title: UnitedStates Life Tables by Dentulousor Edentulous Condition, 1971 and 1957-58.
abstract: Data on edentulousness, the condition of having lost all of one's natural teeth, have been obtained through the Health Interview Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics on-two occasions, in 1957-581 and in 1971.2 By combining these data with life tables for comparable periods, one can estimate the probability that a dentulous person (that is, still having at least one natural tooth) at a specified age will be still alive but edentulous at a subsequent age. One can also estimate, for a dentulous person at a stated age, the division of the average remaining years of life into dentulous and edentulous years. It is the purpose of this report to present the results of such calculations. The comparison of the results for the two time periods is of particular interest.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Greville