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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Increase the proportion of low-income youth who have a preventive dental visit — OH‑09 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
68.7 percent (2020-21)

Target:
79.9 percent 

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
75.8 percent of children aged 1 through 17 years who reside in households with income less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level received a preventive dental service in 2016-17 

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Low-income children and adolescents receiving preventive dental services in the past year, 2016-17 to 2020-21 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016-17 2018-19 2020-21
Total
75.8
CI 74.2 / 77.2
SE 0.765
75.0
CI 73.5 / 76.4
SE 0.745
68.7
CI 67.4 / 70.0
SE 0.666