Education made a big difference to whether Americans saw a dentist in 2018. Among adults 25 and older, 82.5 percent of women with a bachelor's degree had seen one in the past year — against 41.9 percent of men who had not finished high school.
Adults 25 and older who saw a dentist in the past year, by education and sex, 2018 (age-adjusted, with 95% confidence intervals). Credit: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics.
| Saw a dentist in the past year, 2018 | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| All adults 25 and older | 69.4% | 61.2% |
| Less than high school | 51.4% | 41.9% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 82.5% | 74.6% |
- Education: for both women and men, the share rose with each higher level of education.
- Sex: at every level of education, women were more likely than men to have seen a dentist.
"Seeing a dentist" meant a visit within the past year to any kind of dentist — including orthodontists, oral surgeons and other specialists — or a dental hygienist. The figures come from household interviews in the National Health Interview Survey, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population.
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Based on "QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥25 Years Who Saw a Dentist in the Past Year, by Education Level and Sex — National Health Interview Survey, 2018," by Mark J. Montgomery and Deepthi Kandi, National Center for Health Statistics, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain) · Adapted from www.cdc.gov
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