U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of low-income youth who have a preventive dental visit — OH‑09 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
68.7 percent (2020-21)

Target:
79.9 percent 

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
75.8 percent of children aged 1 through 17 years who reside in households with income less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level received a preventive dental service in 2016-17 

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Low-income children and adolescents receiving preventive dental services in the past year, 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2020-21
Total
68.7
CI 67.4 / 70.0
SE 0.666

Low-income children and adolescents receiving preventive dental services in the past year by Race/Ethnicity, 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2020-21
American Indian or Alaska Native only
73.9
CI 62.7 / 82.7
SE 5.122
Asian only
60.9
CI 54.7 / 66.8
SE 3.100
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
60.9
CI 51.3 / 69.8
SE 4.761
Black or African American only
65.4
CI 62.6 / 68.1
SE 1.411
White only
70.6
CI 69.0 / 72.2
SE 0.812
2 or more races
70.2
CI 65.6 / 74.3
SE 2.220
Hispanic or Latino
70.6
CI 67.8 / 73.2
SE 1.375
Not Hispanic or Latino
67.6
CI 66.3 / 68.9
SE 0.684
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
69.2
CI 58.0 / 78.5
SE 5.273
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
60.3
CI 53.9 / 66.3
SE 3.182
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
64.8
CI 50.1 / 77.2
SE 7.037
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
65.6
CI 62.7 / 68.4
SE 1.456
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
69.5
CI 67.8 / 71.1
SE 0.848
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
69.1
CI 63.9 / 73.9
SE 2.517

Highest and lowest rates for Low-income children and adolescents receiving preventive dental services in the past year: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired