Performance of Primary Dental Care Services: An Ecological Study in a Large Brazilian City

Table 3

Median values of demographic and dental treatment need indicators and health care services indicators in each cluster, Belo Horizonte, 2010.

Explanatory variables (median values)	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3
High/very high vulnerability	31.5	32.3	74.6
<10 years	9.5	9.0	10.2
10 to 19 years	15.7	16.2	17.1
20 to 59 years	60.5	60.3	59.9
60 years and above	14.2	14.1	11.2
No teeth with cavities	16.8	12.5	17.4
Up to 3 teeth with cavities	43.5	41.9	46.2
More than 3 teeth with cavities and/or requiring extraction	28.6	33.6	34.5
Necessity of periodontal treatment	7.2	5.9	3.5
Completed treatment; (no teeth with cavities)	24.1	21.5	27.3
Completed treatment; (up to 3 teeth with cavities)	46.9	43.7	45.1
Completed treatment; (more than 3 teeth with cavities and/or requiring extraction)	18.5	24.4	27.0
Completed treatment; (periodontal treatment)	5.8	4.8	3.5
Referral to secondary oral care	32.5	33.7	16.0
Population coverage per family health team	2930.3	2936.8	2855.7
Population coverage per oral health team	8075.0	8972.5	6813.5