Provart S J, Carmichael C L
Department of Dental Public Health, County Durham Health Commission, UK.
Community Dent Health. 1995 Sep;12(3):138-42.
An investigation of the potential for an index of material deprivation to indicate groups of young children at risk to dental caries and to assess caries experience in their age group at three levels of deprivation, measured by the Townsend Index, was undertaken in County Durham. Electoral wards were ranked on an index of material deprivation derived from 1991 Census data. Dental caries data for the upper quartile, inter-quartile range and lower quartile of material deprivation in the County were obtained from a dental survey of 6052 five-year-old children in 1991-92. The number of children in each group ranged from 1145 to 3058. Significant differences in dental caries experience between high, middle and low ranges of material deprivation existed. The index of material deprivation can indicate groups of children in the community at high and low risk of dental caries.
在达勒姆郡进行了一项调查，研究通过汤森指数衡量的物质剥夺指数能否表明处于龋齿风险中的幼儿群体，并评估在三个剥夺水平下其年龄组的龋齿经历。根据1991年人口普查数据得出的物质剥夺指数对选举区进行排名。从1991 - 1992年对6052名五岁儿童的牙科调查中获取了该郡物质剥夺程度上四分位数、四分位间距和下四分位数的龋齿数据。每组儿童数量从1145到3058不等。物质剥夺程度高、中、低范围之间的龋齿经历存在显著差异。物质剥夺指数可以表明社区中处于高龋齿风险和低龋齿风险的儿童群体。
