Table 5.
Prevalence and extent of penodontal probing depth (PPD) and clinical attachment loss (CAL) by severity and selected characteristics for persons 30 years and older in the United States, NHANES 2009–2012
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| PPD: | ≥5% sites | 44.9 | 2.2 | 17.0 | 0.9 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.09 |
| ≥10% sites | 31.2 | 1.8 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.05 | |
| ≥30% sites | 12.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
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| Mean % sites | 11.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.01 | |
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| CAL: | ≥5% sites | 58.2 | 1.6 | 31.8 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 0.8 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| ≥10% sites | 43.8 | 1.6 | 21.9 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.3 | |
| ≥30% sites | 21.3 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | |
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| Mean % sites | 19.3 | 0.8 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | |
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| PPD: | ≥5% teeth | 70.6 | 1.6 | 32.8 | 1.2 | 14.6 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
| ≥10% teeth | 61.4 | 1.9 | 25.7 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.2 | |
| ≥30% teeth | 35.5 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.05 | |
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| Mean% teeth | 28.4 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.05 | |
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| CAL: | ≥5% teeth | 80.1 | 1.1 | 49.5 | 1.7 | 31.5 | 1.2 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 10.7 | 0.5 |
| ≥10% teeth | 73.2 | 1.4 | 42.4 | 1.5 | 24.7 | 0.9 | 13.4 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 0.5 | |
| ≥30% teeth | 47.4 | 1.7 | 23.4 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.3 | |
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| Mean % teeth | 37.4 | 1.1 | 19.2 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.2 | |
CAL, clinical attachment loss; PPD, periodontal probing depth; SE, standard error.