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Share of people brushing their teeth or dentures at least twice a day in Finland in 2018, by age group

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

10,000 respondents

Age group

20 years and older

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Original wording of the question provided by the source: "Kuinka usein yleensä harjaatte hampaanne / hammasproteesinne?" Vastausvaihtoehtoina esitettiin 1) useammin kuin kaksi kertaa päivässä, 2) kaksi kertaa päivässä, 3) kerran päivässä, 4) harvemmin kuin joka päivä ja 5) en koskaan. Tarkastelussa ovat vastausvaihtoehtoihin 1) useammin kuin kaksi kertaa päivässä tai 2) kaksi kertaa päivässä vastanneiden osuus."

The source provides the following information: "Information is collected by a mail and online questionnaire.
The respondents are at least 20 years old and have permanent residency in Finland. There is no upper age limit.
The questionnaire is sent to people drawn by random sampling from the data of the Population Register Centre.
The questionnaire form is available in Finnish, Swedish, Russian and English. The survey is carried out annually at the national level (sample size 10,000). This allows processing the findings only on the national level, not by any smaller regions.
Once every four years, the sample size is expanded to enable following the changes by counties at a rough level (sample size 3,300/county)."

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This statistic shows the share of people brushing their teeth or dentures at least twice a day in Finland in 2018, by age group. According to the results of the survey, approximately ** percent of all respondents brushed their teeth at least twice a day. With roughly ** percent, the share of people aged 55 to 74 years brushing their teeth at least twice a day was two percent higher than the average.