Do you brush your teeth at least twice a day?(one before sleeping)

4.4 million Portuguese (65.0%) have reported to brush their teeth at least twice a day

Teeth brushing at least twice a day was more frequent...

...and in the persons with more education.

Educational level0

60

40

20

100

80

21,9%

None or 1st cycle

2nd or 3rd cycle

Secondary school

Higher education

Infographic

Oral healthPopulation living in Portugal in 201525-74 years

...in Algarve and Lisbon and Tagus Valley,

MADEIRA

AZORES

72.4%

57.9%60.4%

49.0%

75.7%

65.7%

75.8%0 5 25 100

0 5 10 20

0 35 70 140

N

Km

Km

Km

71.5%25-34

0 20 40 60 80

Age

gro

up (y

ears

) 35-44 70.9%

45-54 62.7%

55-64 61.4%

65-74 56.6%

...in women,

…in the age group 25-34 years,

…among employed persons,

National Health Institute Dr. Ricardo Jorge

Av. Padre Cruz | 1649-016 L isbon | Portuga l

info@insa.min -saude.pt | www. insa .pt

Department of Epidemiology

Source: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4795

For more information: www.insef.pt

5 in 10 (53.9%)

7 in 10 (71.5%)

68.2% Employed

Unemployed 65.7%

47.9%

61.4%

74.7%84.6%

Inquérito Nacional de Saúde comExame Físico 2013-2016

INSA has developed in 2015 the first national HES (INSEF) to collect epidemiological information on the health state, health determinants and healthcare of the Portuguese population.

Without professional activity

57.4%