1) The document discusses dental caries prevalence rates in India according to different age groups and regions based on WHO data from various studies between 1965-2002. 2) It reports that dental caries prevalence among 12-year-olds in New Delhi was 52% in 1993 with a DMFT of 1.44, but had risen to 53.8% according to a 2004 national survey. 3) Dental caries rates were found to increase with age, with a rate of 85% reported among 65-74 year olds in the 2004 national survey.

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18. Spatial distribution of the sixWHO regions in the world.
Source:WHO (http://www.who.int/about/regions/en/index.html)

19. WHO regions
No.of countries
3 DMFT/less >3 DMFT
number Percentage (%) number Percentage (%)
EURO (48) 32 67 16 33
AFRO (38) 33 87 5 13
AMRO (38) 16 42 22 58
EMRO (21) 18 86 3 14
SEARO (11) 10 91 1 9
WPRO (28) 20 71 8 29
Total 184 129 55

31. Percent affected; DMFT; Different age groups
Age group % affected DMFT D M F Year Source
10 years 57 1.53* 1.36 0.08 0.10 1993 1) New Delhi
11 years 52 1.44* 1.19 0.06 0.18 1993 1) New Delhi
12 years 36 0.86* 0.69 0.03 0.14 1993 1) New Delhi
13 years 33 0.81 0.63 0.06 0.12 1993 1) New Delhi
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Source Fauba, Tewari Chawla, 1986 JIDA

32. 14 years 33 0.83 0.69 0.01 0.13 1993 1) New Delhi
15 years 26 0.70 0.40 0.02 0.27 1993 1) New Delhi
16 years 80 3.6 3.6 n.a 0.0 n.a
2) Bombay Damle 1994
(Dharvi) J.Com. Dent. Oral.
Epid
35-44 years 94 6.4 4.2 2.1 0.1 1989
3) WB
60-64 years n.a 10.8 2.3 8.5 0.0 n.a
4) Manipal area, South India
65-74 years n.a 14.0 3.1 11.0 0.0 n.a
4) Manipal area, South India
75+years n.a 20.3 2.2 18.1 0.0 n.a
4) Manipal area, South India
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37. Age group Prevalence (%)
5 yr 51.9%
12 yr 53.8%
15 yr 63.1%
35-44 yr 80.2%
65-74 yr 85%

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