Table 1 Child DGA rates per 100,000 by demographic and dental procedure characteristics, 1993–1994 to 2003–2004 (SE in brackets)

Total

215.8 (2.9)

282.2 (3.3)

257.4 (3.1)

456.9 (4.2)

443.2 (4.1)

568.6 (4.6)

615.6 (4.8)

625.6 (4.9)

713.1 (5.2)

698.3 (5.2)

731.4 (5.3)

Age-group

   0–4 years

242.1 (4.3)*

312.2 (4.9)*

276.0 (4.6)*

505.8 (6.2)*

501.6 (6.2)*

618.4 (6.9)*

651.1 (7.1)*

652.0 (7.1)*

726.0 (7.4)*

721.1 (7.3)*

762.1 (7.4)*

   5–9 years

189.2 (3.8)

251.8 (4.4)

238.6 (4.3)

408.4 (5.6)

385.9 (5.4)

520.4 (6.2)

581.7 (6.6)

600.5 (6.6)

690.1 (7.3)

674.2 (7.3)

698.9 (7.5)

Sex

   Male

227.4 (4.1)*

299.0 (4.7)*

266.3 (4.5)

478.9 (6.0)*

465.8 (5.9)*

600.8 (6.7)*

641.2 (6.9)*

657.9 (7.0)*

747.7 (7.4)*

731.2 (7.4)*

774.3 (7.6)*

   Female

203.5 (4.0)

264.5 (4.6)

248.0 (4.4)

433.8 (5.8)

419.5 (5.7)

543.7 (6.5)

588.6 (6.8)

591.5 (6.8)

676.6 (7.2)

663.6 (7.2)

686.2 (7.3)

Location

   Metropolitan

155.8 (2.1)*

227.2 (2.6)*

217.4 (3.0)*

416.9 (4.0)*

383.2 (4.2)*

538.6 (4.5)*

565.6 (4.6)*

585.6 (4.6)*

683.1 (5.0)*

668.3 (6.7)*

686.4 (6.8)*

   Rural/Remote

275.8 (3.4)

337.2 (3.7)

297.4 (4.5)

496.9 (5.7)

503.2 (6.0)

598.6 (6.3)

665.6 (6.4)

665.6 (6.5)

743.1 (6.7)

728.3 (6.7)

776.4 (6.8)

Indigenous status

   Indigenous

116.5 (10.2)*

171.3 (12.3)*

173.3 (12.2)*

496.8 (20.4)

536.2 (21.1)*

703.3 (24.0)*

741.5 (24.6)*

715.7 (24.1)*

800.9 (25.5)*

787.4 (25.3)*

806.6 (25.7)*

   Non-Indigenous

220.2 (3.0)

287.3 (3.4)

261.3 (3.2)

455.0 (4.3)

438.8 (4.2)

562.1 (4.7)

609.5 (4.9)

621.2 (5.0)

708.9 (5.3)

693.9 (5.3)

727.7 (5.4)

Extraction 1+

109.2 (2.9)

145.9 (2.4)

129.0 (2.2)

263.8 (3.2)

267.9 (3.2)

408.9 (3.9)

446.0 (4.1)

445.7 (4.1)

519.5 (4.4)

499.8 (4.4)

540.0 (4.5)

Restoration 1+

139.5 (2.3)

177.1 (2.6)

162.1 (2.5)

300.1 (3.4)

299.7 (3.4)

358.1 (3.7)

382.6 (3.8)

402.9 (3.9)

452.5 (4.1)

448.0 (4.1)

462.6 (4.2)