Fig. 2.

Scatter plots of direct state- and county-level estimates of prevalence of untreated dental caries (%) from select third-grade SOHS versus model-based estimates among children aged eight years, 2005–2010.^a

Abbreviation: SOHS, State Oral Health Survey.

^aModel-based estimates produced using census data and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005–2010 model coefficients.

^bPlot A included 34 states, for which SOHS were available within 2005–2006 to 2010–2011.

^cPlot B included 53 counties of the New York state, for which the county-level direct estimates were available from the 2009–2011 New York SOHS.