Aged 16 and over	1995 to 2015
False teeth / number of natural teeth	1995	1998	2003	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Men
All own teeth
16-64	69	73	76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16+	n/a	n/a	67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
All false teeth
16-64	9	8	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16+	n/a	n/a	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
No natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6
Fewer than 10 natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5
10 to 19 natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	11	11	11	11	12	9	9	10
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	12	13	13	13	11	12	13
20 or more natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	82	82	82	83	82	84	85	85
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	72	72	73	73	72	75	76	76
All with teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	96	96	96	97	96	96	97	97
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	91	91	91	91	91	92	93	94
Women
All own teeth
16-64	66	70	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16+	n/a	n/a	62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
All false teeth
16-64	13	11	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16+	n/a	n/a	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
No natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	2
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	14	14	13	11	12	12	11	9
Fewer than 10 natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	4	5	6	6	5	4	4
10 to 19 natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	9	10	8	8	7	9	8	7
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	10
20 or more natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	83	82	84	85	85	84	87	88
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	70	70	72	72	73	73	74	76
All with teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	98
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	86	86	87	89	88	88	89	91
All adults
All own teeth
16-64	68	72	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16+	n/a	n/a	64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
All false teeth
16-64	11	9	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
16+	n/a	n/a	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
No natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	2
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	8
Fewer than 10 natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	4
10 to 19 natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
20 or more natural teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	82	82	83	84	83	84	86	87
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	71	71	72	73	73	74	75	76
All with teeth
16-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	96	95	96	97	96	96	97	98
16+	n/a	n/a	n/a	88	88	89	90	90	90	91	92
Bases (weighted):
Men 16-64	3902	3950	3169	2537	2940	2824	2944	1885	1892	1794	1908
Men 16+	n/a	n/a	3833	3083	3585	3450	3598	2309	2338	2231	2386
Women 16-64	3998	3989	3318	2632	3060	2938	3063	1950	1979	1873	1998
Women 16+	n/a	n/a	4276	3362	3917	3762	3924	2500	2545	2420	2592
All adults 16-64	7900	7939	6487	5169	6001	5762	6007	3836	3871	3667	3906
All 16+	n/a	n/a	8109	6445	7502	7212	7522	4809	4883	4651	4978
Bases (unweighted):
Men 16-64	3524	3364	2756	2078	2398	2287	2416	1517	1600	1476	1557
Men 16+	n/a	n/a	3589	2835	3276	3104	3270	2126	2134	2064	2235
Women 16-64	4408	4212	3451	2687	3206	3073	3172	1970	2075	1857	1922
Women 16+	n/a	n/a	4522	3608	4234	4114	4252	2684	2752	2588	2744
All adults 16-64	7932	7576	6207	4765	5604	5360	5588	3487	3675	3333	3479
All 16+	n/a	n/a	8111	6443	7510	7218	7522	4810	4886	4652	4978

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Table 3.1 Number of natural teeth and percentage with no natural teeth, 1995 to 2015, by sex

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