Cost keeps many Americans from getting the dental care they need. A QuickStats chart from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, published in MMWR, shows who went without in 2017, based on the National Health Interview Survey.
Age-adjusted percentage of adults who needed dental care in the past 12 months but didn't get it because of cost, 2017 (CDC/NCHS).
The findings
Women were more likely than men to go without dental care they needed because they couldn't afford it — 12.7% versus 8.8% — and that held true within every racial and ethnic group shown.
Hispanic adults were the most likely to have unmet dental needs because of cost, among both women and men:
| Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | nearly 17% | 12.3% |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 12.8% | 8.6% |
| Non-Hispanic White | 11.8% | 8.3% |
About the data
- The question asked: "During the past 12 months, was there any time when you needed any of the following but didn't get it because you couldn't afford it: Dental care (including check-ups)?" People who didn't know or refused to answer were excluded.
- Estimates come from household interviews of a sample of civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. adults, age-adjusted to the projected 2000 U.S. population.
- Hispanic adults may be of any race; the other groups include non-Hispanic adults who chose one race, and not all groups are shown.
Sources
- Blackwell DL, Villarroel MA. "QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Reported That They Needed Dental Care During the Past 12 Months But Didn't Get It Because They Couldn't Afford It, by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin — National Health Interview Survey, 2017," MMWR Vol. 68, No. 11, CDC; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
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