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NIDCR/CDC
Dental, Oral and Craniofacial
Data Resource Center
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Data Tables for Oral Health Indicators
Distribution of U.S. adult population with dental and/or health insurance by selected demographic characteristics
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Characteristics |
With Dental Insurance |
With Any Health Insurance* |
BRFSS 1997 |
BRFSS 2001 |
BRFSS 1997 |
BRFSS 2001 |
N=28,504
Percent (95% C I) |
N=30,549
Percent (95% C I) |
N=118,650
Percent (95% C I) |
N=185,895
Percent (95% C I) |
Total |
55.70 (55.06, 56.35) |
61.02 (60.38, 61.66) |
85.88 (85.56, 86.20) |
86.19 (85.91, 86.47) |
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Age |
18–34 |
58.09 (56.88, 59.31) |
67.29 (66.04, 68.54) |
77.29 (76.57, 78.01) |
77.91 (77.29, 78.54) |
35–54 |
64.03 (63.04, 65.02) |
71.17 (70.23, 72.12) |
86.53 (86.05, 87.01) |
86.41 (85.96, 86.85) |
55+ |
41.67 (40.53, 42.82) |
41.63 (40.52, 42.73) |
94.51 (94.15, 94.87) |
94.40 (94.07, 94.73) |
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Race/ethnicity |
Non-Hispanic white |
56.39 (55.69, 57.09) |
60.70 (60.01, 61.39) |
89.07 (88.77, 89.37) |
90.00 (89.76, 90.25) |
Non-Hispanic black |
60.83 (58.86, 62.81) |
66.34 (63.97, 68.72) |
81.77 (80.70, 82.83) |
81.59 (80.63, 82.55) |
Hispanic |
46.20 (44.10, 48.30) |
54.10 (50.45, 57.76) |
69.25 (67.66, 70.84) |
69.76 (68.41, 71.10) |
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Gender |
Male |
56.67 (55.67, 57.66) |
62.21 (61.23, 63.19) |
84.71 (84.19, 85.23) |
84.97 (84.51, 85.43) |
Female |
54.81 (53.98, 55.63) |
59.92 (59.08, 60.76) |
86.96 (86.57, 87.35) |
87.32 (86.98, 87.66) |
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Education |
Less than 12th grade |
32.85 (31.11, 34.58) |
40.00 (37.91, 42.09) |
73.60 (72.39, 74.80) |
70.46 (69.26, 71.65) |
12th grade |
53.51 (52.38, 54.64) |
56.84 (55.69, 57.99) |
83.90 (83.32, 84.47) |
84.14 (83.64, 84.64) |
More than 12th grade |
63.15 (62.32, 63.98) |
67.65 (66.85, 68.44) |
90.22 (89.86, 90.58) |
91.00 (90.71, 91.29) |
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Family annual income |
Less than $15,000 |
31.52 (29.66, 33.38) |
38.94 (36.41, 41.48) |
69.57 (68.23, 70.91) |
71.69 (70.47, 72.91) |
$15,000–$24,999 |
40.60 (39.09, 42.12) |
40.61 (38.96, 42.27) |
76.47 (75.58, 77.36) |
74.23 (73.33, 75.14) |
$25,000–$34,999 |
54.07 (52.40, 55.75) |
56.70 (54.97, 58.42) |
85.62 (84.80, 86.44) |
84.15 (83.37, 84.93) |
$35,000–$49,999 |
67.78 (66.35, 69.22) |
68.91 (67.52, 70.30) |
92.30 (91.71, 92.88) |
90.39 (89.82, 90.97) |
More than $50,000 |
74.90 (73.81, 76.00) |
78.62 (77.66, 79.58) |
96.10 (95.74, 96.46) |
95.72 (95.43, 96.02) |
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Note: The health insurance data shown were obtained in the BRFSS core survey and thus comes from all states. The dental insurance data for 1997 come from the following 20 self-selected states and is thus not nationally representative: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia. The 2001 dental insurance data come from the following 14 self-selected states: Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Data source: 1997 and 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
* Any health insurance includes medical or dental insurance.
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