Physicians Physician and Dental Visits

No. 102. PHYSICIANS, BY SPECIALTY AND MAJOR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY: 1971 [As of December 31. Includes Puerto Rico and outlying areas]

MAJOR ACTIVITY

71

Includes 19,388 inactive, 3,529 unclassified, and 3,207 addresses unknown. 2 Includes activities not shown separately.

Source: American Medical Association, Center for Health Services Research and Development, Reference Data on the Profile of Medical Practice, 1972.

No. 103. PHYSICIANS-MEDIAN NET EARNINGS FROM PRACTICE: 1959 TO 1971 [Represents net income from practice after payment of tax-deductible professional expenses but before payment of income taxes. Relates to self-employed medical doctors under age 65, except as noted. For definition of median, see preface]

Based on the AMA reclassification of physicians (office-based patient care medical doctors under 65). Source: Medical Economics Company, a subsidiary of Litton Publications, Inc., Oradell, N.J., Medical Economics. (Copyright; further reproduction prohibited without the written permission of the copyright owner.)

No. 104. PHYSICIAN AND DENTAL VISITS: 1971

[Refers to the civilian noninstitutional population. For composition of regions, see fig. I, p. xii]

No. 105. PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, AND NURSES: 1950 TO 1971

Physicians as of end of year; dentists as of midyear; nurses as of Jan. 1 following year stated, except April 1 for 1950. Prior to 1960, data for nurses exclude Alaska and Hawaii. Data for physicians include Puerto Rico and outlying areas. See Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series B180-185 for related data]

1 Based on Bureau of the Census population estimates; see source for estimates used. 2 Excludes non-Federal physicians with temporary foreign addresses.

3 Preliminary. Supplied by American Osteopathic Association, Chicago, Ill. 4 Estimated.

No. 106. PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS, 1971, AND NURSES, 1966-STATES AND OTHER

ACTIVE
REGISTERED

NURSES,

2 Per 100,000 resident population. Based on Bureau of the Census population estimates; see source.

3 Excludes dentists in Federal service.

4 Latest data available by States. 1971 estimates: Number, 723,000; rate, 353.

$ Includes 30,556 physicians in Federal service not allocated by State and 3,207 non-Federal physicians with addresses unknown.

• American Samoa, Canal Zone, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,

Source of tables 105 and 106: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Resources Statistics, annual.

Employment in Health Services

73

No. 107. EMPLOYMENT IN THE MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES INDUSTRY, BY SELECTED OCCUPATIONS: 1970

[In thousands. Includes private wage and salary, government, unpaid family, and self-employed workers in medical and health service establishments as defined in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1967]

1 Drug store pharmacists (approximately 108,000) are classified in retail trade.

2 M.D.'s and D.O.'s.

Craftsmen; salesworkers; laundry, dry cleaning, and other operators; and laborers.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unpublished data.

No. 108. EMPLOYMENT-SELECTED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS IN THE EXPERIENCED CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE: 1960 AND 1970

[Persons 14 years old and over. "N.e.c." means not elsewhere classified]

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1970, vol. 1, PC(1)-D1, United States Summary, Detailed Characteristics.

No. 109.

HOSPITALS-TYPE OF SERVICE AND CONTROL: 1950 To 1971

[Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Covers hospitals accepted for registration by the American Hospital Association; see text, p. 50. Short-term hospitals have an average patient stay of 30 days or less; long-term, an average stay of longer duration. See also Historical Statistics, Colonal Times to 1957, series B 195-248]

1 Beds per 1,000 population. Based on Bureau of the Census estimated resident population as of July 1. 2 State hospitals included with "Local."

Source: American Hospital Association, Chicago, Ill., Hospitals, Guide Issue, annual. (Copyright.)

No. 110. INPATIENT HEALTH FACILITIES: 1968, 1969, and 1971

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Resources Statistics, annual.

No. 111. HOSPITALS ASSETS, EXPENSES, AND PERSONNEL, BY TYPE OF CONTROL AND SERVICE: 1950 TO 1971

[Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. For definition of short-term and long-term, see headnote, table 109]

1 Composed of both general and other special. 2 Excludes cost of new construction. * Includes full-time equivalents of part-time personnel; except for 1950, excludes residents, interns, and students Source: American Hospital Association, Chicago, Ill., Hospitals, Guide Issue, annual. (Copyright.)

No. 112. HOSPITAL UTILIZATION RATES: 1965 TO 1970

[Covers estimates of inpatients discharged from noninstitutional, short-stay hospitals exclusive of Federal hospitals. Excludes newborn. Based on sample data collected from the Hospital Discharge Survey; for details, see Vital and Health Statistics, series 13-Nos. 3 and 6]

1 Average daily number of beds occupied per 100,000 civilian noninstitutional population. Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, unpublished data.