Child Dental Health (Hansard, 10 December 2002)

§ Mr. Lammy

The British association for the study of community dentistry (BASCD) carries out surveys to monitor the dental caries experience of five, 21 and 14-year-old children. The survey of five-year-olds is carried out every second year and the surveys of 12 and 14-year-olds are carried out every four years.

The number of children with tooth cavities for five, 12 and 14-year-old children by health authority in Lancashire is shown in table 1 for the years 1995–96 to 2000–01 and for the north-west region in table 2. The percentages of children with dental caries are taken from the BASCD survey results and the number of children with caries are estimated by applying these percentages to estimates of the total population of these children.

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Table 1: Number and percentage of children with tooth cavities in Lancashire 1995–96 to 2000–01—Lancashire health authorities
	Five-years-old	12-years-old	14-years-old
Health authority area	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1995–96
East Lancashire	3,900	55	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Morecambe Bay	1,800	49	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
North-west Lancashire	2,500	48	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South Lancashire	1,800	45	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Total	10,000	50	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
1996–97
East Lancashire	¹—	¹—	2,700	38	¹—	¹—
Morecambe Bay	¹—	¹—	900	23	¹—	¹—
North-west Lancashire	¹—	¹—	1,300	25	¹—	¹—
South Lancashire	¹—	¹—	1,500	37	¹—	¹—
Total	¹—	¹—	6,400	32	¹—	¹—
1997–98
East Lancashire	4,000	52	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Morecambe Bay	1,900	48	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
North-west Lancashire	2,800	47	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South Lancashire	1,700	43	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Total	10,400	48	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
1998–99
East Lancashire	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	3,200	45
Morecambe Bay	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	1,000	26
North-west Lancashire	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	2,200	41
South Lancashire	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	1,900	47
Total	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	8,300	41
1999–2000
East Lancashire	3,600	50	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Morecambe Bay	1,600	42	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
North-west Lancashire	2,700	49	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South Lancashire	1,700	44	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Total	9,500	47	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
2000–01
East Lancashire	¹—	¹—	2,600	35	¹—	¹—
Morecambe Bay	¹—	¹—	800	20	¹—	¹—
North-west Lancashire	¹—	¹—	2,100	35	¹—	¹—
South Lancashire	¹—	¹—	1,700	37	¹—	¹—
Total	¹—	¹—	7,200	33	¹—	¹—
¹ Data not collected by BASCD for this age group for this year.

Table 2: Number and percentage of children with tooth cavities in the north-west region 1995–96 to 2000–01—north-west region
	Five-years-old	12-years-old	14-years-old
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
1995–96	42,300	50	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
1996–97	¹—	¹—	27,400	32	¹—	¹—
1997–98	41,800	46	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
1998–99	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	31,400	37
1999–2000	39,100	46	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
2000–01	¹—	¹—	28,500	31	¹—	¹—
¹ Data not collected by BASCD for this age group for this year