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Table 1 Distribution environmental performance indicators and early childhood caries in 3–5-year-old children in the 61 countries included in the study

From: An ecological study of the association between environmental indicators and early childhood caries

Factors

Percent score

Mean (SD)

Early childhood caries prevalence

55.54 (22.14)

Household solid fuels

61.40 (32.23)

PM2.5 exposure

81.82 (25.61)

PM2.5 exceedance

82.63 (22.36)

Sanitation

65.27 (28.15)

Drinking water

64.55 (28.18)

Lead exposure

63.07 (23.91)

Marine protected areas

87.05 (14.49)

Terrestrial biome protection (National)

77.71 (27.00)

Terrestrial biome protection (Global)

76.93 (27.61)

Species protection index

79.56 (23.86)

Protected area representativeness index

48.34 (24.23)

Species habitat index

77.36 (18.40)

Tree cover loss

22.29 (20.07)

Fish stock status

60.64 (23.93)

Regional marine trophic index

50.94 (25.33)

CO2 emission intensity – total

47.96 (17.09)

CO2 emission intensity – power

46.87 (20.95)

Methane emission intensity

68.48 (19.44)

N2O emission intensity

57.71 (19.17)

Black carbon emission intensity

55.93 (21.32)

SO2 emission intensity

53.66 (25.18)

NOX emission intensity

50.91 (23.73)

Wastewater treatment

74.41 (30.20)

Sustainable nitrogen management index

38.03 (17.35)