. 2018 Aug 23;18:147. doi: 10.1186/s12903-018-0613-4

Table 1.

Prevalence of not having a dentist visit in the past 12 months among adults aged 20 years and over, NHANES, 2011–2014^d

Characteristic		Total study participants	Participants not having dentist visit
		n (%)^a	n ^b	% (SE)^c
	Total	9246	4171	38.8 (1.3)
Age groups	20–44 years	4057 (45.7)	1942	42.9 (1.7)^*
	45–64 years	3149 (36.5)	1340	35.6 (1.7)^*
	65+ years	2040 (17.8)	889	34.7 (1.7)^*
Sex	Female	4792 (52.1)	1985	36.1 (1.5)^*
Sex	Male	4454 (47.8)	2186	41.7 (1.5)^*
Race/ethnicity	Non-Hispanic White	3938 (69.1)	1604	34.0 (1.4)^*
	Hispanic	1931 (14.1)	1011	53.9 (2.2)^*
	Non-Hispanic Black	2190 (11.6)	1093	49.2 (1.8)^*
	Non-Hispanic Asian	1187 (5.2)	463	38.3 (2.1)
Country of birth	Born in the United States	6598 (83.3)	2941	37.3 (1.4)^*
Country of birth	Born in other countries	2648 (16.7)	1230	46.2 (1.7)^*
Marital status	Married/cohabiting	5348 (62.1)	2226	35.0 (1.5)^*
	Widowed/separated	2059 (18.8)	1047	46.6 (1.7)^*
	Never married	1839 (19.1)	898	43.4 (1.6)^*
Education	More than 12 years	5234 (64.4)	1884	30.9 (1.2)^*
	12 years	1995 (20.5)	1034	47.4 (1.6)^*
	Less than 12 years	2017 (15.1)	1253	60.6 (1.9)^*
Income	High income	3415 (48.2)	905	23.8 (1.3)^*
	Middle income	1222 (14.1)	556	41.9 (2.5)
	Near poor	2412 (21.0)	1379	55.9 (1.5)^*
	Poor	2197 (16.7)	1331	58.0 (2.1)^*
Wealth	High	3441 (47.6)	1002	24.8 (1.3)^*
	Middle	3088 (30.1)	1547	47.3 (1.7)^*
	Low	2717 (22.3)	1622	57.1 (1.6)^*
Job status	With a job	5068 (61.9)	2167	37.7 (1.4)^*
Job status	Without a job	4178 (38.1)	2004	40.5 (1.5)^*
Smoking status	Never smoker	5230 (56.4)	2121	34.6 (1.8)^*
	Former smoker	2148 (24.0)	949	36.1 (1.5)^*
	Current smoker	1868 (19.6)	1101	54.3 (1.5)^*
Self-rated oral health status	Satisfied	6231 (72.7)	2335	31.1 (1.4)^*
Self-rated oral health status	Not satisfied	3015 (27.3)	1836	59.3 (1.5)^*
Untreated dental caries	No	6579 (75.4)	2528	32.0 (1.3)^*
Untreated dental caries	Yes	2667 (24.6)	1643	59.5 (1.7)^*
Dentist visit in the past 12 months	Yes	5075 (61.2)
Dentist visit in the past 12 months	No	4171 (38.8)

^*p < 0.05 (t-statistic)

^an (%) Number and weighted percent of entire study participants

^bn Number of respondents not having a dentist visit in the past 12 months

^c%(SE) Weighted percent and Standard Error of participants not having a dentist visit in the past 12 months

^dData source – National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2011–2014