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[2] The American Community Survey is a new tool created by the United States Census Bureau to provide timely data on demographic changes to federal agencies and other users. It was conducted for the first time with a complete sample of 3,000,000 households in 2005; it will be conducted yearly and substitute the "long form" of the decennial census.

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[5] For the four U.S.-Mexico Border States, results are available for "border counties" as defined by the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, that is, counties within 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border excluding La Paz, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties in Arizona and Riverside County in California.

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[7] Area Resource File (ARF), 2002. Metropolitan includes those counties identified as Level A (Areas of 1 million or more), Level B (Areas of 250,000 to 999, 999), Level C (Areas of 100,000 to 249,000) and Level D (Areas of Less than 100,000) on the MSAPMSALevel1999 field in the ARF. According to ARF documentation, metropolitan areas, which include Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA), were announced by the Office of Management and Budget in OMB Bulletin No.99-04 and became effective June 30, 1999. Current standards require that newly qualifying MSAs include at least one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area (50,000 or more inhabitants) and a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England).

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[10] U.S. Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 2000: Current Population Reports: Consumer Income, September 2001, p 5. Note: Poverty thresholds are updated annually by the Census Bureau.

[11] Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, respondents were asked "Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?" Sample size reflects number of respondents, excluding those who answered "Do not know/not sure" or refused. The sample size within a State may not add up to State total due to suppression of data for counties with small sample sizes. The percentages were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population. Health characteristics estimated from the BRFSS pertain only to the adult population (age 18 and older) living in households.

[12] Note: Estimates based on the Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, indicate that 18.1 percent of Florida residents were uninsured during some time in 2003.

[13] Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, female respondents were asked "How long has it been since you had your last mammogram?" if they responded "yes" to ever having had a mammogram. The percentages reported here were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population.

[14] Age-adjusted mortality rate= Sum of ((number of resident deaths/population) in 10-year age groups multiplied by weights from the U.S. 2000 Standard Population). This formula was applied whenever age-adjusted mortality rate is referred to in this report. The population used in calculating the crude death rates by 10-year age groups includes total population with exception of breast (when specified) and cervical cancer (females only).

[15] Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, female respondents were asked "How long has it been since you had your last Pap smear?" if they responded "yes" to ever having had a pap smear. The percentages reported here were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population.

[16] Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Anderson RN, Scott C. Deaths: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 5. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004.

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[20] Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics - Selected Areas, 1998 - 2002. 53(40);941-944.

[21] U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC). Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States Mexico Border, 2003.

[22] National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003. Estimates are based on a sample and presented as 95 percent confidence intervals; wide confidence intervals for the State (plus or minus 5.5 percent) may be a sign of small sample size and less precision; national estimates have smaller confidence intervals (plus or minus 1.0 percent) and are more precise that State estimates.

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[36] National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #402 Estimated Supply of Registered Nurses by Geographic Area December 31, 1999. It is estimated that 2,201,813 registered nurses employed in nursing are represented by survey results.

[37] Ratios could not be calculated for Border States because specialty data for California were not available.

[38] This is a HRSA description inclusive of the core roles of CHWs in the U.S. from the National Community Health Advisor Study by Rosenthal EL, Wiggins N, Brownstein JN et al., 1998.

[39] Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Summary File (SF-3) - Sample Data.

[40] Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Population Estimates.

[41] Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Population Estimates.

[42] Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000. Data for 2000 were the most recent year of data available. Note: In 2000, $17,761 for a family of four was established as the poverty threshold according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 2000: Current Population Reports: Consumer Income, September 2001, p 5. Poverty thresholds are updated annually by the Census Bureau, in 2004, the poverty threshold changed to $19,484, http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/threshld/thresh04.html, accessed on February 8, 2006.

[43] Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, respondents were asked "Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?" Sample size reflects number of respondents, excluding those who answered "Do not know/not sure" or refused. The sample size within a State may not add up to State total due to suppression of data for counties with small sample sizes. The percentages were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population. Health characteristics estimated from the BRFSS pertain only to the adult population (age 18 and older) living in households.

[44] Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2000. Figures reported here reflect the highest level of education attained by adults ages 25 and over. Data for 2000 is the most recent year of data available.

[45] Years of potential life lost (YPLL) calculated only for persons who died before age 65.

[46] Sources: United States Cancer Statistics: 2002 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute, 2005, for mortality, and http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortICD10J.html, accessed on September 9, 2004, for YPLL rates.

[47] Sources: Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for mortality and YPLL rates, and Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, 2001, for incidence rates. Mortality and YPLL rates are for females only. Incidence rates reflect malignant neoplasm of the breast and cervix uteri and are for the most current year of data available; incidence rates for breast cancer reflect males and females.

[48] Years of potential life lost (YPLL) calculated only for persons who died before age 65.

[49] Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, respondents were asked "Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes? (If "Yes" and female, ask 'Was this only when you were pregnant?')". Sample size reflects number of respondents, excluding those who answered "Do not know/not sure," were female and had diabetes while pregnant, or refused. The sample size within a State may not add up to State total due to suppression of data for counties with small sample sizes. The percentages were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population. Health characteristics estimated from the BRFSS pertain only to the adult population (age 18 and older) living in households.

[50] Sources: DeFrances CJ, Hall MJ. 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Advance data from vital and health statistics; no 342. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004; for hospital discharge rate; Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Anderson RN, Scott C. Deaths: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 5. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004, for mortality; and http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortICD10J.html, accessed on September 9, 2004, for YPLL rate.

[51] Sources: Agency for Health Care Administration, State Center for Health Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for hospital discharges, and Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for mortality and YPLL rates.

[52] Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, body mass index is reported as a calculated variable using weight and height data collected from the respondent. Sample size reflects number of respondents, excluding those who answered "Do not know/not sure" or refused, or whose data was missing. The sample size within a State may not add up to State total due to suppression of data for counties with small sample sizes. The percentages were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population. Health characteristics estimated from the BRFSS pertain only to the adult population (age 18 and older) living in households.

[53] Source: National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Table 14. AIDS cases and rate (per 100,000 population), by area of residence and age category, reported through December 2002 - United States.

[54] Source: Bureau of HIV/AIDS, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[55] Sources: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Table 1. Reported Cases of Acute Viral Hepatitis, by Type and Year, United States, 1966-2003; National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Table 1. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Deaths, and Death Rates per 100,000 Population: United States, 1953-2002.

[56] Sources: Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, 2003; reflects only acute hepatitis cases, and Bureau of Tuberculosis and Refugee Health, Division of Disease Control, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[57] Source: National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003. National Immunization Survey table available at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/nis/03/tab26_431331_race_iap.xls, accessed on August 25, 2004.

[58] Years of potential life lost (YPLL) calculated only for persons who died before age 65.

[59] Sources: Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Anderson RN, Scott C. Deaths: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 5. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004, for mortality, and National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for YPLL rate. http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/ypll10.html, accessed on August 30, 2004.

[60] Source: Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for mortality and YPLL rates. Age at death not reported for 9 cases in Florida.

[61] Source: Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Anderson RN, Scott C. Deaths: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 5. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004.

[62] Source: Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[63] Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML. Births: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 52 no 10. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2003.

[64] Source: Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[65] Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML. Births: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 52 no 10. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2003.

[66] Source: Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[67] Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML. Births: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 52 no 10. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2003.

[68] Source: Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[69] Years of potential life lost (YPLL) calculated only for persons who died before age 65.

[70] Sources: DeFrances CJ, Hall MJ. 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Advance data from vital and health statistics; no 342. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004 for hospital discharge rate; Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Anderson RN, Scott C. Deaths: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 5. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004 for mortality; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for YPLL rate. http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/ypll10.html, accessed on August 30, 2004.

[71] Sources: Agency for Health Care Administration, State Center for Health Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for hospital discharges, and Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for mortality and YPLL rates. Age at death not reported for 1 case in Florida.

[72] Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, respondents were asked "How long has it been since you last visited a dentist or a dental clinic for any reason? [Include visits to dental specialists, such as orthodontists.]" Sample size reflects number of respondents, excluding those who answered "Do not know/not sure" or refused. The sample size within a State may not add up to State total due to suppression of data for counties with small sample sizes. The percentages were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population. Health characteristics estimated from the BRFSS pertain only to the adult population (age 18 and older) living in households.

[73] Years of potential life lost (YPLL) calculated only for persons who died before age 65.

[74] Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. In the BRFSS, respondents were asked "Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had asthma?" Sample size reflects number of respondents, excluding those who answered "Do not know/not sure" or refused. The sample size within a State may not add up to State total due to suppression of data for counties with small sample sizes. The percentages were weighted to population characteristics in order to produce estimates that were representative of the sampled population. Health characteristics estimated from the BRFSS pertain only to the adult population (age 18 and older) living in households.

[75] Sources: DeFrances CJ, Hall MJ. 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Advance data from vital and health statistics; no 342. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004; for hospital discharge rate; Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Anderson RN, Scott C. Deaths: Final data for 2002. National vital statistics reports; vol 53 no 5. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2004 for mortality; and http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortICD10J.html, accessed on September 9, 2004, for YPLL rate.

[76] Sources: Agency for Health Care Administration, State Center for Health Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for hospital discharges, and Office of Vital Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002, for mortality and YPLL.

[77] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #203 Number, Percent Distribution, and Physician-to-Population Ratios of Active MDs by Primary Care Specialty, 1981-2000; Table #211 Total and Active Osteopathic Physicians (DOs) and Physician-to-Population Ratios, 1981-2000.

[78] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Physicians include active MDs and DOs, with a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[79] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Physicians include active MDs and DOs, with a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[80] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Physicians include active MDs and DOs, with a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[81] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Physicians include active MDs and DOs, with a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[82] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Physicians include active MDs and DOs, with a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[83] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #203 Number, Percent Distribution, and Physician-to-Population Ratios of Active MDs by Primary Care Specialty, 1981-2000.

[84] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #301 Professionally Active and Private Practice Dentists and Dentist-to-Population Ratios, Selected Years: 1975-2000.

[85] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes dentists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[86] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes dentists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[87] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes dentists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[88] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes dentists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[89] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #402 Estimated Supply of Registered Nurses by Geographic Area December 31, 1999.

[90] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes registered nurses with an active license, with a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[91] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[92] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2001. Table 1. Registered nurse population by employment status, gender, racial/ethnic background and age group: March 2000.

[93] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[94] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2001. Table 1. Registered nurse population by employment status, gender, racial/ethnic background and age group: March 2000.

[95] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[96] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2001. Table 1. Registered nurse population by employment status, gender, racial/ethnic background and age group: March 2000.

[97] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #220 Estimated Number of Physician Assistants and Physician Assistant-to-Population Ratios by Geographic Area, January 1, 2002

[98] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes physician assistants with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[99] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes physician assistants with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[100] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes physician assistants with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[101] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes physician assistants with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[102] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2001. Table 12. Distribution of advanced practice nurses by national certification, state recognition and employment status: March 2000. It was estimated that 77,584 nurse practitioners employed in nursing were represented by survey results. Ratio calculated using the estimated number of nurse practitioners and the 2000 U.S. population.

[103] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse practitioner, whose address was located in Florida. A nurse practitioner is reported here only once even if multiple specialties as a nurse practitioner were reported in the specialty file.

[104] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse practitioner, whose address was located in Florida. A nurse practitioner is reported here only once even if multiple specialties as a nurse practitioner were reported in the specialty file.

[105] Source: Health Personnel in the U.S., 2000-2015, forthcoming.

[106] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse practitioner, whose address was located in Florida. A nurse practitioner is reported here only once even if multiple specialties as a nurse practitioner were reported in the specialty file.

[107] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse practitioner, whose address was located in Florida. A nurse practitioner is reported here only once even if multiple specialties as a nurse practitioner were reported in the specialty file.

[108] Source: Health Personnel in the U.S., 2000-2015, forthcoming.

[109] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2001. Table 12. Distribution of advanced practice nurses by national certification, state recognition and employment status: March 2000. It was estimated that 7,914 nurse midwives employed in nursing were represented by survey results. Ratio calculated using the estimated number of nurse midwives and the 2000 U.S. population.

[110] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse midwives are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse midwifery, whose address was located in Florida.

[111] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse midwives are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse midwifery, whose address was located in Florida.

[112] Source: Health Personnel in the U.S., 2000-2015, forthcoming.

[113] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse midwives are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse midwifery, whose address was located in Florida.

[114] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse midwives are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse midwifery, whose address was located in Florida.

[115] Source: Health Personnel in the U.S., 2000-2015, forthcoming.

[116] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2001. Table 12. Distribution of advanced practice nurses by national certification, state recognition and employment status: March 2000. It was estimated that 25,575 nurse anesthetists employed in nursing were represented by survey results. Ratio calculated using the estimated number of nurse anesthetists and the 2000 U.S. population.

[117] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse anesthetists are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse anesthetist, whose address was located in Florida.

[118] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse anesthetists are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse anesthetist, whose address was located in Florida.

[119] Source: Health Personnel in the U.S., 2000-2015, forthcoming.

[120] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse anesthetists are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse anesthetist, whose address was located in Florida.

[121] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Nurse anesthetists are registered nurses with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, and a reported specialty of nurse anesthetist, whose address was located in Florida.

[122] Source: Health Personnel in the U.S., 2000-2015, forthcoming.

[123] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #701 Estimated Number of Clinically Active or Clinically Trained Mental Health Personnel and Practitioner-to-Population Ratios by Discipline and Geographic Area.

[124] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Psychiatrists include MDs and DOs with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose primary specialty was reported as "psychiatry," and whose address was located in Florida.

[125] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Psychiatrists include MDs and DOs with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose primary specialty was reported as "psychiatry," and whose address was located in Florida.

[126] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Psychiatrists include MDs and DOs with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose primary specialty was reported as "psychiatry," and whose address was located in Florida.

[127] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Psychiatrists include MDs and DOs with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose primary specialty was reported as "psychiatry," and whose address was located in Florida.

[128] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #701 Estimated Number of Clinically Active or Clinically Trained Mental Health Personnel and Practitioner-to-Population Ratios by Discipline and Geographic Area.

[129] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes psychologists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[130] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes psychologists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[131] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes psychologists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[132] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes psychologists with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[133] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. United States Health Personnel Factbook, 2003. Table #701 Estimated Number of Clinically Active or Clinically Trained Mental Health Personnel and Practitioner-to-Population Ratios by Discipline and Geographic Area.

[134] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes licensed clinical social workers with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[135] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes licensed clinical social workers with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[136] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes licensed clinical social workers with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[137] Source: Medical Quality Assurance, Florida Department of Health, June 2004. Includes licensed clinical social workers with an active license and a status of clear, obligations, conditional, or probation, whose address was located in Florida.

[138] Source: http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp, accessed on August 25, 2004. Nursing Home Compare includes information only on nursing homes that are Medicare or Medicaid certified.

[139] Source: Agency for Health Care Administration, State Center for Health Statistics, Florida Department of Health, 2002.

[140] Source: HPSA designations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Workforce Analysis and Quality Assurance, Shortage Designations Branch, updated weekly.

[141] Source: HPSA designations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Workforce Analysis and Quality Assurance, Shortage Designations Branch, updated weekly.

[142] Source: HPSA designations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Office of Workforce Analysis and Quality Assurance, Shortage Designations Branch, updated weekly.

[143] Subsequent geocoding passes were preformed on unmatched records only.