Table 1.
Participants’ experience of oral symptoms according to the survey year.
| Year | n | Tooth Fracture * | Dental Pain When Eating * | Shooting or Throbbing Pain * | Gum Pain and Bleeding * | Pain in the Tongue or the Inside of the Cheek * | Bad Breath * | Number of Oral Symptoms Experienced † |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 75,238 | 16.9 | 41.1 | 30.9 | 26.7 | 14.7 | 26.6 | 1.57 |
| 2009 | 75,066 | 15.9 | 39.9 | 29.3 | 24.6 | 14.4 | 25.4 | 1.50 |
| 2010 | 73,238 | 13.7 | 39.1 | 30.3 | 23.4 | 13.4 | 23.2 | 1.43 |
| 2011 | 75,643 | 13.3 | 39.3 | 29.7 | 21.2 | 13.1 | 23.4 | 1.40 |
| 2012 | 74,186 | 12.7 | 38.6 | 28.0 | 19.8 | 12.2 | 23.4 | 1.35 |
| 2013 | 72,435 | 12.4 | 38.0 | 27.4 | 19.5 | 11.8 | 22.4 | 1.32 |
| 2014 | 72,060 | 12.2 | 36.7 | 24.7 | 19.9 | 11.5 | 21.3 | 1.26 |
| 2015 | 68,043 | 11.4 | 36.7 | 23.7 | 19.5 | 11.1 | 21.7 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | 65,528 | 11.4 | 35.3 | 23.6 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 21.5 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 62,276 | 11.2 | 35.8 | 23.6 | 19.5 | 11.7 | 22.3 | 1.24 |
| Average | 13.2 | 38.2 | 27.4 | 21.4 | 12.6 | 23.2 | 1.36 | |
| R ‡ | −0.93 (<0.001) | −0.98 (<0.001) | −0.96 (<0.001) | −0.89 (0.001) | −0.92 (<0.001) | −0.86 (0.001) | −0.97 (<0.001) | |
| S ¶ | −0.593 (<0.001) | −0.608 (<0.001) | −0.935 (<0.001) | −0.795 (0.001) | −0.401 (<0.001) | −0.490 (0.001) | −0.039 (<0.001) |
* Weighted percentages for complex sampling. † Weighted means of total oral symptoms for complex sampling. ‡ Pearson’s sample correlation coefficient between weighted percentages and years. ¶ The slope of linear regression was assessed to estimate the annual change in weighted percentages. ‡,¶ () is the p-value for each estimate.