Table 3.
Caries prevalence among the study population according to different age groups among different socioeconomic status
| Age categorized | DMFT | Total | dmft | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | Absent | Present | |||||
| 5–8 years (group I) | SES class | Upper | 51 | 5 | 56 | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| 91.1% | 8.9% | 100.0% | 12.5% | 87.5% | 100.0% | |||
| Upper middle | 397 | 43 | 440 | 128 | 312 | 440 | ||
| 90.2% | 9.8% | 100.0% | 29.1% | 70.9% | 100.0% | |||
| Middle/lower middle | 193 | 10 | 203 | 54 | 149 | 203 | ||
| 95.1% | 4.9% | 100.0% | 26.6% | 73.4% | 100.0% | |||
| Lower/upper lower | 116 | 3 | 119 | 22 | 97 | 119 | ||
| 97.5% | 2.5% | 100.0% | 18.5% | 81.5% | 100.0% | |||
| Lower | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 100.0% | 0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0% | 100.0% | |||
| Total | 759 | 61 | 820 | 213 | 607 | 820 | ||
| 92.6% | 7.4% | 100.0% | 26.0% | 74.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Chi-square 9.863, p value 0.043* | Chi-square 18.721, p value 0.002* | |||||||
| 9–11 years (group II) | SES class | Upper | 28 | 11 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 71.8% | 28.2% | 100.0% | 53.8% | 46.2% | 100.0% | |||
| Upper middle | 197 | 66 | 263 | 138 | 125 | 263 | ||
| 74.9% | 25.1% | 100.0% | 52.5% | 47.5% | 100.0% | |||
| Middle/lower middle | 93 | 30 | 123 | 43 | 80 | 123 | ||
| 75.6% | 24.4% | 100.0% | 35.0% | 65.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Lower/upper lower | 55 | 17 | 72 | 22 | 50 | 72 | ||
| 76.4% | 23.6% | 100.0% | 30.6% | 69.4% | 100.0% | |||
| Lower | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 66.7% | 33.3% | 100.0% | |||
| Total | 373 | 127 | 500 | 226 | 274 | 500 | ||
| 74.6% | 25.4% | 100.0% | 45.2% | 54.8% | 100.0% | |||
| Chi-square 9.174, p value 0.057 | Chi-square 18.791, p value 0.001* | |||||||