| TABLE 101. ESTIMATED SUPPLY OF SELECTED HEALTH PERSONNEL AND PRACTITIONER-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1970-2000 |
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| Health Occupation | 1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
1970- 2000 |
1970- 1975 |
1975- 1980 |
1980- 1985 |
1985- 1990 |
1990- 1995 |
1995- 2000 |
|
Number |
Percent
Change |
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| Physicians | 323,800 | 380,400 | 453,100 | 533,600 | 601,700 | 681,700 | 782,200 | 141.6 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.7 |
| Allopathic (MD) 1/ | 311,200 | 366,400 | 435,500 | 511,100 | 572,700 | 646,000 | 737,500 | 137.0 | 17.7 | 18.9 | 17.4 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 14.2 |
| Osteopathic (DO) 2/ | 12,600 | 14,000 | 17,600 | 22,500 | 29,000 | 35,700 | 44,700 | 254.8 | 11.1 | 25.7 | 27.8 | 28.9 | 23.1 | 25.2 |
| Dentists | 96,000 | 107,100 | 121,900 | 133,500 | 147,500 | 153,300 | 168,000
|
75.0 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 9.6 |
| Optometrists | 18,400 | 19,900 | 21,900 | 24,000 | 26,000 | 28,900 | 32,200
|
75.0 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| Pharmacists | 112,600 | 121,800 | 142,400 | 153,500 | 168,000 | 181,000 | 196,100
|
74.2 | 8.2 | 16.9 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| Veterinarians | 25,900 | 31,100 | 36,500 | 42,600 | 48,700 | 54,900 | 60,100
|
132.0 | 20.1 | 17.4 | 16.7 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 9.5 |
| Registered Nurses 3/ | 750,000 | 961,000 | 1,272,900 | 1,538,100 | 1,789,600 | 2,115,800 | 2,201,800 | 193.6 | 28.1 | 32.5 | 20.8 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 4.1 |
Practitioners
per 100,000 Population |
Percent
Change |
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| Physicians | 155.6 | 173.5 | 195.9 | 220.5 | 237.0 | 255.1 | 279.8 | 79.8 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 9.7 |
| Allopathic (MD) | 149.6 | 167.1 | 188.3 | 211.2 | 225.6 | 241.8 | 263.8 | 76.4 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
| Osteopathic (DO) | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 16.0 | 164.0 | 5.4 | 19.2 | 22.2 | 22.9 | 16.9 | 19.7 |
| Dentists | 46.5 | 49.3 | 53.2 | 55.7 | 58.7 | 58.0 | 60.7
|
30.5 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | -1.2 | 4.7 |
| Optometrists | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.7
|
30.0 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| Pharmacists | 55.2 | 56.5 | 62.7 | 64.5 | 67.3 | 68.9 | 71.3
|
29.2 | 2.4 | 11.0 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| Veterinarians | 12.7 | 14.4 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 20.9 | 21.8
|
71.7 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 4.3 |
| Registered Nurses | 367.7 | 446.0 | 560.2 | 646.5 | 717.4 | 805.1 | 807.4 | 119.6 | 21.3 | 25.6 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 0.3 |
NOTE: MD data for 1990 are as of January 1. Data for all other years are as of December 31.
1/ The numbers of active MDs include
those MDs whose activity status is not classified by the American Medical Association.
2/ 1970 data estimated using 1975 proportion of listed DOs to active DOs.
3/ 1999 RN data are shown for 2000.
SOURCES: American Medical Association. Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2002-2003 Edition, Chicago, 2002. Also prior annual editions (formerly titled Physician Distribution and Medical Licensure in the US); American Osteopathic Association. 1992 Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians. Also priorannual editions; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. 2000 Annual Statistics Report. Chevy Chase, MD, 2001. Also prior annual reports; American Dental Assoication. Dental Manpower Model: 1995-2000, Chicago, 1996; American Dental Association. Health Policy Resources Center. Dentist Workforce Model, 2001,Chicago, 2001; American Optometric Association. Unpublished data; Vector Research, Inc. 1991 Census of Pharmacists Licensed in the United States (Draft report), 1992;American Veterinary Medical Association. Veterinary Demographic Annual Report, 1995. Also unpublished data; US Department of Health and Human Services, HealthResources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing. National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, March 2000. Also prior surveys.