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TABLE 108. GRADUATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY FROM SELECTED HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS FOR SELECTED ACADEMIC YEARS: 1980-81, 1990-91, AND 1999-2000

Health Professions Schools
Number of graduates
Percent of graduates
Race and
Ethnicity
1980-81
1990-91
1999-2000 1/
1980-81
1990-91
1999-2000 1/
Allopathic medicine
 
All races 2/ 15,632 15,427 15,712 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 13,201 11,792 10,446 84.4 76.4 66.5
Underrepresented minority 3/ 1,086 1,326 1,796 6.9 8.6 11.4
  Non-Hispanic black 766 918 1,117 4.9 6.0 7.1
  Hispanic 530 832 897 3.4 5.4 5.7
    Mexican American 201 261 425 1.3 1.7 2.7
    Mainland Puerto Rican 76 101 120 0.5 0.7 0.8
    Other Hispanic 4/ 253 470 502 1.6 3.0 3.2
  Native American 43 46 134 0.3 0.3 0.9
Asian 456 1,687 2,848 2.9 10.9 18.1
Dentistry 4/
       
All races 5,550 3,995 4,171 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/ 4,931 2,854 2,676 88.8 71.4 64.2
Underrepresented minority 373 564 440 6.7 14.1 10.5
  Non-Hispanic black 214 204 189 3.9 5.1 4.5
  Hispanic 145 348 229 2.6 8.7 5.5
  Native American 14 12 22 0.3 0.3 0.5
Asian 246 577 1,055 4.4 14.4 25.3
Pharmacy 4/
     
All races 7,323 7,122 7,260 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2/ 6,439 5,719 4,944 87.9 80.3 68.1
Underrepresented minority 596 573 811 8.1 8.0 11.2
  Non-Hispanic black 230 350 480 3.1 4.9 6.6
  Hispanic 361 288 287 4.9 4.0 4.0
  Native American 5 20 44 0.1 0.3 0.6
Asian 288 745 1,505 3.9 10.5 20.7
Public Health 4/
 
All races 2/ 2,762 3,170 5,050 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white 2,159 2,296 3,261 78.2 72.4 64.6
Underrepresented minority 306 479 869 11.1 15.1 17.2
  Non-Hispanic black 163 207 468 5.9 6.5 9.3
  Hispanic 119 238 367 4.3 7.5 7.3
  Native American 24 34 34 0.9 1.1 0.7
Asian 149 174 658 5.4 5.5 13.0
Registered nurses 5/
       
All races 73,985 72,230 67,169 100.0 100.0 100.0
Non-Hispanic white
--
62,682
--
--
86.8
--
Underrepresented minority
--
7,739
--
--
10.7
--
  Non-Hispanic black
--
5,350
--
--
7.4
--
  Hispanic
--
2,026
--
--
2.8
--
  Native American
--
363
--
--
0.5
--
Asian
--
1,809
--
--
2.5
--

1/ Nursing graduates are for 1999-2000.
2/ Includes race/ethnicity unspecified.
3/ Includes Non-Hispanic Black, Mainland Puerto Rican, Mexican American, and Native American.
4/ Includes students attending schools in Puerto Rico.
5/ The minority data question was changed in 1992/93, therefore data for subsequent years may not be directly comparable to data collected prior to 1992-93.

SOURCES: Association of American Medical Colleges. AAMC DATA BOOK, Statistical Information Related to Medical Education, January 2002. Washington, DC, 2002; Bureau of Health Professions: Minorities and Women in the Health Fields, 1994 edition; American Dental Association. 2000/01 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education. Chicago, 2002; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Institutional Research Report Series, Profile of Pharmacy Students, Fall 2000. Alexandria, VA, 2001; Association of Schools of Public Health. 2000 Annual Data Report; National League for Nursing. Nursing Datasource, 1997: Vol 1. New York, 1997. Also unpublished data.