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Prevalence of tooth decay among the dentate population aged 1 to 79 years in Nova Scotia and Canada (excluding the territories)

There are no statistically significant differences between Canada (excluding the territories) and Nova Scotia for the period of 2022 to 2024. Similarly, no statistically significant changes were observed from 2007–2009 to 2022–2024 for Canada (excluding the territories). Prevalence of tooth decay refers to the proportion of individuals with at least one affected tooth, measured by the number of decayed (D), missing due to decay (M) and filled (F) teeth (T), using the DMFT index. Data for children aged 1 to 5 years include only primary teeth (dmft), those for children aged 6 to 11 years include primary and permanent teeth (dmft + DMFT), those for youth and adults aged 12 to 79 years include only permanent teeth (DMFT) and those for adults aged 20 to 79 years refer to the crown only. For Nova Scotia estimates, results for children aged 1 to 5 years and children aged 6 to 11 years are flagged as "E" and should be used with caution.

Not available for this time period

too unreliable to be published

Canadian Health Measures Survey – Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) and Cycle 7 (2022 to 2024) (5071).