Table 14_3_1-1
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Pharmacist | Population | Pharmacist | Population | Pharmacist | |||||
| Population group | Percent a | Percent b | Rate c | Percent a | Percent b | Rate c | Percent a | Percent b | Rate c | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 89.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 88.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 87.6 | |
| Race | Single race | |||||||||
| White | 75.1 | 77.2 | 91.8 | 73.9 | 77.6 | 92.8 | 73.9 | 76.8 | 91.0 | |
| Black | 12.4 | 6.2 | 44.5 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 31.2 | 12.4 | 5.1 | 36.1 | |
| Asian | 4.4 | 14.4 | 292.5 | 4.4 | 15.4 | 309.1 | 4.4 | 16.2 | 323.7 | |
| AI/AN | 0.8 | 0.3 | 28.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 21.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 21.4 | |
| NHOPI | 0.1 | 0.1 | 55.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 69.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 15.6 | |
| Other | 4.9 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 19.7 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 12.3 | |
| Multiple races | 2.3 | 0.8 | 31.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 39.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 36.0 | |
| Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic | |||||||||
| All races | 84.6 | 96.3 | 101.6 | 85.0 | 96.4 | 100.3 | 85.2 | 96.6 | 99.3 | |
| White | 65.4 | 74.3 | 101.4 | 65.8 | 75.1 | 100.9 | 66.2 | 74.4 | 98.5 | |
| Black | 12.1 | 6.2 | 45.6 | 12.1 | 4.4 | 31.8 | 12.2 | 5.0 | 36.0 | |
| Hispanic, all races | 15.4 | 3.7 | 21.6 | 15.0 | 3.6 | 21.2 | 14.8 | 3.4 | 20.1 | |
| Region | Northeast | 18.1 | 18.3 | 90.3 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 101.4 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 94.6 |
| Midwest | 21.9 | 23.7 | 96.7 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 96.2 | 22.1 | 23.5 | 93.2 | |
| South | 36.7 | 37.8 | 91.9 | 36.6 | 35.4 | 85.4 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 88.2 | |
| West | 23.3 | 20.2 | 77.3 | 23.2 | 19.9 | 75.6 | 23.2 | 20.0 | 75.8 | |
a Percent distribution of population in the United States.
b Percent distribution of pharmacists in the United States.
c Rate of pharmacists per 100,000 population.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
Source: U.S. Census, American Community Survey.
Page last reviewed October 2014
Internet Citation: Table 14_3_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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