Table 2.
Oral health characteristicsa of the study participants enrolled in the Children’s Health Living Program, by sex and site in the Freely Associated States, Micronesia.
| CHARACTERISTICS(Total sample n) | OVERALL% ± Standard Error | bSEX-SPECIFIC% ± Standard Error | SITE-SPECIFIC% ± Standard Error | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child | Boys | Girls | Chuuk | Kosrae | Palau | Pohnpei | cRMI | Yap | |
| Brushed teeth (n = 1074) At least once per day | 95.0 ± 1.0 | 94.2 ± 1.2 | 95.8 ± 1.2 | 93.4 ± 2.4 | 96.1 ± 1.5 | 98.8 ± 0.3 | 97.2 ± 1.2 | 96.5 ± 0.7 | 87.2 ± 1.6 |
| Visited dentist (n = 1,1119) Within the past 12 months | 52.7 ± 3.4 | 48.3 ± 3.3 | 57.2 ± 4.0 | 31.7 ± 15.5 | 61.2 ± 2.3 | 58.5 ± 3.8 | 40.0 ± 2.5 | 53.6 ± 6.3 | 67.3 ± 3.9 |
| Caregiver/Household | |||||||||
| Areca nut or betel quid use | |||||||||
| Chewed areca nut or betel quid (n = 1202) | 42.2 ± 9.0 | 43.9 ± 8.7 | 44.4 ± 9.8 | 21.1 ± 4.6 | 10.7 ± 2.5 | 75.5 ± 2.1 | 50.5 ± 7.0 | 3.0 ± 0.3 | 93.5 ± 2.7 |
| Mean [range] for years of chewing | 15.9 ± 1.4 [1 to 59] | 16.4 ± 1.7 [1 to 50] | 15.5 ± 1.4 [1 to 59] | 5.3 ± 1.4 [1 to 24] | 9.9 ± 0.4 [2 to 15] | 19.5 ± 0.6 [3 to 50] | 8.2 ± 0.7 [1 to 25] | 5.6 ± 1.9 [1 to 13] | 18.5 ± 0.9 [1 to 59] |
| Chewed daily (n = 489) | 88.7 ± 2.9 | 92.1 ± 2.4 | 85.3 ± 3.9 | 86.6 ± 5.9 | 72.2 ± 5.0 | 97.4 ± 0.6 | 73.0 ± 1.9 | 50.0 ± 0 | 92.8 ± 2.9 |
| Chewed with tobacco (n = 489) | 83.9 ± 2.1 | 82.7 ± 2.3 | 85.2 ± 2.9 | 80.5 ± 5.8 | 80.8 ± 7.8 | 88.3 ± 2.0 | 79.2 ± 4.1 | 84.6 ± 8.5 | 84.5 ± 2.8 |
| Chewed with slaked lime (n = 489) | 97.1 ± 1.0 | 96.0 ± 1.6 | 98.2 ± 0.9 | 98.3 ± 1.6 | 94.8 ± 2.9 | 99.2 ± 0.2 | 93.0 ± 2.1 | 84.6 ± 8.5 | 97.7 ± 1.6 |
| Chewed with betel leaf (n = 489) | 84.6 ± 4.5 | 82.8 ± 3.6 | 86.4 ± 5.5 | 94.6 ± 2.3 | 82.7 ± 8.5 | 70.8 ± 1.3 | 79.3 ± 0.8 | 100 ± 0 | 95.7 ± 2.1 |
| Mixed any components with alcohol (n = 489) | 24.1 ± 5.8 | 21.2 ± 5.2 | 27.0 ± 6.8 | 21.3 ± 3.4 | 18.6 ± 6.5 | 6.2 ± 0.3 | 23.5 ± 5.1 | 34.6 ± 8.5 | 40.4 ± 9.5 |
| Used among household members (n = 1202) | 62.5 ± 5.8 | 62.6 ± 5.6 | 62.5 ± 6.5 | 57.6 ± 14.7 | 44.6 ± 4.1 | 76.4 ± 1.0 | 73.0 ± 2.8 | 33.3 ± 3.6 | 91.2 ± 2.4 |
| Tobacco use | |||||||||
| Used aside from with areca nut (n = 1153) | 14.0 ± 2.5 | 14.5 ± 2.4 | 13.6 ± 2.8 | 11.4 ± 3.0 | 8.3 ± 1.4 | 17.7 ± 3.8 | 21.6 ± 1.4 | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 25.8 ± 6.5 |
| Used among household members (n = 1152) | 52.9 ± 2.7 | 53.9 ± 3.6 | 51.8 ± 2.8 | 67.6 ± 5.2 | 46.2 ± 5.8 | 50.2 ± 1.9 | 52.0 ± 3.1 | 42.4 ± 4.0 | 61.6 ± 2.0 |
| Alcohol use | |||||||||
| Drank alcohol in the past 30days (n = 1152) | 17.4 ± 2.8 | 18.3 ± 2.8 | 16.6 ± 3.2 | 11.6 ± 3.0 | 8.4 ± 3.1 | 33.5 ± 2.9 | 23.7 ± 5.0 | 10.7 ± 0.9 | 20.9 ± 7.7 |
| Used among household members (n = 1149) | 45.2 ± 3.0 | 44.2 ± 3.1 | 46.3 ± 3.6 | 57.2 ± 7.5 | 40.2 ± 4.9 | 39.7 ± 2.1 | 44.3 ± 1.6 | 54.1 ± 6.1 | 39.7 ± 2.1 |
a
Statistics were weighted for the population size of children in communities and the analysis accounted for the clustering of children in communities with jurisdiction strata.
b
Sex-specific reflects the sex of the child selected into the study, including his/her household.
c
RMI: Republic of the Marshall Islands.