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Table 1 Mean d 3 mft, % obvious decay experience, Significant Caries Index (SIC), SIC of poorest decile (SIC 10) and Scottish Caries Inequality Metric (SCIM 10) for Glasgow and the Rest of Scotland per annum

From: Elimination of ‘the Glasgow effect’ in levels of dental caries in Scotland’s five-year-old children: 10 cross-sectional surveys (1994–2012)

 

Glasgow (n = 24,799)

Rest of Scotland (n = 67,765)

Year

Mean d3mft (SD)

% decay

SIC

SIC 10

SCIM 10

n

Mean d3mft (SD)

% decay

SIC

SIC 10

SCIM 10

n

1994

4.3 (4.2)

74%

9.39

12.98

36.75

840

3.0 (3.8)

58%

7.59

11.55

24.22

4233

1996

3.6 (3.8)

67%

8.13

11.33

30.06

1648

2.8 (3.7)

56%

7.23

11.01

22.84

4587

1998

3.8 (4.0)

67%

8.69

12.13

32.31

1458

2.5 (3.4)

54%

6.50

10.38

19.77

5107

2000

3.6 (4.0)

66%

8.51

12.30

29.86

1080

2.4 (3.3)

52%

6.24

9.98

18.56

5686

2003

3.5 (3.8)

65%

8.02

11.21

29.16

2232

2.8 (3.6)

55%

7.07

10.63

22.20

7515

2004

3.1 (3.7)

59%

7.58

10.81

25.57

4263

2.2 (3.3)

47%

6.13

9.99

17.39

6693

2006

2.5 (3.4)

50%

6.62

10.11

19.70

3220

2.0 (3.1)

44%

5.69

9.42

15.60

7725

2008

2.1 (3.3)

45%

5.94

9.85

16.46

3422

1.8 (3.0)

41%

5.23

9.04

13.71

8645

2010

1.8 (3.0)

42%

5.28

9.07

13.97

3167

1.4 (2.7)

35%

4.28

8.35

10.23

8771

2012

1.6 (2.9)

36%

4.80

8.82

11.91

3469

1.3 (2.5)

33%

3.95

7.72

9.32

8803

Slope

  

−0.23

−0.21

−1.29

   

−0.18

−0.18

−0.76

 

p=

  

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

   

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001