Table 2.
Prevalence of severe penodontitis by CDC/AAP and EFP case definitions using NHANES 2009 – 2012 by selected characteristics for adults 30 years and older
| N | Weighted N (in millions) | Periodontitis (CDC/AAP Case Definitions15) | Periodontitis (EFP Case Definitions18) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe % | SE | Other % | SE | Severe % | SE | Incipient % | SE | |||
| NHANES 2009–2012 | 7,066 | 141.0 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 37.1 | 1.5 | 12.0 | 0.7 | 65.8 | 1.0 |
| ¶ NHANES III Protocol | 7,043 | 140.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 17.2 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 39.8 | 1.4 |
| ∞ NHANES 2000–2004 Protocol | 7,044 | 140.7 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 23.2 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 42.4 | 1.4 |
| Age (Mean:24.0 teeth) | ||||||||||
| 30–34 years (26.5 teeth) | 846 | 17.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 22.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 51.9 | 2.6 |
| 35–49 years (25.5 teeth) | 2,495 | 54.0 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 29.7 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 16.0 | 1.5 |
| 50–64 years (23.2 teeth) | 2,214 | 45.9 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 40.8 | 2.2 | 15.8 | 1.2 | 70.0 | 1.5 |
| 65+years (20.6 teeth) | 1,511 | 23.8 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 57.0 | 2.2 | 20.6 | 1.6 | 71.0 | 1.7 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 3,515 | 69.0 | 13.3 | 0.9 | 41.6 | 1.7 | 16.5 | 0.9 | 68.1 | 1.3 |
| Female | 3,551 | 72.0 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 32.7 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 63.6 | 1.1 |
| Race/Ethnic Group | ||||||||||
| Hispanics | 1,028 | 11.0 | 15.8 | 1.7 | 47.7 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 1.4 | 70.3 | 1.6 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian American* | 478 | 7.6 | 12.1 | 2.0 | 37.8 | 2.6 | 12.6 | 2.5 | 73.0 | 2.1 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3,018 | 97.0 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 34.0 | 1.9 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 65.4 | 1.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,512 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 43.5 | 1.5 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 61.6 | 1.5 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| < High school | 1,784 | 23.1 | 17.1 | 1.5 | 49.9 | 1.7 | 24.7 | 1.6 | 62.5 | 1.7 |
| High school | 1,514 | 29.5 | 11.9 | 0.9 | 43.8 | 2.0 | 17.7 | 1.4 | 65.3 | 1.6 |
| >High school | 3,757 | 88.3 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 31.4 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 66.8 | 1.3 |
| Poverty Level | ||||||||||
| < 100% FPL | 1,257 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 1.2 | 47.4 | 2.0 | 21.7 | 1.6 | 64.4 | 1.7 |
| 100–199% FPL | 1,683 | 24.9 | 13.7 | 1.4 | 43.3 | 2.3 | 19.3 | 1.3 | 64.2 | 1.6 |
| 200–499% FPL | 1,660 | 37.6 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 40.1 | 2.4 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 65.5 | 1.6 |
| ≥400% FPL | 1,848 | 53.4 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 28.0 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 66.4 | 1.6 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Married | 4,049 | 88.4 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 34.4 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 0.6 | 65.0 | 1.0 |
| Widowed | 525 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 1.5 | 50.2 | 3.4 | 23.5 | 2.6 | 67.0 | 2.2 |
| Divorced | 874 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 41.1 | 3.2 | 15.8 | 2.1 | 67.9 | 2.9 |
| Separated | 296 | 3.8 | 17.3 | 3.9 | 43.3 | 4.4 | 19.7 | 3.5 | 65.4 | 3.4 |
| Never married | 821 | 14.8 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 37.0 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 67.6 | 2.0 |
| Living with partner | 495 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 1.7 | 41.3 | 3.3 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 66.3 | 3.1 |
| Smoking status | ||||||||||
| Current smoker | 1,338 | 24.6 | 18.9 | 1.7 | 47.7 | 2.1 | 25.6 | 1.8 | 62.0 | 2.0 |
| Former smoker | 1,769 | 37.1 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 39.2 | 2.4 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 66.9 | 1.6 |
| Non smoker | 3,956 | 79.3 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 32.8 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 0.6 | 66.4 | 1.2 |
Oversampling of Non-Hispanic Asian Americans only in NHANES 2011–2012.
Age standardized, standardized to age distribution of the 2000 US population; CAL, clinical attachment loss; PPD, periodontal probing depth; SE, standard error; total periodontitis, sum of prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe periodontitis according to the CDC/AAP case definitions;15 weighted, source population represented applying mobile examination center (MEC) weights, FPL, federal poverty level. NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey;
NHANES III protocol, NHANES III protocol applied to NHANES 2009–2012 data: prevalence estimates based on the PMPE protocols used in NHANES III and 1999–2000 using PPD and CAL measurements only from two sites per tooth (mid-buccal and mesio-buccal sites) from all teeth other than third molars in two randomly selected quadrants; NHANES 2001–2004 protocol,
NHANES 2001–2004 protocol applied to NHANES 2009–2012 data: prevalence estimates based on the PMPE protocol used in NHANES 2001–2004 using measurements of PPD and CAL only from three sites per tooth (mid-buccal, mesio-buccal, and disto- buccal sites) from all teeth other man third molars in two randomly selected quadrants.