Table 5 The percentage prevalence of dental caries and untreated caries and the severity of caries by age group in South Africa
From: Evidence to support a food-based dietary guideline on sugar consumption in South Africa
Age | Weighted national mean | DMFT/dmft | D/d | M/m | F/f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% caries | % untreated caries | |||||
4-5 | 50.6 | 46.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
6 | 60.3 | 55.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
12 | 36.9 | 30.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
15 | 51.0 | 42.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
35-44 | 95.0 | 68.0 | 12.3 | 3.2 | 8.2 | 1.2 |