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All natural teeth missing by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1998-2007

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Sex Year 1st Quintile
% (95% CI)
2nd Quintile
% (95% CI)
3rd Quintile
% (95% CI)
4th Quintile
% (95% CI)
5th Quintile
% (95% CI)
NSW
% (95% CI)
Males 1998 17.7 (10.9-24.5) 20.4 (14.4-26.3) 25.6 (18.8-32.4) 26.7 (21.3-32.1) 29.7 (22.1-37.3) 24.2 (21.3-27.0)
2002 9.8 (4.4-15.2) 23.2 (14.3-32.0) 19.9 (13.4-26.3) 20.6 (16.1-25.2) 25.4 (19.6-31.3) 20.7 (17.9-23.5)
2003 8.0 (2.4-13.6) 12.6 (7.2-18.0) 22.2 (14.5-29.8) 23.9 (19.5-28.2) 17.6 (10.6-24.6) 18.6 (15.8-21.5)
2004 7.1 (1.6-12.6) 18.3 (11.3-25.4) 17.3 (10.5-24.1) 23.3 (17.2-29.5) 34.2 (24.8-43.6) 19.8 (16.5-23.0)
2005 12.7 (7.6-17.8) 17.5 (11.8-23.1) 17.0 (12.0-22.1) 15.7 (11.4-20.0) 16.6 (11.2-21.9) 15.7 (13.4-17.9)
2006 11.6 (5.8-17.4) 9.7 (5.1-14.4) 16.3 (10.0-22.5) 14.2 (8.9-19.5) 24.1 (17.0-31.2) 15.2 (12.6-17.8)
2007 13.7 (7.7-19.7) 15.5 (9.7-21.3) 19.9 (13.2-26.6) 21.3 (15.0-27.6) 17.5 (11.5-23.6) 17.4 (14.7-20.2)
Females 1998 29.6 (23.0-36.2) 36.0 (29.9-42.2) 45.0 (38.9-51.2) 46.7 (41.4-51.9) 47.9 (41.4-54.3) 40.6 (37.9-43.3)
2002 22.5 (13.9-31.0) 23.6 (17.2-29.9) 30.1 (24.5-35.8) 37.6 (32.6-42.6) 38.1 (32.0-44.1) 32.1 (29.3-35.0)
2003 13.5 (7.3-19.7) 23.4 (17.1-29.6) 35.6 (29.6-41.5) 36.5 (32.3-40.6) 39.0 (32.4-45.6) 31.0 (28.4-33.5)
2004 15.8 (9.9-21.8) 27.3 (20.8-33.9) 30.7 (24.4-37.0) 31.8 (26.2-37.4) 46.6 (38.4-54.9) 30.4 (27.3-33.4)
2005 18.0 (12.1-23.9) 25.6 (20.1-31.0) 28.5 (23.6-33.5) 28.6 (23.9-33.2) 35.8 (29.8-41.9) 26.9 (24.5-29.2)
2006 13.3 (8.2-18.5) 23.4 (17.2-29.6) 26.5 (20.9-32.1) 25.6 (20.5-30.7) 31.3 (24.6-38.1) 23.8 (21.2-26.3)
2007 15.4 (10.0-20.8) 25.0 (18.4-31.5) 26.2 (20.4-32.0) 28.5 (23.4-33.7) 31.0 (23.9-38.0) 25.8 (23.1-28.5)
Persons 1998 24.8 (20.0-29.7) 29.0 (24.5-33.5) 36.1 (31.5-40.8) 37.3 (33.4-41.2) 39.8 (34.8-44.8) 33.3 (31.3-35.4)
2002 16.6 (11.3-22.0) 23.4 (18.0-28.8) 25.6 (21.3-29.9) 29.7 (26.2-33.2) 32.5 (28.1-36.9) 26.9 (24.9-28.9)
2003 11.4 (7.0-15.9) 18.7 (14.4-23.0) 29.1 (24.4-33.9) 30.8 (27.7-33.8) 29.3 (24.4-34.1) 25.5 (23.6-27.4)
2004 11.8 (7.7-16.0) 23.2 (18.3-28.0) 24.9 (20.3-29.6) 28.0 (23.9-32.2) 40.8 (34.6-47.1) 25.6 (23.3-27.8)
2005 15.5 (11.5-19.4) 22.0 (18.0-25.9) 23.3 (19.7-26.8) 23.0 (19.7-26.3) 27.3 (23.1-31.6) 21.8 (20.2-23.5)
2006 12.5 (8.7-16.4) 17.3 (13.2-21.4) 22.0 (17.8-26.2) 20.5 (16.8-24.2) 27.8 (22.9-32.8) 19.9 (18.0-21.7)
2007 14.6 (10.5-18.6) 20.4 (15.9-24.8) 23.6 (19.2-28.0) 25.5 (21.5-29.6) 25.0 (20.1-29.9) 22.0 (20.1-24.0)


Note: Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1998 (3,399), 2002 (3,420), 2003 (3,576), 2004 (2,589), 2005 (3,387), 2006 (2,388), 2007 (2,292). The indicator includes those who had all their natural teeth missing. Natural teeth does not include dentures but includes wisdom teeth. The question used to define the indicator was: Are any of your natural teeth missing?
Source: New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Produced by: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 1 July 2008

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