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December 18, 2003

Americans Keeping Their Teeth

The CDC's MMWR reports in a study titled, "Public Health and Aging: Retention of Natural Teeth Among Older Adults --- United States, 2002:"

"During the past several decades, the percentage of older adults who have retained their natural teeth has increased steadily

[...]

"In 26 states, >50% of older adults reported having most of their teeth. Estimates ranged from 27% in West Virginia to 64% in Utah. In three states (California, Colorado, and Utah), >60% had retained most of their teeth, and in five states and territories (Kentucky, Mississippi, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), <40% had done so. The prevalence of edentate persons (i.e., those who have lost all their natural teeth) ranged from 13% in Hawaii and California to 42% in Kentucky. In 12 states, <20% of persons, and in two states (Kentucky and West Virginia), >40% reported total tooth loss.

Retention of most of their teeth by older adults was less common among those with less than a high school education (31%) than among those with more education (46%--64%), among those with annual household incomes of <$15,000 (30%) than among those with higher incomes (41%--73%), among non-Hispanic blacks (30%) than among non-Hispanic whites (53%) or Hispanics (53%), among persons who smoked every day (31%) and some days (33%) than among persons who had quit smoking (47%) or who had never smoked (59%), among persons with diabetes (42%) than among those without diabetes (53%), and among persons reporting fair or poor general health status (38%) than among those with good to excellent general health status (56%).

Posted by chris at December 18, 2003 05:46 PM

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You shoulda spelled it "teef." Teef!

Posted by: at December 19, 2003 09:38 AM
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