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Data Tables for Oral Health Indicators

Untreated dental caries prevalence among children (aged 2–4 and 6–8 years), adolescents (aged 12–15 years) and adults (aged 35–44 years) by selected demographic characteristics

 

Percentage of Untreated Decay (dt/DT) (95% C I)

Age 2–4 Years

Age 6–8 Years

Age 12–15 Years

Age 35–44 Years

Total

16.25 (14.20, 18.31)

28.45 (24.99, 31.91)

17.87 (14.93, 20.81)

26.12 (23.60, 28.65)

Race/ethnicity

       

Non-Hispanic white

11.15 (8.74, 13.55)

22.37 (17.97, 26.76)

14.64 (11.03, 18.26)

21.90 (18.87, 24.93)

Non-Hispanic black

22.25 (18.13, 26.37)

35.12 (31.93, 38.31)

28.35 (23.38, 33.31)

45.92 (41.60, 50.25)

Mexican American

30.22 (27.61, 32.83)

47.16 (40.89, 53.43)

29.77 (25.59, 33.95)

33.49 (29.91, 37.08)

American Indian/Alaska Native*

68 (NA)

72 (NA)

69 (NA)

68 (NA)

Gender

       

Male

16.77 (14.08, 19.27)

25.37 (21.04, 29.69)

17.13 (13.92, 20.35)

28.55 (25.05, 32.04)

Female

15.71 (12.87, 18.54)

32.02 (27.07, 36.98)

18.64 (14.03, 23.25)

23.96 (20.29, 27.62)

Federal poverty level (FPL)

       

Below FPL

25.90 (21.27, 30.53)

47.32 (40.93, 53.70)

30.18 (22.02, 38.35)

50.74 (45.71, 55.76)

At or above FPL

11.86 (10.08, 13.63)

21.63 (17.74, 25.52)

14.57 (11.43, 17.71)

23.07 (20.36, 25.78)

Education**

       

Less than 12th grade

25.73 (20.77, 30.70)

44.33 (37.43, 51.23)

29.83 (24.81, 34.85)

47.57 (41.12, 54.01)

12th grade

16.56 (14.00, 19.12)

30.06 (24.03, 36.10)

20.58 (15.34, 25.81)

33.14 (28.81, 37.48)

Greater than 12th grade

9.90 (7.56, 12.25)

17.71 (12.73, 22.69)

8.58 (5.48, 11.67)

15.50 (13.00, 18.00)

Below FPL

       

Non-Hispanic white

23.29 (14.17, 32.41)

43.95 (32.02, 55.89)

26.35 (11.74, 40.97)

48.60 (38.10, 59.10)

Non-Hispanic black

23.69 (19.21, 28.16)

39.98 (32.97, 46.99)

31.35 (24.23, 38.46)

57.36 (49.55, 65.18)

Mexican American

33.07 (28.21, 37.94)

56.02 (48.23, 63.80)

40.50 (31.98, 49.03)

54.02 (45.27, 62.77)

At or Above FPL

       

Non-Hispanic white

8.82 (6.78, 10.86)

18.04 (13.12, 22.96)

12.79 (9.29, 16.31)

20.31 (17.14, 23.47)

Non-Hispanic black

20.63 (15.00, 26.26)

31.63 (25.34, 37.92)

28.19 (21.69, 34.68)

42.39 (36.87, 47.91)

Mexican American

26.50 (19.65, 33.36)

38.88 (27.74, 50.02)

19.47 (13.07, 25.88)

22.16 (18.27, 26.05)

* Data are for the Indian Health Service areas for 1999. NA: Not available.

** For children and adolescents this variable represents the education of the head of household; for persons aged 35
to 44 this variable represents the sample person’s education.

Data source: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 1988–1994, National Center
for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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