Dental Status and Associated Factors in a Dentate Adult Population in Bulgaria: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 1

Distribution of dentate subjects in the study sample according to sociodemographic (𝑁,%)  and sociobehavioral (%) characteristics.

		Education (%)*	Income (%)*			Dental visits (%)*	Tooth brushing (%)*
		>12 years	High	Middle	Low	Irregular	<1 a day	1 a day	≥2 a day
	𝑁(%)
Total sample	2531 (100)	37	9	39	52	55	8	37	55
Age
20–44	1102 (44)	31	6	33	61	59	11	42	47
45+	1429 (56)	41	11	44	45	53	5	33	62
Gender
Male	1516 (60)	31	9	40	51	60	11	44	45
Female	1015 (40)	46	7	39	54	49	3	26	71
Settlement
Capital	397 (16)	39	8	41	51	49	7	31	62
Urban Centre	716 (28)	46	12	46	42	48	3	33	64
Town	704 (28)	23	9	35	56	60	13	41	46
Rural	714 (28)	40	5	37	58	62	8	39	53
Occupational status
Professionals	832 (33)	81	11	49	40	44	2	33	65
Intermediate	1034 (41)	17	9	38	53	60	8	37	55
Workers	559 (22)	10	6	31	63	67	14	44	42
Retired	78 (3)	22	0	18	82	46	14	28	58
Unknown	28 (1)	61	11	50	39	40	7	25	68

* Subjects with missing data (3 for education; 19 for income; 1 for dental visits; 12 for tooth brushing) were not considered in the percentage.