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Use of dental floss

Use of dental floss

Period : April 2006
Question : How many times a day do you use dental floss?


Frequency Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Never used or do not currently use dental floss 676 (71.4%) 634 (57.6%) 1 310 (64.0%)
Less than one time per day 95 (10.1%) 126 (11.4%) 221 (10.8%)
One time per day 127 (13.5%) 236 (21.5%) 364 (17.8%)
Two times per day 36 (3.8%) 70 (6.4%) 107 (5.2%)
Three or more times per day 9 (1.0%) 26 (2.4%) 36 (1.7%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 2 (0.2%) 8 (0.8%) 11 (0.5%)
Total 946 (100.0%) 1 101 (100.0%) 2 047 (100.0%)

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