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Table 3 Prevalence and measures of inequality for non-use dental care, according to the education level among men

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in the non-use of dental care in Europe

 

Prevalence of non-use of dental care (%)

Measures of social inequalities in non-use

 

Primary education

Secondary education

Tertiary education

Diff (1)

RCI (2)

RII (3)

(95% CI)

Austria

4.2

2.8

2.2

2.0

−0.076

1.73

0.93--3.23

Belgium

3.7

2.1

1.2

2.5

−0.249

4.27

2.08-8.73

Cyprus

15.2

14.8

7.0

8.2

−0.074

2.22

1.63-3.03

Czech Republic

6.1

4.2

2.7

3.4

−0.099

2.13

1.24-3.67

Denmark

12.2

4.7

3.6

8.6

−0.271

6.78

4.00-11.48

Estonia

22.2

13.6

8.4

13.8

−0.088

3.39

2.57-4.48

Spain

8.2

5.2

4.7

3.5

−0.135

2.63

2.01-3.44

Finland

4.7

3.3

1.5

3.2

−0.192

4.31

2.49-7.45

France

9.4

6.8

4.2

5.2

−0.116

3.03

2.25-4.08

Greece

8.9

4.4

4.2

4.7

−0.183

3.57

2.37-5.38

Hungary

14.5

11.0

7.4

7.1

−0.073

2.21

1.71-2.86

Ireland

5.0

2.3

3.5

1.5

−0.092

1.42

0.81-2.48

Iceland

13.8

9.3

10.8

3.0

−0.096

2.20

1.33-3.63

Italy

10.6

7.9

6.2

4.4

−0.097

2.27

1.89-2.72

Lithuania

15.3

9.4

6.8

8.5

−0.078

2.77

1.86-4.13

Luxembourg

4.1

3.5

2.3

1.8

−0.103

2.67

1.42-5.02

Latvia

32.4

20.3

14.3

18.1

−0.107

3.42

2.66-4.40

The Netherlands

8.9

10.8

9.9

−1.0

−0.067

0.85

0.60-1.20

Norway

13.0

8.5

4.8

8.2

−0.192

3.07

2.04-4.62

Poland

13.4

12.0

11.0

2.4

−0.039

1.21

1.00-1.46

Portugal

5.2

2.6

0.9

4.3

−0.173

8.45

3.10-23.00

Sweden

14.8

12.3

8.6

6.2

−0.092

2.08

1.45-2.97

Slovak Republic

14.6

5.1

1.9

12.7

−0.109

11.5

6.28-20.96

United Kingdom

3.9

4.7

4.1

−0.2

−0.005

1.14

0.73-1.78

  1. Calculated by the authors.
  2. Abbreviations: EU-SILC European Union Survey Statistic on Income and Living Conditions, Diff Difference, RCI Relative Concentration Index, RII Relative Inequality Index, CI Confidence Interval.
  3. Eurostat, EU-SILC 2007.