Tables for Profiles of Physicians, Dentists, and Registered Nurses

Table 22. Physician to Population Ratios, 2004

₤Counts are for 2000, the most recent year of data available.

Table 23. Physicians by Type of Patient Care, 2004

Note: Specialty information for active physicians not available at the National level (85 primary care MDs[83] per 100,000 population, DOs not reported).Similarly, since specialty information is not collected by each Board in the Border States, the proportion of physicians by type of patient care could not be calculated.

Table 24. Dentist to Population Ratios, 2004

Geographic Area	Number	Ratio
United States₤, [84]	168,000	60.7
Border States	42,370	64.6
Arizona [85]	2,727	47.5
Arizona Border Regions
More than 62 miles from Border	2,185	48.6
Within 62 miles	542	43.4

₤ Counts are for 2000, the most recent year of data available
Did not respond in Arizona - zero
**Specialties includes endodontics, oral surgery, oral pathology, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics.

Table 25. Dentists by Type of Patient Care, 2004

Table 26. Registered Nurse to Population Ratios, 2004

Table 27 Registered Nurses by Race/Ethnicity, 2004

Geographic Area	Non- Hispanic White	Black / African-American	Hispanic / Latino(a)Φ	Asian / Pacific Islander	American Indian / Alaskan Native	Other**	Total
Percent of Registered Nurses
Arizona [89]	87.4	2.2	5.1	3.1	1.2	1.0	100.0
Arizona Border Regions
More than 62 miles from Border	88.0	2.2	4.0	3.4	1.4	1.0	77.1
Within 62 miles	85.4	2.0	8.5	2.4	0.9	0.9	22.9
Number of Registered Nurses
Arizona	38,146	949	2,204	1,376	544	440	43,659
Arizona Border Regions
More than 62 miles from Border	29,590	749	1,356	1,135	459	351	33,640
Within 62 miles	8,556	200	8,482	241	85	89	10,019

Did not respond in Arizona – 2,586 (5.6%)
^Φ Includes Hispanics/Latinos(as) of all races; in Arizona, unable to calculate percent Non-Hispanic White, Black/African-American, or Others.
** Includes some other race or cases with two or more races.
Note:  Race/ethnicity for registered nurses at the National level is as follows:  85.9% Non-Hispanic White; 5.1% Black/African-American; 2.2% Hispanic/Latino(a); 4.1% Asian/Pacific Islander; 0.5% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 1.2% two or more races.[90]Since race/ethnicity is not collected by each Board in theBorder States, the proportion of registered nurses by race/ethnic group could not be calculated.

Table 28 Registered Nurses by Gender, 2004

Geographic Area	Female	Male	Total
Percent of Registered Nurses
Arizona [91]	92.2	7.8	100.0
Arizona Border Regions
More than 62 miles from Border	92.2	7.8	77.0
Within 62 miles	92.1	7.9	23.0
Number of Registered Nurses
Arizona	42,563	3,623	46,186
Arizona Border Regions
More than 62 miles from Border	32,791	2,785	35,576
Within 62 miles	9,772	838	10,610

Did not respond in Arizona - 57
Note: Gender for registered nurses at the National level is as follows: 94.1% female and 5.9% male.[92] Since gender is not collected by each Board in the Border States, the proportion of registered nurses by gender could not be calculated.