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In 2021, respondents to the ACT General Health Survey aged 5 to 17 years were significantly more likely to report that they had visited a dentist/dental professional less than 1 year ago (72.8%) than 1 to less than 2 years ago (18.2%), 2 to less than 10 years ago (5.9%) or 10 years or more ago or never (3.1%). There was no significant difference between males and females in any of the visits to a dentist categories in 2021.
For the purpose of reporting the ACT General Health Survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.
Note: The indicator shows self-reported data collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in the probability of selection among respondents and were benchmarked to the estimated residential population using the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics population estimates.
Data for oral health are not collected every third year (i.e. 2019 and 2022).
Persons includes respondents who identified as male, female, other and those who refused to answer and may not always add to the sum of male and female.
The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:
- 2018: males and females who last visited a dental professional one to less than 2 years ago.
- 2018 and 2020: persons who last visited a dental professional 2 to less than 10 years ago.
- 2020: males and females who last visited a dental professional 2 to less than 10 years ago.
- 2020 and 2021: males and females who last visited a dental professional 10 years or more ago or never.
The following estimates have not been published due to small numbers or a relative standard error greater than 50%:
- 2018: males and females who last visited a dental health professional 2 to less than 10 years ago
- 2018: persons, males and females who last visited a dental health professional 10 years or more ago or never.
Statistically significant differences are difficult to detect for smaller jurisdictions such as the Australian Capital Territory. Sometimes, even large apparent differences may not be statistically significant. This is particularly the case in breakdowns of small populations because the small sample size means that there is not enough power to identify even large differences as statistically significant.