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Use of dental floss

Use of dental floss

Period : October 2004
Question : How many times a day do you use dental floss?


Frequency Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Never used dental floss 737 (74.2%) 631 (57.6%) 1 368 (65.5%)
Less than one time per day 84 (8.5%) 126 (11.5%) 210 (10.1%)
One time per day 120 (12.1%) 244 (22.2%) 363 (17.4%)
Two times per day 41 (4.1%) 71 (6.5%) 112 (5.3%)
Three or more times per day 12 (1.2%) 23 (2.1%) 35 (1.7%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.1%) 1 (<0.05%)
Total 993 (100.0%) 1 095 (100.0%) 2 088 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.