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Results
The final sample of respondents who answered the question on self-rated oral
health was N=1153, with women slightly outnumbering men (56% vs. 44%). The
proportion of adults aged 18 to 74 who rated their oral health positively was
59.8%, while the proportion of people who rated their oral health as poor was
7.8% (Figure 1). This means that more than 117,000 Slovenians had problems
with their oral health.

1%

7% 12%

Very good
Good
120 32% Fair

zdravje delovno aktivnih in starejših odraslih | health of working-age and older adults
Poor
Very poor
48%

Figure 1: Proportion of adults aged 18−74 years by self-rated oral health.

The self-assessment of oral health was better among women: the propor-
tion of women who rated their oral health positively (very good and good) was
62.4%, compared to 57.4% of men. Among women, 31.9% rated their oral health
as moderate and 5.7% as poor or very poor. Among men, 32.8% rated their oral
health as moderate, and 9.8% as poor or very poor. The difference in the pro-
portion of poorly rated oral health by gender was statistically significant (CCP
test, p=0.021).
As far as age is concerned, the positive self-assessment of oral health de-
creases with increasing age. The proportion of people who rated their oral
health as good or very good was highest in the youngest group (18–24 years) at
69.1% and gradually decreased to 49.9% in the 65–74 age group. The difference
between younger (18–34 years) and older (55–74 years) age groups was statisti-
cally significant (χ test=25.64, p=0.01; CCP test, p<0.001). It is noteworthy that
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the proportion of those who rated their oral health as moderate increased with
age (Figure 2).
The self-assessment of oral health also varied depending on the level of
education. For people with a basic level of education, the proportion of peo-
ple who self-rated their oral health as good was 49.8%, compared to 71.0% for
people with at least a higher level of education. The differences between the
groups were statistically significant (χ test=21.41, p=0.001, test CCP, p<0.001).
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