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Table 1 Ten most common principle diagnoses for DGA receipt among Australians aged 15+ years; 1998–1999 to 2004–2005 by age-group (percent) (top five diagnoses per agegroup highlighted in bold)

From: Dental general anaesthetic receipt among Australians aged 15+ years, 1998–1999 to 2004–2005

 

AGE GROUP (years)

PRINCIPLE DIAGNOSIS

Total

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–85

85+

Impacted teeth

63.7

79.3

79.3

71.6

62.7

49.8

37.2

27.8

21.8

18.1

15.4

14.4

8.7

9.9

9.2

7.1

Dental caries, unspecified

12.4

2.7

3.9

9.1

15.1

22.3

28.5

32.6

33.3

34.8

34.7

35.2

43.2

41.6

43.6

46.2

Disturbances in tooth eruption

3.9

5.5

4.6

4.2

3.2

2.7

2.1

1.6

1.4

1.1

0.9

1.3

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.6

Anomalies of tooth position

3.2

4.8

3.6

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.1

1.3

1.1

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.2

Periapical abscess w/o sinus

2.4

0.3

0.9

1.6

2.7

4.0

5.5

6.4

6.9

7.4

7.7

7.1

8.6

7.9

9.6

8.5

Chronic periodontitis

1.2

0.7

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.2

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.5

Embedded teeth

1.0

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.1

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.3

Disorder of teeth, unspecified

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.8

1.2

1.5

1.9

2.1

2.7

2.7

2.9

3.6

3.5

3.6

3.5

Other disorders of teeth

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.0

2.2

2.3

1.9

2.3

Pathological fracture of tooth

0.7

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.8

1.6

2.3

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.4

3.0

2.8

3.0

3.1