6)	310 (71.3)	4.2265	0.0400*
Tooth decay/Pain	318 (68.3)	278 (63.9)	1.7553	0.1852
Xerostomia	238 (51.1)	272 (62.5)	12.5382	0.0001*
Sensitivity in teeth	228 (49.0)	190 (43.7)	2.3861	0.1223
Fracture/broken tooth	202 (43.4)	162 (37.26)	3.3731	0.0663
Facial pain	99 (21.6)	157 (36.3)	24.7602	0.0001*
Soft tissue lesions in mouth	92 (19.7)	74 (17.0)	1.0753	0.3001

*P < 0.05