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Oral health
Hospital separations for removal or restoration of teeth in adults

Hospital separations for removal and restoration of teeth by sex, persons of all ages and 15 years and over, NSW 1989-90 to 2004-05
  Procedure Age (years) Sex 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95
Number Restoration of teeth 15 years and over Males 199 253 265 279 309 262
      Females 298 362 405 419 471 421
      Persons 497 615 670 698 780 683
    All ages Males 524 720 838 766 897 740
      Females 616 798 814 905 972 832
      Persons 1140 1518 1653 1671 1869 1572
  Removal of teeth 15 years and over Males 4773 4943 5368 5610 5382 5238
      Females 8359 9044 9607 9997 9766 9325
      Persons 13132 13987 14975 15607 15148 14563
    All ages Males 5909 6027 6470 6726 6423 6240
      Females 9596 10176 10721 11221 10876 10352
      Persons 15505 16203 17191 17947 17299 16592
  Total 15 years and over Males 4972 5195 5633 5889 5691 5500
      Females 8657 9406 10012 10416 10237 9746
      Persons 13629 14602 15645 16305 15928 15246
    All ages Males 6433 6747 7308 7492 7320 6980
      Females 10212 10974 11535 12126 11848 11184
      Persons 16645 17721 18844 19618 19168 18164
Rate Restoration of teeth 15 years and over Males 8.4 10.6 11.2 11.5 12.8 10.7
per 100,000     Females 12.8 15.5 17.0 17.9 19.9 17.7
population     Persons 10.7 13.0 14.1 14.7 16.3 14.2
    All ages Males 16.8 22.8 26.4 23.9 28.0 23.0
      Females 20.5 26.4 26.7 29.8 31.8 27.1
      Persons 18.7 24.6 26.6 26.8 29.9 25.1
  Removal of teeth 15 years and over Males 187.4 194.1 210.7 220.6 213.1 207.1
      Females 330.4 357.6 378.0 395.9 388.1 371.0
      Persons 257.4 273.9 292.7 306.7 299.1 287.7
    All ages Males 184.9 188.5 202.0 210.1 201.7 195.5
      Females 304.2 322.2 337.4 355.2 345.0 328.4
      Persons 243.3 253.8 268.4 281.3 272.1 260.9
  Total 15 years and over Males 195.9 204.7 221.9 232.1 226.0 217.8
      Females 343.2 373.1 395.1 413.8 408.0 388.7
      Persons 268.0 286.9 306.9 321.4 315.4 301.9
    All ages Males 201.7 211.4 228.4 234.0 229.7 218.5
      Females 324.7 348.6 364.1 385.0 376.8 355.5
      Persons 261.9 278.4 295.0 308.2 302.0 286.0

  Procedure Age (years) Sex 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01
Number Restoration of teeth 15 years and over Males 293 296 326 241 279 234
      Females 453 454 546 407 408 415
      Persons 746 756 872 648 687 649
    All ages Males 812 714 777 841 945 925
      Females 922 832 1006 904 1048 1092
      Persons 1734 1552 1783 1745 1993 2017
  Removal of teeth 15 years and over Males 5720 5971 5974 6261 6560 6609
      Females 9801 9807 9472 9838 10123 10251
      Persons 15521 15796 15446 16099 16683 16860
    All ages Males 6958 7455 7517 7971 8304 8401
      Females 10999 11403 11045 11450 11886 11902
      Persons 17957 18876 18562 19421 20190 20303
  Total 15 years and over Males 6013 6267 6300 6502 6839 6843
      Females 10254 10261 10018 10245 10531 10666
      Persons 16267 16552 16318 16747 17370 17509
    All ages Males 7770 8169 8294 8812 9249 9326
      Females 11921 12235 12051 12354 12934 12994
      Persons 19691 20428 20345 21166 22183 22320
Rate Restoration of teeth 15 years and over Males 12.0 12.2 13.2 9.6 11.0 9.1
per 100,000     Females 18.9 18.5 22.0 16.1 16.0 16.0
population     Persons 15.4 15.5 17.6 12.9 13.5 12.5
    All ages Males 25.2 22.2 24.0 25.5 28.6 27.7
      Females 29.9 26.7 31.9 28.4 32.8 33.9
      Persons 27.5 24.6 27.9 27.0 30.7 30.8
  Removal of teeth 15 years and over Males 226.2 235.2 235.9 246.2 256.5 256.1
      Females 388.8 389.4 376.7 391.3 400.6 401.4
      Persons 306.2 311.5 305.3 317.7 327.2 327.5
    All ages Males 217.8 232.1 234.2 247.2 256.2 257.0
      Females 347.8 360.7 349.7 362.3 374.2 370.9
      Persons 281.8 295.7 291.1 303.9 314.1 313.0
  Total 15 years and over Males 238.2 247.4 249.1 255.8 267.4 265.1
      Females 407.7 407.9 398.7 407.4 416.5 417.5
      Persons 321.6 327.0 322.8 330.6 340.7 340.0
    All ages Males 243.0 254.3 258.2 272.7 284.7 284.7
      Females 377.7 387.4 381.6 390.7 406.9 404.9
      Persons 309.3 320.2 319.0 330.9 344.8 343.8

  Procedure Age (years) Sex 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Number Restoration of teeth 15 years and over Males 295 236 225 198
      Females 484 406 371 344
      Persons 779 642 596 541
    All ages Males 1080 1126 1192 1185
      Females 1279 1265 1188 1190
      Persons 2359 2391 2381 2375
  Removal of teeth 15 years and over Males 8054 8512 8473 9006
      Females 12465 12615 12588 12980
      Persons 20519 21127 21061 21986
    All ages Males 10093 10561 10561 11346
      Females 14326 14588 14553 15216
      Persons 24419 25149 25114 26563
  Total 15 years and over Males 8349 8748 8698 9204
      Females 12949 13021 12959 13323
      Persons 21298 21769 21657 22526
    All ages Males 11173 11687 11753 12531
      Females 15605 15853 15741 16406
      Persons 26778 27540 27495 28936
Rate Restoration of teeth 15 years and over Males 11.3 8.9 8.4 7.3
per 100,000     Females 18.5 15.4 14.0 12.8
population     Persons 14.9 12.1 11.2 10.0
    All ages Males 32.3 33.8 36.0 35.8
      Females 39.7 39.4 37.3 37.3
      Persons 35.9 36.6 36.7 36.6
  Removal of teeth 15 years and over Males 308.8 323.4 319.1 336.7
      Females 484.5 486.2 481.0 493.9
      Persons 395.3 403.5 398.7 413.7
    All ages Males 305.9 318.4 316.5 338.2
      Females 443.3 448.6 444.6 463.5
      Persons 373.5 382.5 379.5 399.6
  Total 15 years and over Males 320.1 332.3 327.5 344.0
      Females 503.0 501.5 495.0 506.6
      Persons 410.2 415.6 409.9 423.7
    All ages Males 338.2 352.2 352.5 374.0
      Females 482.9 488.0 481.8 500.7
      Persons 409.5 419.1 416.2 436.1

Hospitalisations for removal and restoration of teeth by hospital type, persons of all ages and 15 years and over, NSW 2000-01 to 2004-05
  Procedure Hospital type Age (years) 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05
Number Restoration of teeth Public Hospital 15 years and over 120 148 121 120 129
    Public Hospital All ages 520 630 697 636 587
    Interstate Hospital 15 years and over 6 4   7  
    Interstate Hospital All ages 31 22 9 23  
    Private Hospital 15 years and over 523 627 521 469 409
    Private Hospital All ages 1466 1707 1685 1722 1770
  Removal of teeth Public Hospital 15 years and over 3047 3164 3010 2860 2919
    Public Hospital All ages 4827 5076 4861 4639 4939
    Interstate Hospital 15 years and over 139 138 195 219  
    Interstate Hospital All ages 170 196 240 268  
    Private Hospital 15 years and over 13674 17217 17922 17982 18873
    Private Hospital All ages 15306 19147 20048 20207 21378
Rate Restoration of teeth Public Hospital 15 years and over 2.3 2.8 2.3 2.3 2.4
per 100,000   Public Hospital All ages 7.9 9.6 10.7 9.8 9.1
population   Interstate Hospital 15 years and over 0.1 0.1   0.1  
    Interstate Hospital All ages 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4  
    Private Hospital 15 years and over 10.1 12.0 9.8 8.8 7.6
    Private Hospital All ages 22.4 26.0 25.8 26.5 27.2
  Removal of teeth Public Hospital 15 years and over 58.9 60.7 57.2 54.0 54.8
    Public Hospital All ages 74.0 77.5 74.0 70.6 75.0
    Interstate Hospital 15 years and over 2.7 2.6 3.7 4.1  
    Interstate Hospital All ages 2.6 2.7 3.6 4.1  
    Private Hospital 15 years and over 265.9 331.9 342.5 340.5 355.3
    Private Hospital All ages 236.4 293.3 304.8 304.9 320.9

Note: Hospital separations were classified using ICD-9-CM up to 1997-98 and ICD-10-AM from 1998-99 onwards. Rates were age-adjusted using the Australian population as at 30 June 2001. Numbers for 2004-05 include an estimate of the small number of interstate hospitalisations, data for which were unavailable at the time of production.
Source: NSW Inpatient Statistics Collection and ABS population estimates (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
Downloadable files: The data contained in the table on this page are available for download as a CSV file which can be imported into many software packages.
Copyright notice: This work is copyright NSW Department of Health, 2006. It may be reproduced in whole or in part, subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. Commercial usage or sale is prohibited.
Suggested citation: Public Health Division, The Health of the people of New South Wales - Report of the Chief Health Officer. NSW Department of Health, Sydney, Available at: http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/chorep/ora/ora_prochos.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
Produced by: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Public Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 6 December 2006
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