Appraisal of the national response to the caries epidemic in children in Nigeria

Folayan, Morenike O; Chukwumah, Nneka M; Onyejaka, Nneka; Adeniyi, Abiola A; Olatosi, Olubukola O

doi:10.1186/1472-6831-14-76

BMC Oral Health

Table 1 Prevalence of caries in population-based surveys in Nigeria

From: Appraisal of the national response to the caries epidemic in children in Nigeria

Nos.	Authors	Study location	Characteristic of study location	Year of publication	Age group studied	Caries prevalence
1	Akpata [1]	Lagos	Urban	1979	6 yrs	40.0%
2	Adenubi [2]	Lagos	Urban	1980	4 yrs and 5 yrs
3	Idiakhoa [13]	Lagos	Urban	2001	5 yrs and 12 yrs	22.5%, 15.8%
4	Sho-Silva [14]	Lagos	Urban	2004	3 yrs – 10 yrs	24.0%
5	Giwa [15]	Lagos	Urban	2005	12 yrs	5.7%
6	Agbelusi and Jeboda [16]	Lagos	Urban	2006	12 yrs	24.6%
7	Umesi-Koleosho et al [17].	Lagos	Urban	2007	11 yrs - 16 yrs	23.8%
8	Sowole & Sote [18]	Lagos	Rural and urban	2007	6 months - 5 yrs	10.5%
9	Abiola AA et al [19]	Lagos	Rural and urban	2009	18 months – 5 yrs	10.9%
10	Adeniyi et al [20]	Lagos	Urban	2012	5 yrs - 16 yrs	13.1%
11a	Sofola et al [21]	Lagos	Urban	2014	2 yrs -12 yrs	2000 -17.9%
11b	Sofola et al [21]	Lagos	Urban	2014	2 yrs -12 yrs	2003 - 20.4%
12	Alakija [4]	Benin	Urban	1983	5 yrs – 14 yrs	40%
13	Okeigbemen [8]	Benin	Urban	2004	12 yrs - 15 yrs	33.5%
14	Chukwumah et al [9]	Benin	Urban	2012	7 yrs – 15 yrs	15.7%
15	Noah [3]	Ibadan	Urban (private schools)	1981	6 yrs	46.0%
16	Noah [23]	Ibadan	Urban (public schools)	1984	6 yrs	18.0%
17	Denloye [22]	Ibadan	Urban	2005	12 yrs - 14 yrs	11.2%
18	Ojofeitimi et al [28]	Ile-Ife	Semi-urban	1984	8 yrs – 15 yrs	32.2%
19a	Kubota et al [7]	Ile-Ife	Rural and semi-urban	1990	1981:
					Urban:6 yrs-8 yrs	33.6%
					Rural:6 yrs-8 yrs	30.5%
					Urban:9 yrs-11 yrs	33.4%
					Rural:9 yrs-11 yrs	28.8%
					Urban:12 yrs-14 yrs	28.1%
					Rural:12 yrs-14 yrs	34.6%
19b	Kubota et al [7]	Ile-Ife	Rural and semi-urban	1990	1986:
					Urban:6 yrs-8 yrs	42.7%
					Rural:6 yrs-8 yrs	5.8%
					Urban:9 yrs-11 yrs	38.4%
					Rural:9 yrs-11 yrs	14.8%
					Urban:12 yrs-14 yrs	29.8%
					Rural:12 yrs-14 yrs	9.2%
20	Adekoya - Sofowora et al [5]	Ile-Ife	Semi-urban	2006	12 yrs	13.9%
21	Ozeigbe & Esan [6]	Ile-Ife	Semi-Urban	2013	4 yrs - 6 yrs	17.4%
					7 yrs – 12 yrs	10.1%
					13 yrs -16 yrs	7.5%
22	Udoye et al [10]	Enugu	Urban	2009	12 yrs - 15 yrs	24.1%
23	Okoye et al [11]	Enugu	Urban	2010	12 yrs - 15 yrs	15.5%
24	Okoye& Ekwueme [12]	Enugu	Rural	2011	11 yrs - 16 yrs	35.5%

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