Percentage of 5 year olds with experience of visually obvious dental decay - WMCA

Percentage of 5 year olds with dental decay extending to the dentine layer which can be detected by visual observation aloneRationaleOral health is an integral part of overall health; when children are not healthy this affects their ability to learn, thrive and develop. This indicator therefore links to a key policy: Getting the Best Start in Life. Poor oral health is a priority under Best Start in Life, it was also a topic of a Health Select Committee inquiry, and the most common cause of hospital admission for 5 to 9 year olds. This indicator allows benchmarking of oral health of young children across England, and is an excellent proxy measure of assessing the impact of the commissioning of oral health improvement programmes on the local community. Dental caries is a synonymous term for tooth decay.Definition of numeratorNumber of 5 year olds in a given area with at least one tooth decayed, missing or filledDefinition of denominatorNumber of 5 year olds examined for a given areaCaveatsNot all local authorities have taken part in the survey. This means that for any child who has been examined whose LA of residence has not taken part in the survey, their figures will be included in national, regional, deprivation and ethnicity breakdowns, but will not appear in the local authority breakdown. Details are available at  https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/oral-health#surveys-and-intelligence:-children

5岁儿童中，仅通过视觉观察即可检测到的牙本质层龋齿的比例。该指标与一项核心政策相联系：确保人生起跑线最佳。在‘确保人生起跑线最佳’政策中，不良口腔健康被视为优先事项，它也曾是健康选择委员会调查的主题，且是5至9岁儿童住院的最常见原因。此指标允许对英格兰年轻儿童的口腔健康状况进行基准对比，并且是评估口腔健康改善项目对当地社区影响的一项出色的替代性衡量指标。龋齿与牙齿腐烂同义。分子定义：特定区域内至少有一颗牙齿发生龋坏、缺失或填充的5岁儿童数量。分母定义：特定区域内接受检查的5岁儿童数量。注意事项：并非所有地方当局都参与了此次调查。这意味着，对于任何居住地的地方当局未参与调查的接受检查的儿童，其数据将被纳入国家、地区、贫困和种族细分中，但不会出现在地方当局细分中。详细信息请参阅 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/oral-health#surveys-and-intelligence:-children