Table T8_3_1_5-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 8_3_1_5.1
Active non-Federal obstetricians and gynecologists per 100,000 population, United States, 2004–2008
		2008				2007				2006				2005				2004
Population group		Population (thousands)	Number of physicians	Rate	SE	Population (thousands)	Number of physicians	Rate	SE	Population (thousands)	Number of physicians	Rate	SE	Population (thousands)	Number of physicians	Rate	SE	Population (thousands)	Number of physicians	Rate	SE
Total		308,190	37,515	12.2	0.1	305,737	37,470	12.3	0.1	303,326	37,338	12.3	0.1	300,322	37,599	12.5	0.1	297,550	37,171	12.5	0.1
Division	East North Central	46,396	5,502	11.9	0.2	46,338	5,484	11.8	0.2	46,276	5,480	11.8	0.2	46,156	5,562	12.1	0.2	46,032	5,563	12.1	0.2
	East South Central	18,085	2,036	11.3	0.2	17,945	2,032	11.3	0.3	17,754	2,024	11.4	0.3	17,615	2,010	11.4	0.3	17,480	1,993	11.4	0.3
	Middle Atlantic	40,621	6,095	15.0	0.2	40,416	6,207	15.4	0.2	40,471	6,224	15.4	0.2	40,402	6,297	15.6	0.2	40,332	6,220	15.4	0.2
	Mountain	21,785	2,189	10.0	0.2	21,361	2,170	10.2	0.2	20,846	2,123	10.2	0.2	20,291	2,121	10.5	0.2	19,799	2,065	10.4	0.2
	New England	14,304	2,233	15.6	0.3	14,264	2,222	15.6	0.3	14,270	2,235	15.7	0.3	14,240	2,246	15.8	0.3	14,239	2,233	15.7	0.3
	Pacific	49,070	5,910	12.0	0.2	48,736	5,916	12.1	0.2	48,510	5,856	12.1	0.2	48,000	5,893	12.3	0.2	47,610	5,823	12.2	0.2
	South Atlantic	58,398	7,199	12.3	0.1	57,860	7,172	12.4	0.1	57,144	7,166	12.5	0.1	56,180	7,234	12.9	0.2	55,183	7,203	13.1	0.2
	West North Central	20,166	1,978	9.8	0.2	20,051	1,950	9.7	0.2	19,942	1,935	9.7	0.2	19,816	1,927	9.7	0.2	19,698	1,900	9.6	0.2
	West South Central	35,236	3,871	11.0	0.2	34,650	3,816	11.0	0.2	34,186	3,790	11.1	0.2	33,711	3,793	11.3	0.2	33,282	3,699	11.1	0.2
MSA	Metropolitan	258,280	34,589	13.4	0.1	255,653	34,484	13.5	0.1	253,276	34,366	13.6	0.1	250,223	34,560	13.8	0.1	247,681	34,174	13.8	0.1
	Micropolitan	30,488	2,330	7.6	0.2	30,632	2,373	7.7	0.2	30,486	2,369	7.8	0.2	30,540	2,423	7.9	0.2	30,290	2,396	7.9	0.2
	Nonmetropolitan	19,421	596	3.1	0.1	19,451	613	3.2	0.1	19,565	603	3.1	0.1	19,559	616	3.1	0.1	19,579	601	3.1	0.1
Region	Midwest	66,561	7,480	11.2	0.1	66,389	7,434	11.2	0.1	66,218	7,415	11.2	0.1	65,972	7,489	11.4	0.1	65,730	7,463	11.4	0.1
	Northeast	54,925	8,328	15.2	0.2	54,681	8,429	15.4	0.2	54,741	8,459	15.5	0.2	54,642	8,543	15.6	0.2	54,571	8,453	15.5	0.2
	South	111,719	13,106	11.7	0.1	110,455	13,020	11.8	0.1	109,084	12,980	11.9	0.1	107,505	13,037	12.1	0.1	105,945	12,895	12.2	0.1
	West	70,855	8,099	11.4	0.1	70,097	8,086	11.5	0.1	69,356	7,979	11.5	0.1	68,291	8,014	11.7	0.1	67,409	7,888	11.7	0.1

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Area Resource File.

Page last reviewed June 2013

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