Summary
NOHP Key Performance Indicators | Comparison to baseline report |
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1. Caries experience in children |
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2. Untreated caries prevalence |
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3. Periodontitis prevalence |
Unfavourable increase |
4. Edentulism prevalence |
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5. Inadequate dentition prevalence |
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6. Mean number of missing teeth |
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7. People experiencing toothache |
Unfavourable increase |
8. Food avoidance due to dental problems |
Unfavourable increase |
9. People feeling uncomfortable with appearance of mouth and teeth |
Unfavourable increase |
10. Oral cancer relative survival rate |
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11. Access to optimally fluoridated drinking water |
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12. Adults who smoke daily |
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13. Free sugar consumption |
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14. People who have received an oral health check-up in the previous two years |
Unfavourable decrease for adults |
15. Daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste |
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16. People who report avoiding or delaying visiting a dental practitioner in the last 12 months |
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17. Children accessing oral health care through a government funded oral health program |
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18. Adults accessing oral health care in the public sector |
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19. Potentially preventable dental hospitalisations |
Unfavourable increase |
20. Private dental practices and services accredited to National Safety and Quality Health Service standards |
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21. Newly registered dental practitioners, by division |
Recent data shows an Unfavourable decrease |
22. Registered clinically active dental practitioners |
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23. Non-oral health vocational education and training sector enrolments successfully completing oral health units of competency |
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24. Students enrolled in dental and oral health courses who have a rural background |
Unfavourable decrease |
25. Patient experience visiting a dental professional |
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26. Adult daily alcohol consumption |
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Australia’s National Oral Health Plan: trends
Background
Our oral health-a national perspective
- KPI 1 Caries experience in children
- KPI 2 Untreated caries prevalence
- KPI 3 Periodontitis prevalence
- KPI 4 Edentulism prevalence
- KPI 5 Inadequate dentition prevalence
- KPI 6 Mean number of missing teeth
- KPI 19 Potentially preventable dental hospitalisations
How oral disease impacts our wellbeing
- KPI 7 People experiencing toothache
- KPI 8 Food avoidance due to dental problems
- KPI 9 People feeling uncomfortable with the appearance of mouth and teeth
Preventative strategies to reduce the risk of oral disease
- KPI 10 Oral cancer relative survival rate
- KPI 11 Access to optimally fluoridated drinking water
- KPI 15 Daily brushing with fluoride toothpaste
Behaviours that increase the risk of oral disease
- KPI 12 Adults who smoke daily
- KPI 13 Free sugar consumption
- KPI 26 Adult alcohol consumption
Access to oral health services
- KPI 14 People who have received an oral health check-up in the previous two years
- KPI 16 People who report avoiding or delaying visiting a dental practitioner in the last 12 months
- KPI 17 Children accessing oral health care through a government funded oral health program
- KPI 18 Adults accessing oral health care in the public sector, by jurisdiction
Safety and quality of oral health services
- KPI 20 Private dental practices and services accredited to national safety and quality standards
- KPI 25 Patient experience visiting a dental professional
The oral health workforce
- KPI 21 Newly registered dental practitioners, by division
- KPI 22 Registered clinically active dental practitioners
- KPI 23 Non-oral health vocational education and training sector enrolments...
- KPI 24 Students enrolled in dental and oral health courses who have a rural background
Data sources
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