The association between caries related treatment needs and socio-demographic variables among young Israeli adults: a record based cross sectional study

Table 1 Associations between socio-demographic variables and dental treatment needs

		N	Num. of teeth in need of restorations		Number of teeth in need of RCTs		Number of teeth in need of extractions
		N	Mean (SD)	p value	Mean (SD)	p value	Mean (SD)	p value
Gender	Male	12,375	1.99 (2.62)	< 0.001^a	0.07 (0.45)	NS	0.05 (0.28)	NS
Gender	Female	1023	1.63 (2.19)	< 0.001^a	0.06 (0.33)	NS	0.04 (0.27)	NS
Country of birth	Israel	11,957	1.95 (±2.59)	< 0.001^b	0.07 (±0.45)	< 0.001^b	0.05 (±0.28)	< 0.001^b
	Former USSR	611	2.52 (±2.74)		0.12 (±0.51)		0.08 (±0.35)
	North America	316	1.22 (±1.91)		0.01 (±0.11)		0.01 (±0.13)
	Ethiopia	119	3.13 (±3.34)		0.12 (±0.42)		0.08 (±0.32)
	Other	395	1.64 (±2.36)		0.04 (±0.23)		0.04 (±0.23)
ICS score	Low (< 70)	10,018	2.10 (2.69)	< 0.001^a	0.09 (0.49)	< 0.001^a	0.05 (0.31)	< 0.001^a
ICS score	High (70–90)	3364	1.55 (2.24)	< 0.001^a	0.03 (0.22)	< 0.001^a	0.02 (0.19)	< 0.001^a
SEC groups	Low (1–4)	3511	2.39 (2.97)	< 0.001^b	0.12 (0.59)	< 0.001^b	0.07 (0.35)	< 0.001^b
	Mid (5–7)	5867	1.83 (2.43)		0.05 (0.33)		0.04 (0.25)
	High (8–10)	2489	1.47 (2.05)		0.03 (0.23)		0.02 (0.20)

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