Locked Mouths: Tooth Loss in a Women’s Prison in Northeastern Brazil

Table 1

Distribution of inmates according to sociodemographic and sentencing profile.

Variables	Frequency		Mean ± SD
	𝑛	%
(1) Sociodemographic
Age (years)			32.2 (11.56)
Quartile 1 (19–24 )	18	27.7
Quartile 2 (25–30)	16	24.6
Quartile 3 (31–38)	15	23.1
Quartile 4 (39 or older)	16	24.6
Total	65	100
Educational level
Illiterate	2	3.1
Complete basic education	48	73.8
Incomplete basic education	6	9.2
Complete high school	6	9.2
Incomplete high school	2	3.1
Incomplete higher education	1	1.5
Complete higher education	0	0.0
Total	65	100
Labor prior to arrest
Yes	37	56.9
No	28	43.1
Total	65	100
(2) Sentencing profile
Jail time (months)			13.51 (13.65)
1–5	17	26.2
6–8	17	26.2
9–17	17	26.1
18–60	14	21.2
Total	65	100.0