Reduce the proportion of adults with active or untreated tooth decay — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Improving

Most Recent Data:
19.2 percent (2017-20)

Target:
17.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
22.8 percent of adults aged 20 to 74 years had active or currently untreated tooth decay in 2013-16

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Population	2013-16	2017-20
Total	22.8	19.2 CI 16.2 / 22.5 SE 1.492

Data Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS

Adults with active or untreated dental decay by

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

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 20–74 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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