Monthly Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 18, No. 9, Supplement (2), December 18, 1969, Health Interview Survey-Provisional Data: Estimated Annual Volume of Dental Visits in the United States, 1968

摘要

During the year 1968 there were an estimated 265.4 million dental visits. or an average of 1.4 visits per person per year, made by the civilian, noninstitutional population of the United States. This information is based on data collected in the Health Interview Survey. National Center for Health Statistics, during the period July-December 1968. Any visit to a dentist's office for treatment or advice was considered a dental visit, even if the service was not provided by a dentist himself but by a technician or hygienist acting under a dentist's supervision. Unlike other types of health care such as hospital and physician services, dental visits are not subject to a great amount of seasonal variation. For this reason the estimates based on the 6-month period July-December 1968 are generally comparable to those based on the data collected during the l2-month periods.