Effect of CDC adjustment of state-reported data on community water fluoridation statistics

Published 2023. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA..

OBJECTIVES: Advancing community water fluoridation (CWF) coverage is a national health objective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began adjusting state-reported data to calculate CWF coverage in 2012, and then modified methods in 2016. We evaluate improvements attributable to data adjustment and implications for interpreting trends.

METHODS: To assess adjustment, we compared the percentage deviation of state-reported data and data adjusted by both methods to the standard estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey. To assess effects on estimated CWF trends, we compared statistics calculated with data adjusted by each method.

RESULTS: The 2016 method outperformed on all points of evaluation. The CWF national objective measure (percentage of community water system population receiving fluoridated water) was negligibly affected by method. Percentage of US population receiving fluoridated water was lower with the 2016 method versus the 2012.

CONCLUSIONS: Adjustment of state-reported data improved overall quality of CWF coverage measures and had minimal impact on key measures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

Enthalten in:

Journal of public health dentistry - 83(2023), 3 vom: 03. Juli, Seite 320-324

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hamilton, Erin K [VerfasserIn]
Griffin, Susan O [VerfasserIn]
Espinoza, Lorena [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dental caries
Dental caries susceptibility
Journal Article
Public health dentistry
Water fluoridation
Water fluoridation statistics

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.09.2023

Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jphd.12579

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359030653