DISTRIBUTION OF DENTISTS BY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE
Do you know…
that there were only 3 dentists1 practising in Bukit Panjang Housing Estate as at the end of 1999? The estate also had the highest residents to dentist ratio - 1 dentist for every 27,100 residents. Tampines had the most number of dentists - 32. However, residents in the Marine Parade Housing Estate were the most well-served, with the lowest residents to dentist ratio. There was 1 dentist for every 3,000 Marine Parade residents.
Some 44 per cent of the 688 private sector dentists in 1999 had their practice in public housing estates. The remaining 56 per cent were concentrated in the CBD and other areas.
DISTRIBUTION OF DENTISTS BY PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE
Housing Estates |
Number of Dentists2 |
Residents3 per Dentist |
| Ang Mo Kio |
15 |
11,800 |
| Bedok |
22 |
9,700 |
| Bishan |
12 |
6,000 |
| Bukit Batok |
16 |
7,200 |
| Bukit Merah |
19 |
9,200 |
| Bukit Panjang |
3 |
27,100 |
| Choa Chu Kang |
9 |
14,400 |
| Clementi |
11 |
8,000 |
| Geylang |
25 |
4,700 |
| Hougang |
18 |
9,600 |
| Jurong East |
12 |
7,000 |
| Jurong West |
14 |
14,500 |
| Kallang/Whampoa |
15 |
8,500 |
| Marine Parade |
13 |
3,000 |
| Pasir Ris |
6 |
17,000 |
| Queenstown |
7 |
15,500 |
| Serangoon |
7 |
11,400 |
| Tampines |
32 |
7,200 |
| Toa Payoh |
22 |
6,100 |
| Woodlands |
10 |
19,300 |
| Yishun |
16 |
10,600 |
| CBD and Other Areas |
384 |
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Source: Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 1999
1 Refer to private sector graduate dentists.
2 Refer to end 1999.
3 Refer to resident population as at end 1998
Articles extracted from Statistics Singapore Newsletter, October 2000
Last updated: 30 Jun 2007
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