| Notes: | U.S. total does not include territories. Data represent adults aged 65+ who reported having had all of their natural teeth extracted. Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics. |
| Sources: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/list.asp?cat=OH&yr=2008&qkey=6606&state=All.
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