Increase use of the oral health care system — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Target met or exceeded

Most Recent Data:
46.2 percent (2018) *

Target:
45.0 percent *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
43.3 percent of children, adolescents, and adults used the oral health care system in 2016 *

* Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Population	2016	2017	2018
Total	43.3	43.9 CI 42.8 / 45.0 SE 0.573	46.2 CI 44.9 / 47.5 SE 0.646

Data Source: Medical Expenditure Panel (MEPS), AHRQ

Children, adolescents, and adults who visited the dentist in the past year by

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

*: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 2+ years"

†: 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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