Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries 
Selecting Interventions 
Oral and Craniofacial Diseases and Disorders Dental Caries
Table 38.1. Mean DMFT and SiC Index of 12-Year-Olds for Some Countries, by Ascending Order of DMFT
Table 38.1. Mean DMFT and SiC Index of 12-Year-Olds for Some Countries, by Ascending Order of DMFT
| Country | Mean DMFT | SiC Index | Year | Sample size | Reference |
| Australia | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1999 | 29,130 | Armfield, Roberts-Thomson, and Spencer 2003 |
| Nepal | 0.8 | 2.5 | 2000 | 623 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Sweden | 0.9 | 2.6 | 2001 | 71,896 | Sundberg 2002 |
| Jamaica | 1.0 | 2.8 | 1995 | 362 | Data from PAHO, courtesy E. D. Beltran and S. Estupinan-Day |
| China | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1996 | 23,452 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Senegal | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1994 | 300 | Sembene, Kane, and Bourgeois 1999 |
| Sri Lanka | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1994 |
2,003 | Abayaratna and Krishnarasa 1997 |
| England, U.K. (Northwest) | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2000 |
12,029 | Pitts and others 2002 |
| United States | 1.4 | 3.6 | 1988 |
176 | Data from PAHO, courtesy E. D. Beltran and S. Estupinan-Day |
| Portugal | 1.5 | 3.6 | 1999 | 800 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Germany | 1.7 | 4.1 | 1997 | 1,043 | Micheelis and Reich 1999 |
| Israel | 1.7 | 4.1 | 2002 | 1,327 | Courtesy S. P. Zusman, Division of Dental Health, Israel |
| South Africa | 1.7 | 4.3 | 1988 |
1,571 | van Wyk 1994 |
| Greece (Northeastern province) (11-year-olds) | 1.8 | 4.2 | 2001 | 2,217 | Demertzi and Topitsoglou 2002 |
| Scotland (U.K.) | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1996 |
6,165 | Data from K. Woods from the study Pitts, Evans, and Nugent 1998 |
| France | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1998 | 6,000 | Hescot and Roland 2000 |
| Thailand | 2.4 | 4.9 | 2001 | 1,116 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Mexico (state of Mexico) | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1997 | 1,138 | Irigoyen and Sanchez-Hinojosa 2000 |
| Uruguay | 2.5 | 5.3 | 1999 | 596 | Sector Público 1999 |
| Comoros | 2.6 | 6.1 | 2000 | 142 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Belarus | 2.7 | 5.4 | 1999 | 2,537 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Romania | 2.7 | 5.8 | 2001 | 785 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Nicaragua | 2.8 | 5.7 | 1997 | 365 | Data from PAHO, courtesy E. D. Beltran and S. Estupinan-Day |
| Greenland | 3.5 | 7.0 | 2002 | 236 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Latvia | 3.8 | 7.1 | 1998 | 416 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Poland | 3.9 | 7.2 | 1997 | 1,732 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Honduras | 4.0 | 7.5 | 1997 | 307 | Data from PAHO, courtesy E. D. Beltran and S. Estupinan-Day |
| Bolivia | 4.7 | 8.8 | 1995 | 389 | Data from PAHO, courtesy E. D. Beltran and S. Estupinan-Day |
| Slovak Republic | 5.9 | 14.3 | 1998 | 1,589 | Data from WHO, courtesy P. E. Petersen |
| Costa Rica | 8.5 | 13.7 | 1988 | 1,349 | Data from PAHO, courtesy E. D. Beltran and S. Estupinan-Day |
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Source: Authors. PAHO = Pan American Health Organization; SiC = Significant caries. | |||||