Table 3. Demographics and prevalence of oral related-productivity loss among adults aged ≥30 years who completed the dental examination and at least the first 24-hour dietary recall interview, had at least one natural tooth, and provided an answer about their oral-related productivity loss in the National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey (NHANES); 2015–2018.
| Overall number (%)† | Hardly ever, or never experienced oral-related difficulty doing usual jobs or attending school within the last year | Occasionally or often had oral-related difficulty doing usual jobs or attending school within the last year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted U.S. population N | (%) | Weighted U.S. population N | (%) | ||
| Overall | 7,304 (100.0) | 169,077,000 | 96.0 | 6,967,000 | 4.0 |
| Age categories | |||||
| 30–34 | 796 (11.6) | 19,621,000 | 96.3 | 757,000 | 3.7 |
| 35–49 | 2,181 (31.3) | 52,710,000 | 95.7 | 2,383,000 | 4.3 |
| 50–64 | 2,419 (33.4) | 55,978,000 | 95.3 | 2,707,000 | 4.7 |
| >=65 | 1,908 (23.8) | 40,768,000 | 97.5 | 1,058,000 | 2.5 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 3,556 (47.6) | 80,636,000 | 96.2 | 3,187,000 | 3.8 |
| Female | 3,748 (52.4) | 88,442,000 | 95.9 | 3,781,000 | 4.1 |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,539 (65.4) | 111,844,000 | 97.2 | 3,204,000 | 2.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,612 (10.5) | 17,317,000 | 93.3 | 1,245,000 | 6.7 |
| Hispanic | 1,984 (14.3) | 23,496,000 | 93.6 | 1,605,000 | 6.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 872 (5.7) | 9,617,000 | 95.6 | 444,000 | 4.4 |
| Other, including multi-racial | 297 (4.1) | 6,803,000 | 93.6 | 469,000 | 6.5 |
| Education levels | |||||
| Less than high school | 1,515 (11.5) | 18,033,000 | 89.3 | 2,160,000 | 10.7 |
| High school | 1,595 (22.4) | 37,048,000 | 94.1 | 341,000 | 5.9 |
| More than high school | 4,192 (66.1) | 113,929,000 | 97.9 | 2,463,000 | 2.1 |
| Family income ratio to FPL 1 | |||||
| <100% FPL | 1,206 (11.8) | 16,551,000 | 87.2 | 2,434,000 | 12.8 |
| 100–199% FPL | 1,705 (18.4) | 27,884,000 | 93.9 | 1,821,000 | 6.1 |
| 200–399% FPL | 1,793 (27.5) | 42,790,000 | 96.6 | 1,488,000 | 3.4 |
| >400% FPL | 1,816 (42.3) | 67,630,000 | 99.1 | 593,000 | 0.9 |
| Presence of teeth with untreated caries 2 | |||||
| No | 4,855 (72.4) | 125,035,000 | 98.1 | 2,435,000 | 1.9 |
| Yes | 2,449 (27.6) | 44,042,000 | 90.7 | 4,532,000 | 9.3 |
| Presence of teeth with fillings2 | |||||
| No | 1,227 (12.1) | 19,380,000 | 91.4 | 1,832,000 | 8.6 |
| Yes | 6,077 (87.9) | 149,698,000 | 96.7 | 5,136,000 | 3.3 |
| Presence of non-carious root lesions | |||||
| No | 5,145 (71.9) | 121,656,000 | 96.2 | 4,853,000 | 3.8 |
| Yes | 2,157 (28.1) | 47,382,000 | 95.7 | 2,114,000 | 4.3 |
| Presence of non-carious root restoration | |||||
| No | 6,992 (95.6) | 161,487,000 | 95.9 | 6,850,442 | 4.1 |
| Yes | 310 (4.4) | 7,551,000 | 98.5 | 117,024 | 1.5 |
†The sample counts were unweighted while percentages are weighted to account for complex survey design. The weighted population counts are rounded to the nearest 1000.
1FPL: Federal poverty level.
2Including coronal and root surfaces.