. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2018 Nov 29;150(1):9–23.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2018.09.010

Table 1.

Prevalence of edentulism among people 50 years of age and older, by selected characteristics: United States, 1999-2004 and 2009-2014

	Poverty Status	All				Male				Female				Hispanic				Non-Hispanic Black				Non-Hispanic White
		1999-2004		2009-2014		1999-2004		2009-2014		1999-2004		2009-2014		1999-2004		2009-2014		1999-2004		2009-2014		1999-2004		2009-2014
AGE		%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
50-64^£	1 Poor	22.02	3.10	17.16	3.21	21.28	4.16	17.58	2.84	22.14	2.85	17.76	2.98	17.16	6.17^††	7.60	2.12	21.10	3.82	10.97	2.72^*	23.92	4.18	22.88	4.34
	2 Near Poor	17.68	2.20	10.53	1.99^*	15.59	2.98	9.73	2.51	19.91	3.32	11.55	2.83	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.82	3.06	8.80	2.60	20.72	2.97	13.80	2.34
	3 Non-Poor	7.70	0.74	3.39	0.68^*	9.49	1.15	3.83	0.98^*	5.82	0.92	2.88	0.81^*	DSU	DSU	3.11	0.95^††	10.44	1.53	4.51	1.03^*	7.85	0.83	3.38	0.79^*
	Total	10.68	0.93	6.30	0.96^*	11.39	1.28	6.17	1.05^*	9.95	1.13	6.62	1.24	7.47	2.24	3.80	0.80	14.29	1.43	7.47	1.27^*	10.75	1.07	6.51	1.13^*
65-74^£	1 Poor	37.27	5.00	29.22	3.37	49.61	4.91	25.94	5.08^*	27.62	5.62	31.30	3.15	35.39	6.49	26.02	5.06	29.99	3.36	28.95	4.82	46.70	6.32	33.99	6.22
	2 Near Poor	33.18	2.58	22.95	3.87^*	36.53	3.51	33.55	5.38	29.66	3.08	15.89	3.33^*	18.18	4.61	12.06	3.36	28.31	5.18	20.61	3.43	35.83	3.13	27.82	5.57
	3 Non-Poor	16.97	1.56	7.75	1.14^*	13.73	1.92	9.28	1.98	20.09	2.29	6.39	1.59^*	16.60	3.26	10.76	3.39^††	23.66	4.06	14.88	3.46	16.41	1.83	7.23	1.30^*
	Total	23.26	1.52	13.33	1.67^*	21.59	1.93	15.13	2.39^*	24.35	2.06	11.94	1.63^*	25.27	5.16	14.71	2.28	24.53	2.43	20.38	2.23	22.84	1.73	12.60	2.14^*
75 or more^£	1 Poor	47.11	3.86	36.44	3.91	34.32	5.71	30.53	7.40	50.70	4.49	36.83	5.67	36.44	5.19	DSU	DSU	47.01	8.37	47.27	10.56	49.12	5.21	39.63	6.61
	2 Near Poor	39.52	3.05	30.08	2.53^*	39.39	2.68	29.06	3.73^*	39.50	3.76	30.21	3.62	50.44	8.30	DSU	DSU	40.69	4.61	40.93	8.16	38.50	3.22	29.47	2.76^*
	3 Non-Poor	18.01	1.70	14.91	2.68	17.37	2.25	15.72	3.27	18.48	2.18	14.87	2.89	20.20	7.16^††	DSU	DSU	36.62	6.99	23.30	5.16	17.10	1.83	14.29	2.95
	Total	30.57	1.86	22.49	2.19^*	26.49	1.87	19.84	2.54^*	33.02	2.20	24.38	2.62^*	41.32	4.31	21.39	3.86^*	40.84	4.57	36.05	4.87	29.10	2.04	21.50	2.53^*
65 or more^¶	1 Poor	42.04	3.90	33.53	3.25	41.54	3.45	29.30	4.45^*	40.00	5.59	35.48	4.19	36.31	7.53	18.60	2.75^*	35.68	5.00	39.13	5.06	46.60	5.06	36.10	5.18
	2 Near Poor	36.50	1.94	25.96	2.82^*	37.84	2.67	28.83	3.11^*	35.60	2.12	23.46	3.28^*	37.54	6.34	17.86	3.97^*	32.51	3.46	31.71	3.95	37.44	2.20	26.93	3.65^*
	3 Non-Poor	17.31	1.30	11.11	1.71^*	15.44	1.82	11.98	2.14	19.14	1.56	10.20	1.78^*	24.99	7.93^††	15.27	3.69	26.39	4.08	17.43	3.30	16.63	1.52	10.52	1.84^*
	Total	26.51	1.41	17.61	1.67^*	23.67	1.66	17.10	1.82^*	28.55	1.53	17.83	1.80^*	34.11	4.91	16.79	1.75^*	31.09	2.79	27.67	2.54	25.64	1.58	16.66	2.05^*
50 or more^±	1 Poor	30.02	2.47	23.43	2.55	29.28	3.55	20.26	2.28^*	29.59	3.14	25.63	3.53	25.52	6.93	11.97	1.76	25.95	3.10	22.72	3.38	33.20	3.16	27.68	3.40
	2 Near Poor	25.59	1.62	16.86	1.66^*	24.36	2.01	18.26	2.45	26.70	2.36	15.65	2.16^*	18.96	2.91	8.06	1.71^*	23.87	3.19	18.51	2.54	28.35	1.91	18.70	2.09^*
	3 Non-Poor	11.24	0.75	6.54	0.86^*	11.33	1.03	7.02	1.06^*	11.11	0.97	6.04	0.99^*	11.14	3.17	7.87	1.38	16.26	1.90	9.76	1.50^*	11.07	0.85	6.26	0.94^*
	Total	16.68	0.99	10.88	1.10^*	15.75	1.11	10.54	1.22^*	17.30	1.12	11.09	1.16^*	17.62	3.05	8.98	0.90^*	20.26	1.37	15.69	1.47^*	16.38	1.13	10.57	1.33^*

Notes: Edentulism is complete tooth loss (32 teeth)

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Estimates from NHANES 1999-2004 and 2009-2014 were adjusted by single years of age from the 2010 US population

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Estimates were adjusted by grouped age (65-74 and 74 and more) from the 2010 US population

^(±)

Estimates were adjusted by grouped age (50-64, 65-74 and 74 and more) from the 2010 US population

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statistical significance: p < 0.05.

^††

Does not meet standards of statistical reliability and precision (relative standard error ⇒ 30% but < 40%). DSU: Data statistically unreliable (relative standard error ⇒ 40%).