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Table 4 Odds ratios (OR) with 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) from age-period and age-cohort models: Avoided or delayed visiting the dentist in <12 months because of cost

From: Trends in dental visiting avoidance due to cost in Australia, 1994 to 2010: an age-period-cohort analysis

  

Age-period model

  

Age-cohort model

 

Parameter

OR

(95% CI)

P-value

OR

(95% CI)

P-value

Agea

      

5-9

0.17

(0.14, 0.22)

0.000

0.15

(0.10, 0.22)

0.000

10-14

0.22

(0.18, 0.27)

0.000

0.20

(0.14, 0.27)

0.000

15-19

0.34

(0.28, 0.42)

0.000

0.30

(0.22, 0.40)

0.000

20-24

0.79

(0.66, 0.95)

0.014

0.70

(0.56, 0.87)

0.001

25-29

1.15

(0.96, 1.36)

0.130

1.08

(0.90, 1.29)

0.413

30-34

ref.

–

–

ref.

–

-

35-39

0.90

(0.76, 1.06)

0.198

0.96

(0.81, 1.14)

0.623

40-44

0.88

(0.75, 1.04)

0.129

1.06

(0.88, 1.27)

0.545

45-49

0.78

(0.66, 0.91)

0.002

1.00

(0.81, 1.23)

0.983

50-54

0.61

(0.52, 0.72)

0.000

0.87

(0.69, 1.10)

0.250

55-59

0.51

(0.43, 0.60)

0.000

0.82

(0.63, 1.06)

0.134

60-64

0.37

(0.30, 0.44)

0.000

0.63

(0.47, 0.85)

0.003

65-69

0.29

(0.24, 0.36)

0.000

0.54

(0.39, 0.76)

0.000

70-74

0.29

(0.22, 0.36)

0.000

0.61

(0.41, 0.91)

0.016

75-79

0.20

(0.15, 0.26)

0.000

0.49

(0.30, 0.79)

0.004

80-84

0.10

(0.06, 0.15)

0.000

0.29

(0.16, 0.53)

0.000

85-89

0.13

(0.06, 0.29)

0.000

0.51

(0.19, 1.35)

0.174

90-94

0.04

(0.01, 0.16)

0.000

0.22

(0.05, 1.03)

0.054

95-99

–

–

–

–

–

–

Period b

      

1994

ref.

–

–

–

–

–

1999

1.17

(1.04, 1.31)

0.010

–

–

–

2004

1.39

(1.26, 1.54)

0.000

–

–

–

2010

1.22

(1.09, 1.37)

0.000

–

–

–

Cohort c

      

1900-1904

–

–

–

–

–

–

1905-1909

–

–

–

0.06

(0.01, 0.60)

0.016

1910-1914

–

–

–

0.26

(0.08, 0.83)

0.023

1915-1919

–

–

–

0.39

(0.20, 0.78)

0.008

1920-1924

–

–

–

0.37

(0.22, 0.60)

0.000

1925-1929

–

–

–

0.52

(0.34, 0.79)

0.002

1930-1934

–

–

–

0.60

(0.42, 0.86)

0.005

1935-1939

–

–

–

0.68

(0.49, 0.93)

0.016

1940-1944

–

–

–

0.71

(0.53, 0.94)

0.019

1945-1949

–

–

–

0.72

(0.56, 0.92)

0.008

1950-1954

–

–

–

0.81

(0.65, 1.01)

0.056

1955-1959

–

–

–

1.00

(0.83, 1.21)

0.995

1960-1964

–

–

–

1.05

(0.90, 1.23)

0.522

1965-1969

–

–

–

ref.

–

-

1970-1974

–

–

–

1.26

(1.06, 1.50)

0.008

1975-1979

–

–

–

1.30

(1.05, 1.60)

0.015

1980-1984

–

–

–

1.33

(1.02, 1.74)

0.037

1985-1989

–

–

–

1.32

(0.96, 1.82)

0.089

1990-1994

–

–

–

1.30

(0.93, 1.83)

0.130

1995-1999

–

–

–

1.22

(0.83, 1.79)

0.321

2000-2004

–

–

–

1.56

(0.97, 2.53)

0.069

  1. aReference level = age group 30–34 years.
  2. bReference level = year 1994.
  3. cReference level = birth cohort 1965–69.
  4. Note: Model has been adjusted for sex and household income tertile.