Oral Health visits to the dentist (most recent) by state

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
Percent of respondents who visited the dentist or dental clinic within the past year for any reason.

Health Statistics > Oral health > Visits to the dentist (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Connecticut:

80.6%

# 2

Minnesota:

79.7%

# 3

Massachusetts:

79.4%

# 4

Rhode Island:

78.5%

= 5

New Hampshire:

77.5%

= 5

Wisconsin:

77.5%

# 7

Delaware:

77.1%

# 8

Michigan:

76.8%

# 9

Maryland:

75.8%

# 10

New Jersey:

75.7%

# 11

Nebraska:

75.2%

# 12

Iowa:

75%

# 13

Kansas:

74.5%

# 14

Vermont:

74.2%

# 15

Virginia:

73.5%

# 16

Illinois:

72.6%

# 17

Utah:

72.3%

# 18

Colorado:

72.2%

= 19

Ohio:

72.1%

= 19

District of Columbia:

72.1%

# 21

South Dakota:

72%

# 22

New York:

71.7%

# 23

Tennessee:

71.5%

# 24

Kentucky:

71.2%

# 25

Washington:

71%

# 26

California:

70.4%

# 27

Puerto Rico:

69.9%

# 28

Pennsylvania:

69.8%

# 29

Alaska:

69.6%

= 30

Maine:

69.5%

= 30

North Dakota:

69.5%

# 32

North Carolina:

69.4%

# 33

Alabama:

69.2%

# 34

South Carolina:

68.6%

= 35

Arizona:

68.5%

= 35

Oregon:

68.5%

= 37

Florida:

68.2%

= 37

Louisiana:

68.2%

= 39

Wyoming:

68.1%

= 39

Georgia:

68.1%

# 41

New Mexico:

67.9%

# 42

Idaho:

67.7%

# 43

Indiana:

66.5%

# 44

Montana:

65.8%

# 45

Nevada:

64.4%

# 46

Missouri:

63.9%

# 47

West Virginia:

62.5%

# 48

Oklahoma:

61.3%

# 49

Texas:

61.2%

# 50

Arkansas:

60.8%

# 51

US Virgin Islands:

60.6%

# 52

Mississippi:

59.4%

Weighted average:

70.5%

DEFINITION: Percent of respondents who visited the dentist or dental clinic within the past year for any reason.

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. via StateMaster

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