From: Dental health status, dentist visiting, and dental insurance of Asian immigrants in Canada
Characteristic | Canadian born residences (n = 26,099) (%) # | Non-Asian immigrants (n = 6767) (%)# | Asian immigrants (n = 5069) (%)# | Recent Asian immigrants (n = 1937) (%)# | Long-term Asian immigrants (n = 3131) (%)# | Overall Canadian (n = 37,935) (%)# |
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Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
12–19 | 13.09 | 4.44 | 8.02 | 13.68 | 4.52E | 10.87 |
20–29 | 19.45 | 9.27 | 16.46 | 24.47 | 11.50 | 17.24 |
30–39 | 15.07 | 15.50 | 20.21 | 29.77 | 14.30 | 15.84 |
40–49 | 16.11 | 17.33 | 24.67 | 21.11 | 26.87 | 17.47 |
50–59 | 17.75 | 19.53 | 15.89 | 5.63 F | 22.23 | 17.82 |
60-high | 18.54 | 33.93 | 14.76 | 5.35Â F | 20.58 | 20.78 |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 48.86 | 49.67 | 48.94 | 47.62 | 49.75 | 49.02 |
Female | 51.14 | 50.32 | 51.06 | 52.38 | 50.25 | 50.98 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Married/Common-law | 53.95 | 66.87 | 69.53 | 64.53 | 72.62 | 58.34 |
Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 10.35 | 15.49 | 5.73 | 2.73E | 7.58 | 10.65 |
Single/Never married | 35.70 | 17.64 | 24.74 | 32.74 | 19.80 | 31.01 |
Education(household) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Less than secondary | 17.37 | 16.53 | 14.36 | 15.51 | 13.64 | 16.82 |
Secondary/ Some secondary | 26.64 | 25.29 | 22.72 | 23.20 | 22.42 | 25.88 |
Post-secondary | 55.99 | 58.18 | 62.92 | 61.29 | 63.93 | 57.31 |
Household income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
≤$39,999 | 18.68 | 27.05 | 25.78 | 31.81 | 22.05 | 21.12 |
$40,000–79,999 | 30.47 | 32.66 | 39.26 | 41.96 | 37.59 | 32.03 |
≥$80,000 | 50.86 | 40.30 | 34.96 | 26.23 | 40.36 | 46.85 |
Smoking status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Current smoker | 20.32 | 13.90 | 8.97 | 10.04 | 8.31 | 17.66 |
Non-smoker | 79.68 | 86.10 | 91.03 | 89.96 | 91.69 | 82.34 |
Diabetes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 5.35 | 7.56 | 7.76 | 3.06E | 10.66 | 6.07 |
No | 94.65 | 92.44 | 92.24 | 96.94 | 89.34 | 93.93 |
Heavy drinker | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 15.18 | 6.54 | 2.64E | 2.36Â F | 2.81E | 11.96 |
No | 84.82 | 93.46 | 97.36 | 97.64 | 97.19 | 88.04 |
Knowledge of official languages | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Either English/French | NA | 95.62 | 93.62 | 91.25 | 95.09 | 29.57 |
Neither English/French | NA | 4.38 | 6.38E | 8.75E | 4.91E | 1.63 |
Frequency of brush teeth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
≥ 2/day | 79.39 | 82.20 | 86.64 | 83.35 | 88.68 | 80.86 |
< 2/day | 20.54 | 17.59 | 13.36 | 16.65 | 11.32 | 19.05 |
Others‡ | 0.07E | 0.21 F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |