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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 35--44 Years with No
Permanent Tooth Loss from Disease, by Race/Ethnicity* and Sex --- National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 1988--1994 and
1999--2004
* Findings based on dental examination of a sample of the civilian, non-- institutionalized population conducted as part of the National Health and
Nutrition Examination Survey. Before 1999, respondents were asked to select only one race. For 1999 and later years, respondents were asked to select one or more races.
For all years, the categories black and white include persons who reported only one racial group and exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Persons of
Mexican-American ethnicity might be any race.
† 95% confidence interval.
The proportion of adults who have never had a permanent tooth extracted because of dental caries or periodontal
disease has nearly reached the Healthy People
2010 target of 40% (objective 21-3), increasing from 30% during 1988--1994 to
38% during 1999--2004. Although still furthest from the target percentage, tooth retention among non-Hispanic blacks
improved the most compared with Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites, increasing from approximately 12% during
1988--1994 to approximately 27% during 1999--2004. Although tooth retention was similar among females (31%) and
males (29%) during 1988--1994, males significantly exceeded the
Healthy People 2010 target during 1999--2004, increasing
14 percentage points to 43%. In contrast, the observed 3% increase in tooth retention for females was not statistically
significant from 1988--1994 to 1999--2004.
US Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010 (2nd ed, in 2 vols). Washington, DC:
US Department of Health and Human Services; 2000. Available at
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople.
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