Providing dental insurance can positively impact oral health outcomes in Ontario

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of Ontarians in the 2013–2014 Canadian Community Health Survey. Proportions with 95% confidence intervals are reported

	Proportion in population	Proportion with insurance
Age
12 to 17	8.2 (7.7–8.6)	78.3 (75.7–80.9)
18 to 34	26.4 (25.6–27.2)	66.2 (64.4–68.0)
35 to 49	24.0 (23.1–24.9)	75.9 (73.9–77.9)
50 to 64	24.3 (23.5–25.2)	72.2 (70.5–74.0)
65 years or more	17.1 (16.6–17.6)	38.2 (36.7–39.8)
Sex
Male	48.9 (48.0–49.8)	67.1 (65.8–68.4)
Female	51.1 (50.2–52.0)	65.3 (64.1–66.5)
Dental Insurance
No	33.8 (32.9–34.7)	NA
Yes	66.2 (65.3–67.1)	NA
Household income quintile
Lowest	20.0 (19.2–20.8)	44.2 (41.9–46.6)
Lower middle	20.0 (19.3–20.8)	56.2 (54.1–58.3)
Middle	20.0 (19.3–20.8)	68.6 (66.7–70.5)
Upper middle	20.0 (19.3–20.8)	78.9 (77.3–80.5)
Highest	19.9 (19.2–20.6)	83.1 (81.7–84.5)
Highest household education
< Than Secondary	5.8 (5.4–6.2)	34.2 (31.1–37.3)
Secondary graduate	12.5 (11.9–13.1)	55.7 (53.3–58.2)
Some post secondary	3.3 (2.9–3.7)	59.6 (53.7–65.6)
Post secondary graduate	78.4 (77.7–79.2)	70.5 (69.5–71.5)
Self-reported general health
Excellent	21.0 (20.3–21.8)	70.5 (68.7–72.3)
Very good	38.5 (37.6–39.4)	70.4 (69.1–71.8)
Good	28.7 (27.9–29.6)	62.7 (61.0–64.5)
Fair	8.4 (7.9–8.9)	55.3 (52.4–58.3)
Poor	3.4 (3.0–3.7)	47.1 (41.7–52.5)
Has at least one of own teeth
No	4.7 (4.3–5.0)	36.0 (32.3–39.7)
Yes	95.3 (95.0–95.7)	67.7 (66.8–68.6)

There are 42,553 individuals sampled representing 11,682,112 Ontarians. Missing data was imputed to provide population level estimates

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