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Distribution of mean dmft / DMFT from the Scottish Health Boards’ Dental Epidemiological Programme

Choose from the links below to dispaly colour-coded maps illustrating the distribution of decayed, missing, and filled teeth in Scotand's health boards. Note these are mean values for health boards and much variation exits within communities within the areas.
Move the cursor over any map to see (briefly) the mean values for each health board. (Not all browsers do this)

5-year-olds were examined in these years.

12-year-olds were examined in these years.

14-year-olds were examined in these years.

[5-year-old 1987] Argyll & Clyde 3.21 -- Ayshire & Arran 2.59 -- Borders 2.17 -- Dumfries & Galloway 2.25 -- Fife 2.4 -- Forth Valley 2.81 -- Grampian 1.86 -- Greater Glasgow 3.17 -- Highland 2.12 -- Lanarkshire 3.4 -- Lothian 2.48 -- Orkney 2.76 -- Shetland 3.1 -- Tayside 2.52 -- Western Isles 3.11

More Recent Dental Epidmiological Data

The Scottish Health Boards' Dental Epidemiological Programme ended in 1999. Further epidemiological data has been presented in the reports of the National Dental Inspection Programme of Scotland.
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