Scottish Health Survey 2017 - volume one: main report

Presents results for the Scottish Health Survey 2017, providing information on the health and factors relating to health of people living in Scotland.

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Table 3.3 Number of natural teeth and percentage with no natural teeth (age-standardised), 2017, by area deprivation and sex

Aged 16 and over 2017
False teeth/number of natural teeth Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
5th (Least deprived) 4th 3rd 2nd 1st (Most deprived)
  % % % % %
Men
No natural teeth 2 5 6 6 12
Fewer than 10 2 3 4 6 10
Between 10 and 19 9 12 13 17 14
20 or more 87 80 76 71 64
All with teeth 98 95 94 94 88
Women
No natural teeth 4 9 8 12 18
Fewer than 10 3 4 5 6 7
Between 10 and 19 7 9 11 10 11
20 or more 85 79 77 73 65
All with teeth 96 91 92 88 82
All adults
No natural teeth 3 7 7 9 15
Fewer than 10 3 3 5 6 8
Between 10 and 19 8 10 12 13 12
20 or more 86 80 76 72 65
All with teeth 97 93 93 91 85
Bases (weighted):
Men 376 379 356 370 291
Women 403 371 382 379 377
All adults 778 750 738 748 668
Bases (unweighted):
Men 311 374 358 313 235
Women 411 456 460 396 369
All adults 722 830 818 709 604

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