Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective

Table 1

The volume of orthodontic services in the health centres of different size groups in 2001 measured by the number of 0–18-year-old children wearing appliances and by the share of orthodontic visits of all visits in the age group of 0–18-year-olds.

Number of inhabitants	Percentage of 0–18-year-olds wearing an orthodontic appliance	Percentage of orthodontic visits of all visits of 0–18-year-olds
	mean (SD)	mean (SD)
Below 10 000	13.6 (7.1)	30.4 (10.0)
10 000–19 999	12.8 (6.3)	30.7 (14.1)
20 000–29 999	11.9 (6.0)	31.3 (6.0)
30 000–50 000	10.6 (4.4)	32.6 (6.2)
Above 50 000	10.3 (6.4)	30.1 (8.7)