NDIP 2003
Detailed Inspection Results
What is the picture of dental health in Primary
I children across Scotland?
Figure 8 illustrates the decay experience of 5 year olds across
Scotland. The contrast between Borders and Argyll and Clyde, for example,
shows the variation in dental health that exists and highlights the difficulty
in making generalisations about the overall dental health of five year old
children in Scotland.
Figure 8. Showing tooth decay in 5-year-olds in each
health board across Scotland in 2003
Figure 9 shows the average number of decayed, missing and
filled teeth per child for each Health Board and emphasises how little of
the total decay experience in this age group is made up of fillings or missing
teeth. The vertical bars indicate the 95% confidence limits associated with
each value and illustrate the limited extent to which the figure can be
interpreted as a "league table". Thus, while there are real differences
between the Boards at the extreme right of the figure and those on the far
left, it is unwise to ascribe too much importance to minor variation in
the detailed ranking positions of Boards near to one another in the figure.
Figure 9. Average number of decayed, missing, and filled
teeth per child for each health board.
What are the detailed decay results for each
Health Board across Scotland?
Table 5 below shows in detail the decay results for each Health
Board. It gives a measure of the total obvious decay experience (decayed,
missing and filled teeth) and a breakdown of the figure into each of these
elements.
The variation in dental disease levels and in its individual
components (decayed, missing and filled teeth) seen in past SHBDEP surveys
remains evident in this year's NDIP inspection; for example, Greater Glasgow
and Argyll & Clyde with an average of 3.45 and 3.67 teeth respectively
do not compare well with Borders and Shetland where the figures are 1.29
and 2.06. The variation in the percentage of children in each Health Board
with severe decay is also striking (6.6% in Borders to 20.2% in Argyll &
Clyde).
|
|
%
|
number of
|
|
% decay
|
%
|
|
Health Board
|
no obvious decay
|
decayed, missing,
|
for those
|
severe
|
|
|
experience
|
and filled teeth
|
decayed
|
missing
|
filled
|
with decay
|
decay
|
| Argyll & Clyde |
34.2
|
3.67
|
2.7
|
0.68
|
0.29
|
5.58
|
20.2
|
| Ayrshire & Arran |
46.7
|
2.30
|
1.54
|
0.45
|
0.32
|
4.32
|
17.9
|
| Borders |
62.6
|
1.29
|
0.58
|
0.40
|
0.32
|
3.45
|
6.6
|
| Dumfries & Galloway |
50.9
|
2.30
|
1.75
|
0.37
|
0.17
|
4.67
|
15.4
|
| Fife |
54.3
|
2.41
|
1.47
|
0.71
|
0.22
|
5.27
|
11.4
|
| Forth Valley |
45.5
|
2.58
|
1.59
|
0.74
|
0.25
|
4.72
|
12.6
|
| Grampian |
48.9
|
2.22
|
1.56
|
0.42
|
0.24
|
4.35
|
16.2
|
| Greater Glasgow |
35.2
|
3.45
|
2.26
|
0.96
|
0.23
|
5.32
|
18.2
|
| Highland |
47.7
|
2.58
|
1.79
|
0.60
|
0.19
|
4.94
|
11.9
|
| Lanarkshire |
40.7
|
3.08
|
2.04
|
0.80
|
0.24
|
5.19
|
16.1
|
| Lothian |
46.3
|
2.66
|
2.00
|
0.44
|
0.21
|
4.94
|
13.6
|
| Orkney |
45.7
|
2.67
|
2.06
|
0.29
|
0.32
|
4.91
|
18.5
|
| Shetland |
51.6
|
2.06
|
1.45
|
0.29
|
0.32
|
4.25
|
11.2
|
| Tayside |
55.3
|
2.17
|
1.28
|
0.68
|
0.21
|
4.84
|
13.4
|
| Western Isles |
35.6
|
2.83
|
2.25
|
0.05
|
0.53
|
4.40
|
11.6
|
|
Table 5. Detailed decay results for each health board across Scotland
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