Reduce the proportion of people who can't get the dental care they need when they need it — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Target met or exceeded

Most Recent Data:
18.9 percent (2020)

Target:
19.4 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
20.2 percent of persons were unable to obtain or delayed in obtaining necessary dental care due to cost in 2019

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**Persons unable to obtain or delaying needed dental care due to cost**, **2019**-**2020**
(percent)
Population	2019	2020
Total	20.2 CI 19.7 / 20.8 SE 0.287	18.9 CI 18.3 / 19.4 SE 0.285

Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS

Persons unable to obtain or delaying needed dental care due to cost by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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