HC Deb 07 July 1998 vol 315 c452W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population over(a) 30, (b) 40,(c) 50 and (d) 60 years in each health authority area in England have no natural teeth. [48601]

Mr. Milburn

Information is not held centrally in the form requested. Data which were collected in the Adult Dental Health Survey conducted in 1988 are available for southern England (SE), the Midlands (M) and northern England (NE) and show that the following percentages of people had no natural teeth.

Percentage
Age SE M NE
25–34 1 2
35–44 1 6 4
45–54 8 23 22
55–64 22 40 53
65 and over 57 69 80