One or more oral health problems
Children's oral health problems
Past year oral health problems (toothaches, bleeding gums, decayed teeth or cavities) by:
We analyzed the prevalence of children’s oral health problems by sex, age group, race and ethnicity and special healthcare needs of the child. We also looked at household poverty, primary language spoken, parent and guardian education, health insurance and household poverty as possible factors associated with children’s oral health problems. Below we report on factors in Minnesota that are statistically significant.
Children's past year oral health problems, 2016-2019 to 2019-2020
Source: National Survey of Children's Health.
|
Children (1 to 17 years) with at least one oral health problem in the past year |
2016-2017 |
2017-2018 |
2018-2019 |
2019-2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States |
Percent |
13.8% |
14.2% |
14.0% |
14.3% |
|
95% Confidence Interval |
13.1 to 14.5 |
13.4 to 14.9 |
13.4 to 14.7 |
13.7 to 15.0 |
|
Number (sample size) |
7,470 |
5,830 |
7,023 |
8,617 |
|
Estimated population |
9,571,292 |
9,839,266 |
9,754,059 |
9,920,894 |
Minnesota |
Percent |
10.4% |
10.0% |
10.0% |
11.8% |
|
95% Confidence Interval |
8.0 to 13.3 |
7.5 to 13.2 |
7.7 to 12.9 |
9.4 to 14.8 |
|
Number (sample size) |
151 |
84 |
93 |
116 |
|
Estimated population |
125,091 |
122,165 |
123,840 |
145,664 |
Data is based on a survey of parent or guardian reported measures of non-institutionalized children (i.e., children not in jail, prison, or hospital setting). United States total sample size: (2016-2017) = 364,150, (2017-2018) = 346,726, (2018-2019) = 139,500, and (2019-2020) = 162,000. Minnesota total sample size: (2016-2017) = 5,871, (2017-2018) = 4,144, (2018-2019) = 3,696, and (2019-2020) = 4,500. *Unstable rate: use caution when interpreting rates based on a sample size less than 50 or an estimate with a 95% confidence interval width exceeding 20 percentage points or 1.2 times the estimate. ^Suppression rate: when the denominator is less than 30, numbers are suppressed. Percentages are weighted to population characteristics. See About the National Survey of Children’s Health data for more information.
In 2019-2020, 14% of U.S. children and 12% of Minnesota children experienced oral health problems, such as toothaches, bleeding gums, decayed teeth, or cavities.
There was no statistically significant change in reported children’s oral health problems from 2016-2017 to 2019-2020.