Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for proportions of all Susenas respondents, those who perceived a need for dental care and those who utilised dental care in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009

	All respondents, %	Respondents who perceived need for dental care, %	Respondents who received dental care, %
Age, years
< 15	31.01	21.49	22.27
15–29	26.54	26.20	22.75
30–44	21.97	28.23	28.10
45–59	13.11	17.27	18.59
≥ 60	7.37	6.80	8.30
Gender
Female	49.86	51.21	51.72
Male	50.14	48.79	48.29
Socioeconomic status
Poorest	19.80	21.88	19.17
2nd quintile	19.71	19.40	16.98
3rd quintile	20.40	20.31	19.25
4th quintile	20.77	20.46	21.81
Richest	19.27	17.96	22.79
Residence
Rural	63.39	69.48	65.17
Urban	36.61	30.52	34.83