Table 3.
Crude prevalence of problems with mouth and/or teeth in adults ≥ 18 years of age (n = 180,996), according to household wealth tertiles (World Health Survey, 2002–2004)
| Group | Country | n* | All samples (%) | Lowest tertile (%) | Middle tertile (%) | Highest tertile (%) | P value for trend† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIC | Bangladesh | 5,425 | 42.6 | 43.7 | 42.5 | 41.8 | 0.365 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,697 | 24.9 | 24.3 | 25.9 | 24.4 | 0.756 | |
| Chad | 4,157 | 29.3 | 33.1 | 29.4 | 25.4 | 0.001 | |
| Ethiopia | 4,851 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 17.9 | 15.4 | 0.001 | |
| Georgia | 2,709 | 49.4 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 0.447 | |
| Ghana | 3,496 | 17.8 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 14.3 | <0.001 | |
| Kazakhstan | 4,469 | 63.7 | 63.0 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 0.741 | |
| Kenya | 4,231 | 27.8 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 23.0 | 0.005 | |
| Lao | 4,835 | 21.9 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 26.1 | 0.004 | |
| Malawi | 5,146 | 37.3 | 41.6 | 38.1 | 31.6 | <0.001 | |
| Mali | 3,460 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.6 | 0.735 | |
| Myanmar | 5,886 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 0.890 | |
| Nepal | 8,623 | 34.0 | 36.6 | 35.1 | 31.2 | <0.001 | |
| Pakistan | 5,884 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 22.7 | 0.039 | |
| Senegal | 2,332 | 29.9 | 34.0 | 25.8 | 28.5 | 0.180 | |
| Vietnam | 3,366 | 21.0 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 0.868 | |
| Zimbabwe | 3,686 | 33.6 | 32.7 | 33.2 | 34.9 | 0.387 | |
| LMIC | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1,020 | 33.9 | 33.1 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 0.831 |
| Brazil | 4,960 | 35.3 | 32.8 | 34.3 | 38.0 | 0.007 | |
| Dominican Republic | 4,383 | 27.9 | 23.5 | 26.6 | 30.8 | 0.007 | |
| Ecuador | 3,901 | 23.6 | 18.3 | 25.8 | 25.2 | 0.014 | |
| Morocco | 4,467 | 43.4 | 39.6 | 43.3 | 46.3 | 0.040 | |
| Namibia | 3,731 | 22.1 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 0.363 | |
| Paraguay | 5,086 | 40.9 | 37.6 | 39.8 | 44.1 | 0.002 | |
| Philippines | 10,029 | 38.0 | 41.7 | 38.5 | 34.4 | <0.001 | |
| South Africa | 1,964 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 18.1 | 15.2 | 0.510 | |
| Sri Lanka | 5,685 | 22.0 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 23.9 | 0.168 | |
| Swaziland | 1,918 | 21.6 | 22.5 | 17.5 | 24.0 | 0.669 | |
| Turkey | 11,026 | 34.2 | 33.3 | 34.4 | 34.3 | 0.587 | |
| Ukraine | 2,219 | 51.3 | 49.0 | 51.6 | 52.9 | 0.445 | |
| UMIC | Croatia | 968 | 40.0 | 33.7 | 40.9 | 42.9 | 0.060 |
| Czech Republic | 876 | 46.3 | 47.1 | 42.7 | 49.6 | 0.719 | |
| Estonia | 991 | 52.8 | 51.0 | 53.5 | 53.8 | 0.507 | |
| Hungary | 1,386 | 34.2 | 24.4 | 35.8 | 42.2 | <0.001 | |
| Latvia | 842 | 47.5 | 42.7 | 50.8 | 49.8 | 0.178 | |
| Malaysia | 5,845 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 18.5 | 22.9 | 0.041 | |
| Mauritius | 3,733 | 23.8 | 21.7 | 26.3 | 23.1 | 0.503 | |
| Mexico | 24,075 | 27.0 | 22.8 | 28.8 | 31.5 | <0.001 | |
| Slovakia | 1,728 | 41.3 | 35.8 | 42.2 | 46.3 | 0.111 | |
| Uruguay | 2,910 | 27.8 | 20.4 | 27.1 | 35.8 | <0.001 |
*
Counts are unweighted.
†
P value for trend derived from unadjusted survey logistic regression models.
LIC, low-income countries; LMIC, lower-middle-income countries; UMIC, upper-middle-income countries.