Oral Health Country/Area Profile Programme/CAPP

Caries for 12-Year-Olds by Country/Area
WHO Region, WHO Language Recommendations

Country/Area by Alphabetical Order
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Global DMFT for 12-year-olds 1.61 Year of estimate: 2004 For more info, click
Global DMFT for 12-year-olds 1.74 Year of estimate: 2001 For more info, click

Last update: December 2, 2009

A
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Afghanistan 1991 2.91 EMRO E
Albania 2005 3.1 EURO E
Algeria 1987 2.3 AFRO F/A
Andorra - - EURO -
Angola 1981 1.7 AFRO F
Anguilla
non member		 1991 2.5 AMRO E
Antigua and Barbuda 1988-89 0.7 AMRO E
Argentina 1987 3.4 AMRO F
Armenia 1985-90 2.4 EURO E
Australia 2002 1.0 WPRO E
Austria 2002 1.0 EURO E
Azerbaijan - - EURO E
17-12 years

B
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Bahamas 2000 1.6 AMRO E
Bahrain 1995 1.4 EMRO E/A
Bangladesh 2000 1.0 SEARO E
Barbados 2001 0.86 AMRO E
Belarus 2000 2.7 EURO E
Belgium 2001 1.1 EURO F
Belize 1999 0.6 AMRO E
Benin 1998 0.8 AFRO F
Bermuda 1989 0.2 AMRO E
Bhutan 2008 1.2 SEARO E
Bolivia 1995 4.7 AMRO E
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004 4.2 EURO E
Botswana 1981 0.5 AFRO E
Brazil 2002-03 2.8 AMRO F/E
Brunei Darussalam 1999 4.8 WPRO E
Bulgaria 2000 4.4 EURO F
Burkina Faso 1999 0.7 AFRO F
Burundi 1987-88 1.0 AFRO F

C
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Cambodia 2003-07 1.1 WPRO F/E
Cameroon 1988 1.5 AFRO F
Canada 1996-97 2.1* AMRO E/F
Cape Verde 1989 2.8 AFRO F
Cayman Islands
non member		 1999 0.9 AMRO E
Central African Rep 1986 4.1 AFRO F
Chad - - AFRO F
Chile 2006-07 1.9** AMRO F/E
China 1995 1.03 WPRO E
Colombia 1998 2.3 AMRO F/E
Comoros - - AFRO A/F
Congo, Democratic Rep of 1987-91 0.4-1.1 AFRO F
Congo, Republic of - - AFRO F
Cook Islands 1995 1.3 WPRO E
Costa Rica 1999 2.3 AMRO E
Cote D'Ivoire 1996 1.8 AFRO F
Croatia 1999 3.5 EURO E
Cuba 1998 1.4 AMRO E
Cyprus 2005 1.14 EURO E
Czech Republic 2002 2.5 EURO E/R

* Quebec
** Santiago Region

D
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Denmark 2007 0.7 EURO E
Djibouti 1990 0.9 EMRO F/E
Dominica 1995 2.0 AMRO E
Dominican Republic 1997 4.4 AMRO F

E
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Ecuador 1996 3.0 AMRO F
Egypt2001-02 0.4* EMRO E/A
El Salvador 2000 1.4 AMRO F
Equatorial Guinea - - AFRO F/S
Eritrea - - AFRO A
Estonia 1998 2.7 EURO E
Ethiopia 2000 1.55** AFRO E

*Tanta
**12-18 years

F
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Fiji 1998 1.5 WPRO E
Finland 2000 1.2 EURO E
France2006 1.2 EURO F
French Polynesia 1994 3.2 WPRO -

G
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Gabon 2000 4.4 AFRO F
Gambia 1995 2.3 AFRO E
Georgia 1985-90 2.4 EURO E
Germany 2005 0.7 EURO E
Ghana 1999-2000 0.4 AFRO E
Gibraltar
non member		 1991 1.6 - -
Greece 2000 2.2* EURO F/E
Grenada 2000 2.2 AMRO E
Guatemala 2002 5.2 AMRO F
Guinea - - AFRO F
Guinea-Bissau 1986 0.5 AFRO F
Guyana 1995 1.3 AMRO E
*Attica, Greece

H
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Haiti 1999 0.65 AMRO F
Honduras 1997 3.7 AMRO E
Hong Kong
non member		 2001 0.8 WPRO E
Hungary 2001 3.3 EURO E

I
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Iceland 2005 1.4 EURO E
India 2003 0.5*
3.94**		 SEARO E
Indonesia 1995 2.2 SEARO E
Iran 2003 1.15 EMRO E/A
Iraq 2003 1.7 EMRO E/A
Ireland 2002 (non fluoridated) 1.8
(fluoridated) 1.1		 EURO E
Israel 2002 1.66 EURO E
Italy 2004 1.1 EURO F/E

* Kerala
** Tamilnadu

J
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Jamaica 1995 1.1 AMRO E
Japan 2005 1.7 WPRO E
Jordan 1995 3.3 EMRO E/A

K
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Kazakhstan 1985-90 2.1 EURO E
Kenya 1986 0.9-1.8 AFRO E
Kiribati 1994 1.0 WPRO E
Korea, Democratic P R of 1991 3.0 SEARO E
Korea, Republic of 1995 3.1 WPRO E
Kuwait 2000 2.6 EMRO E/A
Kyrgyzstan 1973 3.1 EURO E

L
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Lao P Democratic Rep. 1991 2.0 WPRO F
Latvia 2004 3.4 EURO E
Lebanon 2000 3.4 EMRO F/A
Lesotho 1991 0.4 AFRO E
Liberia 1977 0.4 AFRO E
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1989
1994
1994		 1.62
1.143
0.87 4		 EMRO E/A
Liechtenstein
non member		 1988 3.4 - F
Lithuania 2005 3.7 EURO E
Luxembourg 1990 3.0 EURO F
2Tripoli
3Benghazi
4Jardinah (rural)

M
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Macau
non member		 2006 1.8 WPRO E
Macedonia
former Yugoslavia Rep.		 1999 3.03 EURO E/R
Madagascar 1993 3.1 AFRO F
Malawi 1992-940.6-0.8 AFRO E
Malaysia 1997 1.6 WPRO E
Maldives 1984 2.1 SEARO E
Mali 1983 2.2 AFRO F
Malta1986 1.6 EURO E
Marshall Islands - - WPRO E
Martinique
non member		 1988 6.3 AMRO E
Mauritania 1990 2.0 AFRO F/A
Mauritius 1993 4.9 AFRO E
Mexico 2001 2.0 AMRO E
Micronesia, Federated States of 1984 2.1 WPRO E
Moldova, Republic of 1992 2.3 EURO E/R
Monaco - - EURO F
Mongolia 1997 1.9 WPRO E/R
Morocco 1999 2.5 EMRO F/A
Mozambique 1983 0.6-5.5 AFRO F
Myanmar (Burma) 1999 0.98 SEARO E

N
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Namibia
associate member		 1996-97 1.2 AFRO E
Nauru, Republic of - - WPRO -
Nepal 2004 0.5 SEARO E
Netherlands 2002 0.85 EURO E
New Caledonia 1991 4.4 WPRO E
New Zealand 2007 1.5 WPRO E
Nicaragua 2002 1.5* AMRO E
Niger 1997 1.3 AFRO F
Nigeria 2003-04 0.46** AFRO E
Niue 1995 1.8 WPRO E
Norway 2004 1.7 EURO E
5The Hague
*Leon
**Lagos state

O
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Oman 2001 1.65 EMRO E/A

P
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Pakistan 2003 1.38 EMRO E
Palau - - WPRO E
Panama 1997 3.6 AMRO F/E
Papua New Guinea 1995 1.76 WPRO E
Paraguay 1999 3.8 AMRO F
Peru 1996 2.9 AMRO F/E
Philippines 2005-06 2.9 WPRO E
Poland 2003 3.2 EURO F/E
Portugal 1999 1.5 EURO F
Puerto Rico
associate member		 1997 3.8 AMRO -
612-15 years

Q
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Qatar - - EMRO E/A

R
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Reunion
non member		 1981 4.1 AFRO F
Romania 2000 2.8 EURO F
Russian Federation 1996-98 2.9 EURO E
Rwanda 1993 0.3 AFRO F/E

S
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1979-83 5.5 AMRO E
Saint Lucia 2004 6.0 AMRO E
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1991 3.2 AMRO E
Samoa 1994 2.5 WPRO E
San Marino 1987 3.7 EURO F
Sao Tome and Principe - - AFRO P
Saudi Arabia 2002 5.9* EMRO E/A
Senegal 1994 1.2 AFRO F
Serbia and Montenegro 1994 2.9-7.8 EURO E
Seychelles 2005 1.5 AFRO E
Sierra Leone 1986 1.3 AFRO E
Singapore 2002 1.0 WPRO E
Slovakia 1998 4.3 EURO E
Slovenia 1998 1.8 EURO E
Solomon Islands 1994 2.7 WPRO E
Somalia 1992 1.0 EMRO E/A
South Africa 1999-2002 1.05 AFRO E
Spain 2000 1.12 EURO F
Sri Lanka 1994-95 1.4 SEARO E
Sudan 2007-08 0.5 EMRO E/A
Suriname 2002 1.9 AMRO E
Swaziland 1994 0.9 AFRO E
Sweden 2005 1.0 EURO E
Switzerland 2004 0.867 EURO F
Syrian Arabic Republic 1998 2.3 EMRO E/A

* 12-14 years
7Canton of Zurich

T
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Tajikistan 1985-90 1.2 EURO E
Tanzania, United Republic of 2004 0.3 AFRO E
Thailand 2006 1.9* SEARO E
Timor-Leste - - SEARO E
Togo 1986 0.3 AFRO F
Tokelau
associate member		 1999 4.88 WPRO E
Tonga 1998 3.1 WPRO E
Trinidad & Tobago 2004 0.6 AMRO E
Tunisia 1994 1.3 EMRO F/A
Turkey 1988 2.7 EURO F/E
Turkmenistan 1985-90 2.6 EURO E
Tuvalu 1994 2.0 WPRO E
811-14 years
*12-14 years

U
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Uganda 2002 0.9 AFRO E
Ukraine 1992 4.4 EURO E
United Arab Emirates 1995 1.6 EMRO E/A
United Kingdom 2004-05 0.79 EURO E
United States of America 1999-2004 1.19 AMRO E
Uruguay 1999 2.5 AMRO F
Uzbekistan 1996 1.4 EURO E/R

911-years-olds from England, Scotland and Wales

V
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Vanuatu 1994 1.2 WPRO E
Venezuela 1997 2.1 AMRO F
Viet Nam 2001 1.9 WPRO F

Y
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Yemen 1987 3.1 EMRO E/A

Z
Country/Area Year DMFT WHO Region Language
Zambia 1982 2.3 AFRO E
Zimbabwe 1991 1.3 AFRO E

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