| TABLE 107. FIRST-YEAR AND TOTAL ENROLLMENTS OF WOMEN IN SELECTED HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS FOR SELECTED ACADEMIC YEARS: 1981-82, 1991-92, AND 2000-01 |
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Both
Sexes |
Percent
Women |
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|
Enrollment / Health Profession |
1981-82 |
1991-92 |
2000-01
1/ |
1981-82 |
1991-92 |
2000-01
1/ |
|
First-year
Enrollment |
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|
Allopathic
medicine |
17,268
|
17,071
|
16,699
|
30.8
|
39.9
|
45.9
|
|
Osteopathic
medicine |
1,592
|
1,974
|
2,927
|
23.9
|
32.7
|
42.4
|
|
Dentistry |
5,855
|
4,047
|
4,327
|
21.7
|
36.3
|
39.8
|
|
Podiatry |
702
|
725
|
475
|
-- |
28.0
|
40.6
|
|
Optometry |
1,249
|
1,355
|
1,384
|
-- |
53.2
|
57.2
|
|
Pharmacy
2/ |
6,927
|
8,343
|
8,382
|
-- |
-- |
66.4
|
|
Veterinary
medicine |
2,246
|
2,225
|
2,381
|
47.2
|
-- |
-- |
|
Nursing
(RN) |
115,279
|
122,656
|
119,205
|
92.7
|
89.8
|
87.5
|
|
Total
Enrollment |
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|
Allopathic
medicine |
66,298
|
65,602
|
66,160
|
27.9
|
38.1
|
44.6
|
|
Osteopathic
medicine |
5,304
|
7,012
|
10,817
|
20.9
|
33.4
|
41.1
|
|
Dentistry
|
22,621
|
15,882
|
17,349
|
-- |
35.6
|
38.7
|
|
Podiatry |
2,584
|
2,247
|
1,968
|
14.0
|
28.9
|
36.4
|
|
Optometry |
4,729
|
4,864
|
5,428
|
-- |
49.7
|
55.5
|
|
Pharmacy
2/ |
20,468
|
23,482
|
30,301
|
-- |
62.7
|
65.4
|
|
Veterinary
medicine |
8,391
|
8,440
|
9,170
|
41.8
|
62.1
|
71.8
|
|
Public
Health |
7,366
|
12,032
|
16,019
|
55.4
|
62.8
|
67.9
|
|
Nursing
(RN) |
234,995
|
237,598
|
192,202
|
94.3
|
90.1
|
-- |
1/ First-year enrollments for nursing
students are for 1995-96. Total enrollments for nursing students are for 1999-2000.
2/ For 1991-92 and earlier years, pharmacy first-year enrollment data include
students in the first year of the final three years of all first professionaldegree
programs (Bacc and Pharm.D.1) and pharmacy total enrollments include students
in the final 3 years of the first professional degree program. For 2000-01,
pharmacy total enrollments include students in the last 3 years of the Baccalaureate
program and last 4 years of the Pharm.D.1 program. Pharmacy first year enrollments
for 2000-01 include students in the Baccalaureate Class of 2003 and the Pharm.D.1
Class of 2004.
SOURCES: Association of American Medical Colleges. AAMC DATA BOOK, Statistical Information Related to Medical Education, January 2002.Washington, DC, 2002; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. 2001 Annual Statistical Report. Rockville, MD, 2002; American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine. Unpublished data; American Dental Association. 2000/01 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education. Chicago, 2002; Bureau of Health Professions. Minorities and Women in the Health Fields, 1994 Edition; Association of Schools and Colleges ofOptometry. Annual Student Data Report, Academic Year 2000-2001. Also unpublished data; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.Institutional Research Report Series, Profile of Pharmacy Students Fall 2000. Alexandria, VA, 2001. Also unpublished data; Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. Unpublished data; Association of Schools of Public Health. 2000 Annual Data Report; National League for Nursing. Nursing Datasource 1997, New York, 1997. Also unpublished data.