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Use of dental floss

Use of dental floss

Period: April 2010
Questions: 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 628 (68.1%) 573 (52.5%) 1 201 (59.7%)
Less than one time per day 101 (10.9%) 149 (13.7%) 250 (12.4%)
One time per day 132 (14.4%) 248 (22.7%) 380 (18.9%)
Two times per day 47 (5.1%) 93 (8.5%) 141 (7.0%)
Three or more times per day 12 (1.3%) 27 (2.5%) 39 (2.0%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 2 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.1%)
Total 922 (100.0%) 1 091 (100.0%) 2 013 (100.0%)

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