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Table 3 Annual estimated numbers of year 8 children in New Zealand and numbers receiving a dental examination – overall and partitioned by Māori and non-Māori ethnic groupings

From: Water fluoridation and ethnic inequities in dental caries profiles of New Zealand children aged 5 and 12–13 years: analysis of national cross-sectional registry databases for the decade 2004–2013

 

Total

Māori

Non-Māori

Year

Popn

Exam

(%)

Popn

Exam

(%)

Popn

Exam

(%)

2004

64,025

49,456

(77.2)

14,465

9506

(65.7)

49,560

39,950

(80.6)

2005

63,050

48,711

(77.3)

14,305

9707

(67.9)

48,745

39,004

(80.0)

2006

62,385

48,738

(78.1)

14,015

9329

(66.6)

48,370

39,409

(81.5)

2007a

61,715

46,592

(75.5)

13,950

9264

(66.4)

47,765

37,328

(78.1)

2008

61,355

47,037

(76.7)

14,085

9520

(67.6)

47,270

37,517

(79.4)

2009

60,610

46,220

(76.3)

14,080

9202

(65.4)

46,530

37,018

(79.6)

2010

60,460

46,740

(77.3)

14,195

9493

(66.9)

46,265

37,247

(80.5)

2011

60,210

44,659

(74.2)

14,225

8874

(62.4)

45,985

35,785

(77.8)

2012b

60,650

47,121

(77.7)

14,495

9544

(65.8)

46,155

37,577

(81.4)

2013

61,025

46,059

(75.5)

14,830

9562

(64.5)

46,195

36,497

(79.0)

  1. aAuckland DHB introduced a new data system which caused major disruption to data collection and reporting; bHutt Valley DHB and Capital & Coast DHB both excluded a small numbers of children for whom fluoridation status was not reported and Southern DHB did not report data for the 1 January – 20 February period and fluoridation status incomplete for most of the year
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