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October 10, 2006
More Dental Statistics from the CDC
Our previous entry on statistics focused primarily on international resources. What if you want to know the percentage of edentulous persons in Utah? The US data is available in various forms from the CDC. Here are some examples of information available.
CDC: National Oral Health Surveillance System: http://www.cdc.gov/nohss/
Beltran-Aguilar ED, Barker LK, Canto MT, Dye BA, Gooch BF, Griffin SO, Hyman J, Jaramillo F, Kingman A, Nowjack-Raymer R, Selwitz RH, Wu T. Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism, and Enamel Fluorosis. MMWR Surveillance Summaries 2005;54(03);1–44. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5403a1.htm
Eke, PI, Thornton-Evans GO, DDS, Beckles GL. Dental Visits Among Dentate Adults with Diabetes—United States, 1999 and 2004. MMWR, November 25, 2005;54(46):1181–1183. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5446a3.htm
Gooch BF, Eke PI, Malvitz DM. Public Health and Aging: Retention of Natural Teeth Among Older Adults -- United States, 2002. MMWR;52(50):1226–29. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5250a3.htm
Macek M, Matte T, Sinks T, Malvitz D. Blood Lead Concentrations in Children and Method of Water Fluoridation, United States, 1988–1994. Environmental Health Perspectives 2005. Available from http://dx.doi.org/* using code: 10.1289/ehp.8319.
Surveillance for Use of Preventive Health-Care Services by Older Adults, 1995-1997. MMWR, December 17, 1999;48(SS08):51–88. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4808a4.htm
Total Tooth Loss Among Persons Aged Greater Than or Equal to 65 Years — Selected States, 1995-1997. MMWR, March 19, 1999;48(10):206–210. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056723.htm
For more, check the CDC's Oral Health page [http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/index.htm] and their collection of Data Systems [http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/data_systems/index.htm]. The latter includes Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Data Resource Center (DRC), My Water's Fluoride, Oral Health Maps, and Synopses.
Posted by pfa at October 10, 2006 08:29 PM