Statistics about Dental caries

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Dental caries:

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Incidence (annual) of Dental caries: 2,534,161 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 2 or 55.57% or 151.2 million people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Dental caries: 151,155,338 per year, 12,596,278 per month, 2,906,833 per week, 414,124 per day, 17,255 per hour, 287 per minute, 4 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 2,534,161 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)

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Hospitalization statistics for Dental caries:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Dental caries:

• 0.46% (59,013) of hospital consultant episodes were for dental caries in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for dental caries in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for dental caries in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 22 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for dental caries in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 38% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 89% of hospital consultant episodes for dental caries were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.013% (6,910) of hospital bed days were for dental caries in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
  • Hospitalisations for dental caries at public hospitals occurred in 6.3 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Dental caries. The term 'prevalence' of Dental caries usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Dental caries at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Dental caries refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Dental caries diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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