Non-Physician Clinicians

Sources: Border States includes data from Arizona State Board of Nursing (2004), California Department of Consumer Affairs (2004), New Mexico Health Policy Commission (2003), and Texas Board of Nurse Examiners (2003); U.S. from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions (2000).

• There were 467 nurse practitioners working in the Arizona Border Counties, this was 37 nurse practitioners per 100,000 population and was higher than the ratio for the State (32 per 100,000 population). While the ratio of nurse practitioners to population in counties within 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border was similar to the ratio for Border States (38 per 100,000), it was somewhat higher than the U.S. ratio of 28 per 100,000 population.
• In the metropolitan^[35] counties within 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border, there were 1.6 times more nurse practitioners per 100,000 population than in the non-metropolitan counties within 62 miles of the Border: 39 and 26 nurse practitioners per 100,000 population, respectively.
• In the Arizona Border Counties, the ratio of nurse practitioners per 100,000 population was 1.4 times the National ratio.
• Nurse practitioners in counties within 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border were mostly Non-Hispanic White (86 percent), with only 9.4 percent of nurse practitioners reported as Hispanic/Latino(a) (Table 31).
• In the counties more than 62 miles from the Border, Non-Hispanic White nurse practitioners also dominated the workforce (92 percent). The population in this region consists of 66 percent Non-Hispanic White, 5.0 percent American Indian/Alaskan Natives, and 23 percent Hispanic/Latino(a) (Table 2).

Sources: Border States includes data from Arizona State Board of Nursing (2004), California Department of Consumer Affairs (2004), Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health (2004), and Texas Board of Nurse Examiners (2003); U.S. from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions (2000).

• There were 57 nurse midwives in the Arizona Border Counties; this was 4.6 nurse midwives per 100,000 population in these counties. This ratio was higher than the State ratio for nurse midwives at 2.7 per 100,000 population, the Border States (3.3 per 100,000) and the U.S. (2.8 per 100,000).
• In the Border Counties 57 percent of the population was Non-Hispanic White and 34 percent was Hispanic/Latino(a) (Table 2).
• In the counties more than 62 miles from the Border, Non-Hispanic White nurse midwives also dominate the workforce (90 percent). The population in this region was 66 percent Non-Hispanic White, 5.0 percent American Indian/Alaskan Natives and 23 percent Hispanic/Latino(a) (Table 2).
• Nearly 100 percent of nurse midwives in Arizona were female (Table 35).

Sources: Border States includes data from Arizona State Board of Nursing (2004), California Department of Consumer Affairs (2004), New Mexico Health Policy Commission (2003), and Texas Board of Nurse Examiners (2003): U.S. from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions (2000).

• Twenty-five of Arizona’s nurse anesthetists were in the Arizona Border Counties for a rate of 2.0 nurse anesthetists per 100,000 population; this ratio was similar to the State ratio of 2.7 per 100,000. The ratios of nurse anesthetists in the Arizona Border Counties were less than 60 percent of the Border States ratio of 4.5 per 100,000 and less than a third of the U.S. ratio of 9.1.
• Nurse anesthetists in counties more than 62 miles of the Border were overwhelmingly Non-Hispanic White (96 percent) and only 1.6 percent of nurse anesthetists were reported as Hispanic/Latino(a) (Table 37).
• In the counties within 62 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border, Non-Hispanic White nurse anesthetists were 100 percent of the workforce. While there were more females working as nurse anesthetists, males accounted for a larger proportion of nurse anesthetists than other nurse specialties reported here: 56 percent and 40 percent in counties within 62 miles of the Border and those more than 62 miles from the Border, respectively (Table 38).