Statistics
The number of communities and people who benefit from water
fluoridation is continuing to increase. This safe, healthy, and
effective public health intervention was initiated in 1945. In 2006,
69.2% of the U.S. population on public water systems, or a total of
184,028,038 people, had access to fluoridated water.
CDC monitors the progress of the United States and individual states
towards meeting the Healthy People 2010 objective on community water
fluoridation—that 75 percent of people on public water systems will
receive water that has the optimum level of fluoride recommended for
preventing tooth decay.
Data Summaries
National Oral Health
Surveillance System (NOHSS)
NOHSS provides statistics for the nation and each state showing the
percentage of people who receive optimally fluoridated water from public
water systems. Statistics on water fluoridation are available for 1992,
2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. This information is available in tables,
graphs, and maps.
Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs
(Synopses)
Synopses provides the percentage by state of people who receive
fluoridated water from public water systems, which can be viewed either
as a table or a map. Data represented in the current year may not be
from that year, so please refer to the footnotes for the timeframe of
that data.
Oral Health Maps
This geographic information system generates maps of water fluoridation
status by state or county for the states participating in the CDC
water fluoridation
data systems.
My Water's
Fluoride (MWF)
MWF allows consumers in states participating in the CDC
water fluoridation data systems to learn basic information about
their water system.
Calculating
Fluoridated Populations
This fact sheet provides the methodology used in preparing the fluoridated
status and population basis for a state.
Water
Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS)
The CDC tracks the populations served by fluoridated water systems
using the water system information in WFRS.
Other data sources are available in
Data Systems.
Date last reviewed: September 17, 2008
Date last modified: September 17, 2008
Content source:
Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion |
