Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.


Table 3.3 Number of natural teeth and percentage with no natural teeth (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex

Aged 16 and over 2017
False teeth/number of natural teeth Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
5th (Least deprived) 4th 3rd 2nd 1st (Most deprived)
  % % % % %
Men
No natural teeth 2 5 6 6 12
Fewer than 10 2 3 4 6 10
Between 10 and 19 9 12 13 17 14
20 or more 87 80 76 71 64
All with teeth 98 95 94 94 88
Women
No natural teeth 4 9 8 12 18
Fewer than 10 3 4 5 6 7
Between 10 and 19 7 9 11 10 11
20 or more 85 79 77 73 65
All with teeth 96 91 92 88 82
All adults
No natural teeth 3 7 7 9 15
Fewer than 10 3 3 5 6 8
Between 10 and 19 8 10 12 13 12
20 or more 86 80 76 72 65
All with teeth 97 93 93 91 85
Bases (weighted):
Men 376 379 356 370 291
Women 403 371 382 379 377
All adults 778 750 738 748 668
Bases (unweighted):
Men 311 374 358 313 235
Women 411 456 460 396 369
All adults 722 830 818 709 604

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