Research Article
Prevalence of Tongue Cleaning Using a Toothbrush: A Questionnaire Survey in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Table 1
Frequency of tongue cleaning using a toothbrush.
| | Frequency | Gender | Every day | Sometimes | Never | Total | | Age | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | 15–19 | | 48 (20.8) | | 79 (34.2) | | 104 (45.0) | | 231 (22.8) | | Male | | 6 (11.1) | | 16 (29.6) | | 32 (59.3) | | | Female | | 42 (23.7) | | 63 (35.6) | | 72 (40.7) | | | 20–29 | | 23 (15.9) | | 65 (44.8) | | 57 (39.3) | | 145 (14.3) | | Male | | 10 (13.5) | | 30 (40.5) | | 34 (45.9) | | | Female | | 13 (18.3) | | 35 (49.3) | | 23 (32.4) | | | 30–39 | | 25 (24.3) | | 35 (34.0) | | 43 (41.7) | | 103 (10.2) | | Male | | 4 (13.3) | | 8 (26.7) | | 18 (60.0) | | | Female | | 21 (28.8) | | 27 (37.0) | | 25 (34.2) | | | 40–49 | | 29 (18.8) | | 51 (33.1) | | 74 (48.1) | | 154 (15.2) | | Male | | 8 (19.5) | | 11 (26.8) | | 22 (53.7) | | | Female | | 21 (18.6) | | 40 (35.4) | | 52 (46.0) | | | 50–59 | | 17 (18.3) | | 21 (22.6) | | 55 (59.1) | | 93 (9.2) | | Male | | 1 (3.1) | | 7 (21.9) | | 24 (75.0) | | | Female | | 16 (26.2) | | 14 (23.0) | | 31 (50.8) | | | 60–69 | | 25 (18.5) | | 43 (31.9) | | 67 (49.6) | | 135 (13.3) | | Male | | 14 (25.0) | | 13 (23.2) | | 29 (51.8) | | | Female | | 11 (13.9) | | 30 (38.0) | | 38 (48.1) | | | 70–79 | | 13 (12.6) | | 40 (38.8) | | 50 (48.5) | | 103 (10.2) | | Male | | 3 (7.7) | | 13 (33.3) | | 23 (59.0) | | | Female | | 10 (15.6) | | 27 (42.2) | | 27 (42.2) | | | 80< | | 7 (14.0) | | 12 (24.0) | | 31 (62.0) | | 50 (4.9) | | Male | | 0 (0) | | 3 (23.1) | | 10 (76.9) | | | Female | | 7 (18.9) | | 9 (24.3) | | 21 (56.8) | | | Total | 187 (18.4) | | 346 (34.1) | | 481 (47.4) | | 1014 (100) |
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