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Table 3 Oral health status among different educational levels

From: An overview of oral health status, socio-economic and behavioral risk factors, and the pattern of tooth loss in a sample of Egyptian rural population

Level of education, %		Oral health status				p value
Level of education, %		Very good	Good	Poor	Correlation (r)	p value
Illiterate	188 (35.5%)	0 (0%)	15 (8%)	173 (92%)	0.359, moderate	0.000*
Primary	10 (1.9%)	0 (0%)	5 (50%)	5 (50%)
Preparatory	45 (8.5%)	0 (0%)	15 (33.3%)	30 (66.7%)
Secondary /diploma	262 (49.3%)	2 (1%)	91(34.6%)	169 (64.4)
College	25 (4.7%)	0 (0%)	5 (20%)	20 (80%)
Higher	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

*p value statistically significant

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