percentage of children aged 2 4 years who ever had caries in primary teeth, by race ethnicity and sex national health and nutrition examination survey, united states, 1988 1994 and 1999 2004 /

The proportion of young children who ever had dental caries in their primary teeth increased from 18% during 1988-1994 to 24% during 1999-2004,moving absent from the Healthy People 2010 target of 11% (objective 21-1a). During 1999-2004, a higher percentage of Mexican-American children (35%) had dental caries than non-Hispanic black (26%) and non-Hispanic white (20%) children.

Source: cdc.gov