the fall of the pharaohs

Living in an age of decline. The declinension and reclinension, the retraction. the slow slow fall from the height, the difficulties rectifying a fallen nations state and military prowess with its own self image. Where does the a priori knowledge come from when all is told and learnt from a world of growth. They say oil unlocked the power of fifty slaves for every person, but I still don't have a pyramid. If only I had a pyramid, life would be better If I had a pyramid. But there are no more pyramids being built. There's just not enough to go around. I'd better just have a pyramid tea bag instead. It takes a lot more to get a pyramid these days than it used to. It's even hard to get a pyramid teabag these days. This is the modern problems we face.

Dentistry

• Children from routine and manual backgrounds have, on average, one more tooth with obvious tooth decay than other children.
• 5-year-olds in the North of England have, on average, more missing, decayed or filled teeth then 5-year-olds in the South (excluding London) or the Midlands.

The first graph shows, for both 5-year-olds and 15-year-olds, how the average number of teeth with obvious tooth decay varies by the social class of their family.

The data source for the first graph is a 2003 government survey entitled Dental Health Survey of Children and Young People (tables 1 to 3).  The data relates to the United Kingdom.  The choice of 5-year-olds and 15-year-olds is to avoid the age group where primary teeth are being replaced by permanent teeth.

The second graph shows how the average number of missing, decayed or filled teeth for 5-year-olds varies by region.

The data source for the second graph is a large 2007/08 survey conducted by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry.  

source : http://www.poverty.org.uk/22/index.shtml

When I moved to a council estate, I had eight fillings. I am not a statistic, but my teeth have their own ideas.

Please don't take me to the dentist today.