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Table 1: Frequency of dental floss use in adults aged 18−74 years by gender,
education and living environment.

Use of dental floss
Yes (regularly) Occasionally No
All 17% 47% 36%
Men 13% 42% 45%
Gender
Women 21% 52% 27%
Primary at most 9% 34% 58%
Level of education Secondary 15% 46% 39%
At least higher 24% 55% 20%
Urban 19% 52% 29%
Living Suburban 24% 45% 31%
environment
Rural 12% 44% 44%
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(χ test=47.649, p<0.001; CCP test, p<0.006). Flossing also depended on the liv-
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zdravje delovno aktivnih in starejših odraslih | health of working-age and older adults
ing environment (Table 1); the proportion of people in rural areas who did not
floss was statistically significantly higher than those in urban or suburban are-
as (χ test=24.116, p<0.001; CCP test, p<0.018).
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Use of interdental brushes. Among adults aged 18–74 years, 48% of adults
did not use an interdental brush. The proportions of people by frequency of in-
terdental brush use by gender and age are shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Frequency of interdental brush use in adults aged 18−74 years
by gender and age.

Use of interdental brushes
Yes (regularly) Occasionally No
All 23% 29% 48%
Men 23% 23% 54%
Gender
Women 23% 36% 41%
18–24 12% 28% 61%
25–34 12% 28% 60%
35–44 16% 39% 46%
Age (years)
45–54 21% 29% 50%
55–64 43% 23% 34%
65–74 36% 23% 41%

With regard to gender, the differences between the proportions who
did not use an interdental brush were statistically significantly lower in wo-
men than in men (χ test=16.124, p<0.001; CCP test, p<0.001). In terms of age,
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a greater proportion of adults aged 55 years or older used an interdental brush