Table 7. Population of 5 year old / 3–4 year old children, costs and expected savings of dental treatments per 5 year old child, and cost of nursery toothbrushing programme per 3–4 year old child, Scotland, 1999/00–2009/10 financial years.
| Year | Population of 5 y.o. children in Scotland * | Total cost of actual and anticipated dental treatments (per 5 y.o. child), £ | Cost of dental extractions (per 5 y.o. child), £ | Anticipated further cost of decayed teeth (per 5 y.o. child), £ | Cost of fillings (per 5 year old child), £ | Costs / Expected savings resulting from actual and anticipated dental treatments (per 5 y.o. child), £ ** | Population of 3–4 y.o. children in Scotland * | Cost of nursery toothbrushing programme (per 3–4 y.o. child in population), £ *** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99/00 | 61,399 | 135.83 | 69.31 | 63.77 | 2.74 | |||
| 00/01 | 59,175 | 144.54 | 74.37 | 67.38 | 2.78 | |||
| 01/02 | 58,088 | 150.91 | 78.27 | 69.87 | 2.78 | Comparator year | 115,506 | 15.26 |
| 02/03 | 58,624 | 153.17 | 80.03 | 70.45 | 2.69 | 3.64 | 112,387 | 15.68 |
| 03/04 | 56,803 | 132.90 | 68.47 | 61.96 | 2.47 | -21.43 | 108,812 | 16.20 |
| 04/05 | 55,929 | 120.11 | 61.54 | 56.29 | 2.28 | -36.63 | 105,891 | 16.65 |
| 05/06 | 53,553 | 109.91 | 55.91 | 51.86 | 2.14 | -53.79 | 104,355 | 16.89 |
| 06/07 | 52,843 | 103.89 | 53.73 | 48.09 | 2.07 | -62.00 | 104,464 | 16.87 |
| 07/08 | 52,093 | 97.78 | 51.52 | 44.26 | 2.00 | -70.50 | 107,394 | 16.41 |
| 08/09 | 53,135 | 85.90 | 42.80 | 41.21 | 1.89 | -79.08 | 110,095 | 16.01 |
| 09/10 | 54,812 | 73.62 | 34.02 | 37.84 | 1.76 | -86.31 | 111,688 | 15.78 |
All costs / expected savings are reported in 2009 British pound sterling (GBP, £).
* Source: General Register Office for Scotland / National Records of Scotland (2000–2010), Mid-year estimated population by sex, single year of age and administrative area– 1999–2009 years. Based on the 2001 Scotland’s Census (http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates/archive); accessed 29 May 2015)
** The positive value is an additional cost per 5 year old child in the population, whereas the negative values are expected savings per 5 year old child, in comparison with the dental treatments costs in the baseline year 2001/02.
*** Our assumption was that the cost of the toothbrushing programme was constant over time. Hence there is little variation in the average cost per 3–4 year old child in the Scottish population over time.