HC Deb 04 February 1997 vol 289 cc598-9W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the dental health of school children in Lancashire since 1979. [13853]

Mr Malone

The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry conducts annual surveys of dental caries prevalence in children within a four-yearly cycle comprising those aged five, 12, and 14, throughout Great Britain. The BADCD began these surveys in 1985–86 in England and Wales. The tables show the mean number decayed, missing and filled in the deciduous teeth only of five-year-old children and in the permanent teeth only of 12 and 14-year-old children in Lancashire.

Mean number of DMFT of 12-year-olds1 in Lancashire since 1988–89
1988–89 1992–93
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble 2.21 1.88
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 2.03 1.74
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 3.09 2.45
Chorley and South Ribble 1.59 1.43
Lancaster 2.16 1.71
Preston 1.87 2.08
West Lancashire 1.79 1.46
1Permanent teeth only.

Mean number of DMFT of 14-year-old1 in Lancashire since 1986–87
1986–87 1990–91 1994–95
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble 4.21 2.64 3.35
Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde 3.90 2.99 2.35
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 5.60 4.87 3.78
Chorley and South Ribble 3.83 2.35 2.58
Lancaster 3.78 3.67 2.62
Preston 4.08 2.32 2.69
West Lancashire 4.19 2.37 2.52
1 Permanent teeth only.