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Excerpts from Presentation on Epidemiologic Data and Changing Demographics
Author(s) -
Stamm John
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1990.tb02100.x
Subject(s) - demographics , oral health , presentation (obstetrics) , public health , medicine , epidemiology , environmental health , survey data collection , family medicine , south carolina , gerontology , demography , political science , nursing , statistics , pathology , mathematics , public administration , sociology , radiology
Dental surveys provide epidemiologic and sociodemographic data useful for program planning, implementation, and evaluation. Dental public health decisions in North Carolina have been based on statewide oral health surveys. Results from the 1986–87North Carolina School Oral Health Survey and a comparison of these data to previous survey results and to recent national estimates of oral disease provide a basis for the discussions and deliberations during the symposium.