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FUTURE OFDENTISTRY 65

Financing of and Access to Dental Services

Percentage Distribution of Persons 2 Years of Age and Over who

Visited the Dentist within the Past Year^6

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Surveys.

28.4%

67.0

57.0

57.4

51.3

38.6

53.0

56.9

57.0

41.8

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NHIS 1983

T A BLE 4.3

31.3%

70.3

58.1

60.5

51.2

41.7

54.9

59.2

59.2

43.6

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NHIS 1986

32.1%

69.0

56.9

61.4

54.0

43.2

54.9

59.4

59.3

44.5

52.4

46.4

58.2

NA

NA

NA

NA

41.3

61.5

NHIS 1989

44.1%

78.3

60.2

66.8

60.8

54.1

62.2

66.4

65.8

57.7

58.3

53.3

65.7

50.0

49.2

61.3

76.4

50.0

67.0

NHIS 1997

44.3%

79.0

61.1

68.1

62.6

55.8

63.0

67.9

67.0

58.5

59.3

54.2

66.9

50.5

51.0

62.5

76.8

50.8

68.3

NHIS 1998

Age

2 - 4

5 - 17

18 - 34

35 - 54

55 - 64

65 and over

Gender

Male

Female

Race

White

African American

Other

Ethnicity

Hispanic

Non-Hispanic

Poverty

<100%

100%-199%

200%-299%

>=300%

Poverty

Below Poverty

At or Above Poverty

(^6) Data presented in this table for 1983-1989 came directly from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) “rainbow series” Vital and
Health Statistics reports. The 1989 poverty data, as well as all data for 1997 and 1998 were derived by ADA staff using public use data files
available from NCHS.