Tables for Profiles of Physicians, Dentists,
and Registered Nurses
Table 22
Physician
to Population Ratios, 2004
|
Geographic
Area |
Number |
Ratio |
|
|
|
|
|
United
States₤,[1] |
782,235 |
278.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Border
States |
143,792 |
219.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
California[2] |
89,143 |
248.4 |
|
California
Border Regions |
|
|
|
More
than 300 miles from Border |
33,518 |
279.3 |
|
62-300
miles |
47,126 |
226.5 |
|
Within
62 miles |
8,49
|
275.6 |
₤ Counts are for 2000,
the most recent year of data available.
Table 23
Physicians
by Type of Patient Care, 2000
|
Geographic
Area |
Primary
Care** |
Other
Specialties |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
Physician
to Population Ratios per 100,000 |
|
|
|
|
California[3] |
67.3 |
121.9 |
189.2 |
|
California
Border Regions |
|
|
|
|
More
than 300 miles from Border |
75.4 |
132.9 |
208.3 |
|
62-300
miles |
63.2 |
115.0 |
178.2 |
|
Within
62 miles |
62.7 |
124.1 |
186.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Physicians |
|
|
|
|
California |
22,890 |
41,441 |
64,331 |
|
California
Border Regions |
|
|
|
|
More
than 300 miles from Border |
8,684 |
15,301 |
23,985 |
|
62-300
miles |
12,347 |
22,450 |
34,805 |
|
Within
62 miles |
1,859 |
3,682 |
5,541 |
Did not respond in California - 767
**Primary care includes family practice,
general practice, general internal medicine,
and general pediatrics; Counts are for
2000, the most recent year of data available.
Physician to population ratios calculated
using 2000 population for California.
Table 24
Dentist to
Population Ratios, 2004
|
Geographic
Area |
Number |
Ratio |
|
|
|
|
|
United
States₤,[4] |
168,000 |
60.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Border
States |
42,370 |
64.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
California[5] |
28,584 |
79.6 |
|
California
Border Regions |
|
|
|
More
than 300 miles from Border |
10,685 |
89.0 |
|
62-300
miles |
15,454 |
74.3 |
|
Within
62 miles |
2,445 |
79.3 |
₤ Counts are for 2000,
the most recent year of data available.
Table 25
Registered
Nurse to Population Ratios, 2004
|
Geographic
Area |
Number |
Ratio |
|
|
|
|
|
United
States₤,[6] |
2,201,800 |
782.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Border
States |
454,178 |
692.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
California[7] |
258,800 |
721.0 |
|
California
Border Regions |
|
|
|
More
than 300 miles from Border |
98,519 |
820.8 |
|
62-300
miles |
135,725 |
652.3 |
|
Within
62 miles |
24,556 |
796.2 |
₤ Counts are for 1999,
the most recent year of data available.
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