In a previous report the Health Examination Survey estimated the prevalence among U.S. adults of inflammatory disease of the anatomic structures that support teeth. Based on examinations conducted during 1960-62, the estimates underscore not only the high prevalence of @entity2520 but also its wide range of distribution throughout the United States. About 44 million adults aged 18-79 years had @entity2522 without obvious pocket formation, the report estimated, and about 23 million had chronic destructive disease with one or more pockets diagnostic of @entity2520 . Distinct patterns of distribution prevailed: more disease was generally present in older @entity1 than in younger ones, in @entity1 than in @entity1 , and in Negro adults than in white. In addition, @entity1 and @entity1 who were economically and educationally more advantaged usually had less @entity2520 than others. Oral hygiene among sample @entity1 and @entity1 who had one or more of six specified teeth was also evaluated. As foreseen, both the prevalence and severity of @entity2520 increased as oral hygiene worsened. Demographic differences in the distribution of @entity2520 were either largely or fully leveled when allowance was made for variations in oral hygiene. However, among @entity1 with equivalent levels of oral hygiene, older @entity1 and @entity1 had more @entity2520 than younger @entity1 and @entity1 . Briefly, both age and oral hygiene emerged as important factors, each of which was related independently of the other, in the prevalence and severity of @entity2520 .

Selected examination findings related to XXXX among adults, United States - 1960-1962.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'people', 'men'] @entity2522 :: ('MESH:D005891', 'Disease') :: ['gingivitis'] @entity2520 :: ('MESH:D010510', 'Disease') :: ['periodontal disease', 'advanced periodontal disease']
@entity2520 :: (MESH:D010510,Disease) :: ['periodontal disease']
