Self-reported oral health in a population-based study of 2147 men aged 71–92 years in 2010–2012 in the British Regional Heart Study and sociodemographic factors
| Age groups | Social class | Region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 71–79 years (n=1373, 64%) | 80–92 years (n=774, 36%) | Non-manual (n=1081, 52%) | Manual (n=1003, 48%) | South of England (n=736, 34%) | Wales/Midlands (n=327, 15%) | North of England (n=843, 39%) | Scotland (n=241, 11%) | |
| Self-rated oral health | |||||||||
| Excellent | 271 (13%) | 177 (13%) | 94 (13%) | 155 (15%) | 103 (11%) | 88 (12%) | 43 (14%) | 98 (12%) | 42 (18%) |
| Good | 1049 (51%) | 707 (54%) | 342 (48%) | 561 (54%) | 455 (49%) | 366 (52%) | 160 (52%) | 412 (52%) | 111 (48%) |
| Fair | 587 (29%) | 364 (28%) | 223 (31%) | 272 (26%) | 303 (32%) | 208 (29%) | 81 (26%) | 237 (30%) | 61 (27%) |
| Poor | 132 (6%) | 71 (5%) | 61 (8%) | 56 (5%) | 72 (8%) | 48 (7%) | 24 (8%) | 45 (6%) | 15 (7%) |
| p Value | 0.007 | 0.0003 | 0.43 | ||||||
| Natural teeth and dentures | |||||||||
| Only natural teeth | 797 (38%) | 562 (42%) | 235 (31%) | 467 (44%) | 313 (32%) | 292 (40%) | 109 (34%) | 318 (39%) | 78 (33%) |
| Both natural teeth and dentures | 882 (42%) | 565 (42%) | 317 (42%) | 462 (44%) | 390 (40%) | 336 (47%) | 133 (42%) | 326 (39%) | 87 (37%) |
| No natural teeth, and wear dentures | 407 (19%) | 210 (16%) | 197 (26%) | 128 (12%) | 265 (27%) | 92 (13%) | 71 (22%) | 175 (21%) | 69 (29%) |
| Neither natural teeth nor dentures | 14 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 3 (0.28%) | 10 (1%) | 2 (0.28%) | 3 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 2 (1%) |
| p Value | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||