Table 1 Descriptive characteristics and proportions of Brazilian adults and older-adults and age-standardised prevalence of tooth loss
From: Multimorbidity and tooth loss: the Brazilian National Health Survey, 2019
Variables | n = 65,803 | % | Presence of Functional dentitionb | Severe tooth lossb |  | n = 22,728 | % | Presence of Functional dentitionb | Severe tooth lossb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||||||
Adults | Older Adults | ||||||||
Multimorbidity | |||||||||
 No (one or zero) | 53,665 | 80.7 | 90.4 (90.0; 90.9) | 5.0 (4.7; 5.4) |  | 11,748 | 49.1 | 26.3 (24.3; 28.4) | 61.5 (59.0; 63.9) |
 multimorbidity≥2 | 12,138 | 19.3 | 87.5 (86.7; 88.2) | 6.5 (5.9; 7.0) |  | 10,980 | 50.9 | 20.4 (18.7; 22.3) | 68.7 (66.7; 70.7) |
Racial Groups | |||||||||
 White | 22,508 | 41.3 | 91.4 (90.8; 92.0) | 4.7 (4.2; 5.2) |  | 9901 | 50.5 | 27.8 (25.5; 30.1) | 60.1 (57.3; 62.9) |
 Non-whitea | 43,295 | 58.7 | 88.0 (87.5; 88.5) | 6.2 (5.9; 6.6) |  | 12,827 | 49.5 | 18.6 (17.0; 20.3) | 70.3 (68.2; 72.2) |
Sex | |||||||||
 Female | 34,334 | 52.2 | 87.8 (87.2; 88.4) | 6.6 (6.2; 7.1) |  | 12,535 | 56.7 | 20.5 (18.8; 22.3) | 69.4 (67.3; 71.4) |
 Male | 31,469 | 47.8 | 91.4 (90.9; 91.9) | 4.3 (3.9; 4.6) |  | 10,193 | 43.3 | 27.0 (25.3;28.7) | 59.4 (57.1; 61.5) |
Per capita Income | |||||||||
  < 1 minimum wage | 38,046 | 53.8 | 85.4 (84.8; 85.9) | 8.0 (7.6; 8.5) |  | 10,250 | 41.7 | 14.5 (13.4; 15.6) | 75.2 (73.5; 76.8) |
  ≥ 1 minimum wage | 27,738 | 46.2 | 93.3 (92.8; 93.7) | 3.3 (3.0; 3.6) |  | 12,475 | 58.2 | 29.7 (27.7; 31.7) | 57.9 (55.3;60.3) |
Schooling years | |||||||||
  < 8 years | 25,689 | 34.9 | 83.8 (83.2; 84.4) | 8.7 (8.2; 9.3) |  | 16,414 | 70.1 | 16.6 (15.4; 18.0) | 71.2 (69.1; 73.2) |
  ≥ 8 years | 40,114 | 65.1 | 95.0 (94.7; 95.2) | 2.2 (1.9; 2.4) |  | 6314 | 29.9 | 50.3 (47.2; 50.3) | 38.9 (36.0; 41.9) |
Geographic region | |||||||||
 North | 13,610 | 8.3 | 87.3 (86.5; 88.2) | 6.2 (5.6; 6.8) |  | 3487 | 6.1 | 17.4 (15.4; 19.7) | 68.3 (65.6; 70.8) |
 Northwest | 22,966 | 26.8 | 85.2 (84.5; 85.8) | 7.9 (7.4; 8.4) |  | 7736 | 25.4 | 17.7 (16.1; 19.4) | 71.2 (68.9; 73.4) |
 Midwest | 7808 | 7.9 | 89.9 (89.0; 90.7) | 5.6 (4.9; 6.4) |  | 2373 | 6.4 | 23.0 (20.9; 25.2) | 66.8 (64.3; 69.1) |
 Southwest | 13,610 | 42.6 | 92.2 (91.5; 92.8) | 4.2 (3.7; 4.8) |  | 5825 | 46.4 | 30.0 (27.7; 32.4) | 58.6 (56.0; 61.2) |
 South | 7969 | 14.4 | 89.9 (89.1; 90.7) | 4.9 (4.4; 5.5) |  | 3307 | 15.7 | 26.7 (24.3;29.3) | 58.0 (55.2; 60.8) |
Smoking status | |||||||||
 yes/in the past | 21,162 | 32.3 | 86.5 (85.9; 87.1) | 7.4 (6.9; 7.9) |  | 11,117 | 50.3 | 20.9 (19.4; 22.6) | 65.8 (63.4; 67.3) |
 never | 44,641 | 67.7 | 91.5 (91.0; 92.0) | 4.2 (3.8; 4.7) |  | 11,611 | 49.7 | 24.8 (23.1; 26.7) | 65.4 (63.2; 68.3) |
Age Groups | |||||||||
 18–34 | 24,115 | 40.8 | 99.4 (99.2; 99.5) | 0.3 (0.2; 0.4) | 60–69 | 24,247 | 56.3 | 45.3 (43.8; 46.8) | 38.4 (36.9; 39.9) |
 35–44 | 18,033 | 25.8 | 95.3 (94.8; 95.8) | 1.7 (1.5; 2.0) | 70–79 | 13,209 | 30.1 | 28.0 (26.3; 29.8) | 59.0 (57.0; 61.0) |
 45–59 | 23,655 | 33.4 | 74.4 (73.4; 75.4) | 13.9 (13.1; 14.8) | 80 + | 6098 | 13.6 | 12.0 (9.9; 14.6) | 78.5 (74.9; 81.7) |