21-8. | Increase the proportion of children who have received dental sealants on their molar teeth. |
Target and baseline:
Objective |
Increase in Children Receiving Dental Sealants on Their Molar Teeth |
1988–94
|
2010
|
|
|
Percent |
|
21-8a. |
Children aged 8 years |
23 |
50 |
21-8b. |
Adolescents aged 14 years |
15 |
50 |
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS; Oral Health Survey of Native Americans, 1999, IHS; Hawai’i Children’s Oral Health Assessment, 1999, State of Hawaii Department of Health.
Children, Selected Ages, |
Dental Sealants on Molars |
|
21-8a. |
21-8b. |
|
Percent |
||
TOTAL |
23 |
15 |
Race and ethnicity |
||
American Indian or Alaska Native |
55* (1999) |
42* (1999) |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
DSU |
Asian |
DNC |
DNC |
Native Hawaiian and |
20† (1999) |
DNC |
Black or African American |
11 |
5 |
White |
26 |
19 |
|
||
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
DSU |
Mexican American |
10 |
7 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
25 |
DNA |
Black or African American |
11 |
5 |
White |
29 |
18 |
Gender |
||
Female |
24 |
14 |
Male |
22 |
16 |
Education level (head of household) |
||
Less than high school |
17 |
4 |
High school graduate |
12 |
6 |
At least some college |
35 |
28 |
Disability status |
||
Persons with disabilities |
DNC |
DNC |
Persons without disabilities |
DNC |
DNC |
Select populations |
||
3rd grade students |
26 |
NA |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable. NA = Not applicable.
*Data are for IHS service areas.
†Data are
for Hawaii.