Table 13.32

Toothache in the last four weeks, by minority ethnic group

Aged 2-15							1999
Whether had toothache in the last four weeks	Minority ethnic group						General population (1999)
	Black
	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Boys
% who had toothache in the last 4 weeks	9	5	7	6	6	10	5
Risk ratios	1.85	0.99	1.37	1.26	1.31	2.16	1
Standard error	0.43	0.31	0.33	0.31	0.47	0.50
Girls
% who had toothache in the last 4 weeks	10	12	6	5	8	8	6
Risk ratios	1.72	2.11	0.95	0.82	1.41	1.30	1
Standard error	0.37	0.49	0.24	0.22	0.46	0.33
Bases (weighted):
Boys	207	273	242	106	42	852	12107
Girls	217	207	245	97	42	894	11035
Bases (unweighted):
Boys	300	267	396	385	136	270	955
Girls	312	202	393	356	124	265	883

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