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Children whose teeth are in excellent or very good condition in United States

Children whose teeth are in excellent or very good condition

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Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

Children ages 1 to 17 with a parent who reports their child’s teeth are in excellent or very good condition.

Data Source

Child Trends analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Children’s Health.
The state-level data used here come from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). The NSCH includes information on over 102,000 children under age 18, with roughly 2,000 children per state. Households were selected through a random-digit-dial sample, and one child was randomly selected in each household. Information on each child is based on responses of the parent or guardian in the household who was most knowledgeable about the sampled child’s health. Information was collected via a computer-assisted telephone interview. For more information on the NSCH, see http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/slaits/nsch.htm.

Notes

Updated February 2011.
N.A. - Data not available.  
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children whose teeth are in excellent or very good condition.

Last Updated

August 2013