Debbie Schlussel: Toothless: Telling Statistics of the Week
With our apologies to our friends and readers in Kentucky and West Viginia, we just couldn't resist repeating these Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics reported in the print version of a USA Today story about dentures.
States with the highest and lowest percentage of residents over 65 who have lost all their natural teeth:
Highest
Kentucky................................42.3%
West Virginia...........................41.9%
Tennessee...............................36.0%
Mississippi...............................35.1%
Louisiana..................................33.8%
Lowest
Hawaii....................................13.1%
California................................13.3%
Utah.......................................14.7%
Minnesota...............................14.8%
Connecticut.............................16.0%
Posted by Debbie on December 6, 2005 02:45 PM to Debbie Schlussel