HC Deb 17 June 1991 vol 193 c46W
Mr. Shersby

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in tabular form details of the average number of decayed, missing or filled permanent teeth in 12-year-old children in Northern Ireland in each health board area.

Mr. Hanley

The mean numbers of decayed, missing and filled teeth—DMFT—in 12-year-olds in Northern Ireland in 1989 were as follows:

Health and Social Services Board DMFT
Eastern 3.2
Northern 2.9
Southern 2.8
Western 3.3