Domain | Element | Definition of Indicator | Data sources/sets |
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Determinants & Risk Factors | |||
Policy | Local government | Proportion of Local Government areas with policies addressing oral health risk factors | CCV & DHSV/Oral Health Policy data |
Setting: Schools and Kindergartens | Proportion of kinder gardens/schools with policies addressing oral health risk factors | DHSV/Smiles for Miles Oral Health Promotion Program | |
Health service: Hospitals | Proportion of hospitals with policies addressing oral health risk factors | CCV & DHSV/Oral Health Promotion Policy Data | |
System and Services | Financing care | Proportion of population eligible for free or low cost public dental services | ABS & DHS/Centrelink |
Access to services | Distance to closest public clinic from census collection district centroid | DHSV/project specific | |
Practising dentist per 100,000 population by remoteness category of main practise | AIHW DSRU/National Dental Labour Force Collection AIHW/NHWDS DHSV/Workforce | ||
Proportion of children in the area who access the public system | DHHS/Titanium | ||
Waiting period | Waiting times (average period in months) Proportion of population seen within the recommended waiting times | DHHS/Titanium | |
Organisational Practices: Recall period for children | Recall period for children (average period in months) | DHHS/Titanium | |
Environmental | Fluoridated water supply | Proportion of population with access to fluoridated water | DHHS |
Geographical location | Australian Standard Geographic Classification of remoteness | ABS/Census | |
Socio-cultural | Socio-economic status | Socio Economic Index For Areas (SEIFA)-Index of Disadvantage | ABS/Census |
Education level | Proportion of adult population who did not complete secondary school | ABS/Census VCHWS | |
Ethnicity/cultural group | Proportion of adult population who do not speak English at home | ABS/Census | |
Household income | Health card holder status | ABS/Census | |
Migrant Status | Proportion of population (adults and children) who are migrants | ABS/Census | |
Indigenous Status | Proportion of population who are Indigenous | ABS/Census | |
Use of services | Dental attendance | Proportion of population receiving timely dental care (<12 months) | DHHS/TitaniumDET/VCHWSAIHW DSRU/NSAOH, NDTIS |
Reason for attendance | Proportion of population attending for treatment vs check-up | AIHW DSRU/NSAOH, NDTISDHHS/Titanium | |
Dental General Anaesthetics (DGA) | Child DGA rates per 100,000 for removal and/or restoration | DHHS/VAED, AIHW/NHMD | |
Early detection/preventative | Proportion of population treated for early disease | DHHS/TitaniumAIHW DSRU/NSAOH | |
Care received | Proportion of population who received preventive care | DHHS/TitaniumAIHWDSRU/NSAOH | |
Courses of care by provider level: general/emergency/specialist | DHHS/Titanium | ||
Emergency care | Ratio of emergency to general oral care provided by public oral health care service | DHHS/Titanium | |
Recall period for children | Recall period for children (average period in months at when children re-attend the public oral health service) | DHHS/Titanium | |
Behaviours | Oral hygiene practises | Proportion of children and adolescents who brush their teeth twice a day | DET/VCHWSAIHW DSRU/COHS |
Tap water | Proportion of population who regularly drink tap water | DET/VCHWSDHHS/VPHS | |
Diet | Proportion of population who regularly drink sweet drinks | FaHCSIA & ABS/LSACDET/VCHWS | |
Alcohol consumption | Proportion of adults who drink alcohol at levels beyond that considered safe in the long term | DHHS/VPHS | |
Tobacco | Proportion of population who smoke tobacco | DHHS/VPHS | |
Outcomes: | |||
Disease Children | Dental caries severity | Mean number of decayed, missing and filled primary (dmft/s) and permanent (DMFT/S) teeth/surfaces with caries experience | AIHW DSRU/CDHSDHHS/Titanium |
Dental caries prevalence | Proportion of children experiencing dental caries (dmft/s > 0 and DMFT/S > 0) | AIHWDSRU/CDHSDHHS/Titanium | |
Untreated dental caries | Proportion of children with 1+ untreated dentine decayed teeth | AIHW DSRU/CDHSDHHS/Titanium | |
Dental Sealants | Proportion of children with dental sealants | AIHW DSRU/CDHSDHHS/Titanium | |
Oral health status | Proportion of children whose parents have concerns about their child’s oral health at school entry | DET/SEHQ | |
Adults | Dental caries severity | Mean number of decayed, missing and filled permanent (DMFT/S) teeth/surfaces with caries experience | AIHW DSRU/NSAOHDHHS/Titanium |
Dental caries prevalence | Proportion of population experiencing dental caries (DMFT/S > 0) | AIHW DSRU/NSAOHDHHS/Titanium | |
Untreated dental caries | Proportion of population with 1+ untreated dentine decayed teeth | AIHW DSRU/NSAOHDHHS/Titanium | |
Non-Functional dentition | Proportion of edentulous adults | AIHW DSRU/NSAOHDHHS/Titanium | |
Functional dentition | Proportion of population with 21+ natural teeth | AIHW DSRU/NSAOH/NDTISDHHS/Titanium | |
Periodontal Disease Severity | Proportion of dentate adults with periodontal diseases -severity and extent- | AIHW DSRU/NSAOHDHHS/Titanium | |
Oral Cancer mucosal lesions | Annual incidence rates of oral cancer (cancer of the lip, oral cavity, pharynx) per 100,000 population | CCV/VCR, AIHW/ACD | |
Quality of Life | Experience of pain | Proportion of population who experience tooth ache regularly | AIHW DSRU/NDTIS, NSAOH |
Psychosocial and functional impacts of oral illness | Proportion of adult population often or very often felt uncomfortable with the appearance of their teeth or dentures | AIHW DSRU/NDTIS, NSAOH |