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May 26, 2006
Most Requested Dental Statistics
There are two particular statistics I am asked for on a fairly frequent basis -- 1) caries prevalence in various countries; and 2) distribution of dentists comparied to population for various countries. I thought perhaps it would help folks find them more easily if I post them here.
Global Statistics about Caries
WHO Oral Health Country/Area Profile Programme: http://www.whocollab.od.mah.se/index.html
- Oral Health Profiles for Countries Listed in Alphabetical Order
- Oral Health Profiles for Countries Listed According to WHO Regions
- Significant Caries Index (selected countries)
- Systemic & Oral Health
- Oral diseases and Related factors
- Tobacco & Oral diseases
International Statistics about the Dental Workforce
Global Atlas of the Health Workforce: http://www.who.int/globalatlas/DataQuery/default.asp
- Dentists, total, by country (by year and most recent)
- Dentists per 100,000 population (by year and most recent)
More International Health Statistics
FYI, WHOSIS, the statistical system from the World Health Organization, is in the process of a substantial change. For a brief time, you can still access both systems.
WHOSIS (WHO Statistical Information System): World Health Statistics 2006: http://www.who.int/whosis/en/
Posted by pfa at May 26, 2006 04:10 PM