Loss Of Natural Teeth > Oral Health statistics - states compared

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

DEFINITION
Adults aged 65+ who have had all their natural teeth extracted. NOTE: Data for Hawaii is not available.

Health Statistics > Oral health > Loss of natural teeth (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

West Virginia:

42.8%

# 2

Kentucky:

38.1%

# 3

Tennessee:

32.2%

# 4

Alabama:

31.9%

# 5

Louisiana:

31.3%

# 6

Oklahoma:

31.1%

# 7

Mississippi:

29.5%

# 8

North Carolina:

28.3%

# 9

Georgia:

28.2%

# 10

Kansas:

27.8%

# 11

Indiana:

27.3%

# 12

South Dakota:

26.1%

# 13

Missouri:

25.2%

# 14

North Dakota:

24.9%

# 15

Arkansas:

24.6%

# 16

Puerto Rico:

24.5%

# 17

Maine:

24.2%

# 18

Pennsylvania:

23.7%

# 19

Iowa:

23.2%

# 20

Nebraska:

23.1%

# 21

Alaska:

23%

# 22

Idaho:

22.4%

= 23

New Mexico:

21.8%

= 23

South Carolina:

21.8%

= 23

Wyoming:

21.8%

# 26

Vermont:

21.2%

# 27

Delaware:

21.1%

# 28

New Hampshire:

21%

# 29

Ohio:

20.4%

= 30

Montana:

19.6%

= 30

Wisconsin:

19.6%

= 32

Virginia:

19.3%

= 32

District of Columbia:

19.3%

= 34

Florida:

18.7%

= 34

Illinois:

18.7%

# 36

Rhode Island:

18.4%

# 37

Colorado:

18%

# 38

Oregon:

17.7%

# 39

Michigan:

17.1%

# 40

New Jersey:

16.9%

= 41

New York:

16.8%

= 41

Texas:

16.8%

# 43

Maryland:

16.6%

# 44

Nevada:

16.5%

# 45

Massachusetts:

16.4%

# 46

Washington:

16.1%

# 47

Arizona:

14.9%

# 48

US Virgin Islands:

14.6%

# 49

Minnesota:

14.3%

# 50

California:

13.7%

# 51

Utah:

13.5%

# 52

Connecticut:

12.4%

Weighted average:

22.1%

DEFINITION: Adults aged 65+ who have had all their natural teeth extracted. NOTE: Data for Hawaii is not available.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

Health Statistics > Oral health > Loss of natural teeth (most recent) by state

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