UK - statistical information
Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what statistical information his Department holds on the effect on levels of health inequality of the addition of fluoride to the water supply since the commencement of the Water Act 2003. [6062]
Anne Milton: There have been no new fluoridation schemes since 2003. However, the potential that fluoridation offers for reducing inequalities in oral health is well illustrated by data from nationally coordinated surveys of child dental health, a copy of which has been placed in the Library and is available at:
www.bascd.org/annual_survey_results.php
By way of example, a survey conducted in 2007-08 shows five-year-old children in Sandwell, in the fluoridated West Midlands, have on average 1.1 decayed, missing or filled tooth compared with an average of 2.4 in Blackburn, an area of a similar socio-economic profile in the North West where the water is not fluoridated. Equally significant is information from the 2009 health profile for the West Midlands, which covered a wide range of indices including life expectancy, infant deaths, violent crime and drug misuse. The profile shows that, of all the indices, only those for tooth decay and road injuries and deaths in the West Midlands were below the national average.
No statistics on fluorosis no statistics on the number of dental interventions or dentists per patients
Anne Milton: There have been no new fluoridation schemes since 2003. However, the potential that fluoridation offers for reducing inequalities in oral health is well illustrated by data from nationally coordinated surveys of child dental health, a copy of which has been placed in the Library and is available at:
www.bascd.org/annual_survey_results.php
By way of example, a survey conducted in 2007-08 shows five-year-old children in Sandwell, in the fluoridated West Midlands, have on average 1.1 decayed, missing or filled tooth compared with an average of 2.4 in Blackburn, an area of a similar socio-economic profile in the North West where the water is not fluoridated. Equally significant is information from the 2009 health profile for the West Midlands, which covered a wide range of indices including life expectancy, infant deaths, violent crime and drug misuse. The profile shows that, of all the indices, only those for tooth decay and road injuries and deaths in the West Midlands were below the national average.
No statistics on fluorosis no statistics on the number of dental interventions or dentists per patients
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