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Table 2 Percentage of households reporting unmet needs for dental examination or treatment in 2014

From: What should we expect from Switzerland’s compulsory dental insurance reform?

Region of residence

% households reporting unmet dental needs

% households in the first quartile of Swiss income distribution

% households reporting unmet needs in the first quartile of regional income distribution

Sample size

Lake Geneva (VD, VS, GE)

7.8

27.1

19.8

1154

Middleland (BE, FR, SO, NE, JU)

3.2

25.3

7.8

1695

North-west Switzerland (BS, BL, AG)

3.5

22.1

10.0

953

Zurich (ZH)

2.7

22.2

8.9

1128

East Switzerland (GL, SH, AR, AI, SG,GR, TG)

3.7

27.4

6.4

857

Central Switzerland (LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, ZG)

1.7

22.3

4.1

660

Ticino (TI)

9.3

39.3

16.4

253

Total

4.1

25.2

10.6

6700

  1. Source: Swiss Household Panel, year 2014
  2. Notes: data have been weighted to the Swiss population; income refers to yearly household equivalized income (SKOS equivalence scale)