Table 2.

Reasons for tooth extraction by age and sex.

Men
	Caries		Periodontal disease		Fracture		Orthodontics		Impacted teeth		Others		Total
Age (years)	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
10-14	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	76.9%	1	7.7%	2	15.4%	13	100%
15-24	64	36.8%	2	1.1%	5	2.9%	28	16.1%	38	21.8%	37	21.3%	174	100%
25-34	150	50.8%	18	6.1%	18	6.1%	0	0.0%	54	18.3%	55	18.6%	295	100%
35-44	146	43.1%	76	22.4%	33	9.7%	2	0.6%	35	10.3%	47	13.9%	339	100%
45-54	180	36.9%	185	37.8%	79	16.1%	0	0.0%	17	3.5%	27	5.5%	488	100%
55-64	180	27.0%	330	49.5%	118	17.7%	0	0.0%	7	1.0%	32	4.8%	667	100%
65-74	230	21.4%	584	54.3%	214	19.9%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	46	4.3%	1076	100%
75-79	75	20.3%	181	48.9%	88	23.8%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	24	6.5%	370	100%
80-84	71	31.7%	89	39.7%	56	25.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8	3.6%	224	100%
85+	53	34.4%	71	46.1%	27	17.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.9%	154	100%
Total	1149	30.2%	1536	40.4%	638	16.8%	40	1.1%	156	4.1%	281	7.4%	3800	100%
Women
	Caries		Periodontal disease		Fracture		Orthodontics		Impacted teeth		Others		Total
Age (years)	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
10-14	0	0.0%	1	3.2%	2	6.5%	26	83.9%	2	6.5%	0	0.0%	31	100%
15-24	49	21.0%	5	2.1%	5	2.1%	53	22.7%	86	36.9%	35	15.0%	233	100%
25-34	128	40.1%	13	4.1%	14	4.4%	20	6.3%	72	22.6%	72	22.6%	319	100%
35-44	144	45.4%	44	13.9%	30	9.5%	6	1.9%	46	14.5%	47	14.8%	317	100%
45-54	170	36.7%	116	25.1%	105	22.5%	4	0.9%	20	4.3%	48	10.3%	463	100%
55-64	160	24.4%	297	45.3%	152	23.2%	0	0.0%	9	1.4%	38	5.8%	656	100%
65-74	242	25.6%	424	44.9%	229	24.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	47	5.0%	945	100%
75-79	97	22.9%	210	49.6%	101	23.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	15	3.5%	423	100%
80-84	102	27.6%	173	46.8%	78	21.1%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	16	4.3%	370	100%
85+	71	28.2%	117	46.2%	52	20.6%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	11	4.3%	252	100%
Total	1163	29.0%	1400	34.9%	768	19.2%	110	2.7%	239	6.0%	329	8.2%	4009	100%