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TABLE 211. TOTAL AND ACTIVE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS (DOs) AND PHYSICIAN-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, 1975-2000
YEAR
TOTAL NUMBER
OF DOs
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE DOs
TOTAL DOs
PER 100K POP
ACTIVE DOs
PER 100K POP
TOTAL POP
(000s) 1/
1975 14,929 13,977 6.8 6.4 219,272
1976 15,572 14,579 7.0 6.6 221,333
1977 16,175 15,144 7.2 6.8 223,653
1978 17,036 15,950 7.5 7.1 226,043
1979 17,975 16,829 7.9 7.4 228,569
1980 18,820 17,620 8.1 7.6 231,266
1981 19,686 18,431 8.4 7.9 233,459
1982 20,559 19,248 8.7 8.2 235,691
1983 21,618 20,239 9.1 8.5 238,139
1984 22,746 21,295 9.5 8.9 240,542
1985 24,014 22,483 9.9 9.3 242,024
1986 25,479 23,854 10.4 9.8 244,205
1987 26,794 25,085 10.9 10.2 246,379
1988 28,403 26,466 11.4 10.6 248,596
1989 29,654 27,763 11.8 11.1 251,142
1990 30,924 28,952 12.2 11.4 253,250
1991 32,297 29,244 12.6 11.4 256,570
1992 33,573 31,206 13.0 12.0 259,250
1993 34,967 32,489 13.3 12.4 261,940
1994 36,559 34,079 13.8 12.9 264,811
1995 38,219 35,720 14.3 13.4 267,186
1996 39,838 37,306 14.8 13.8 269,651
1997 41,654 38,932 15.3 14.3 272,262
1998 43,481 40,702 15.8 14.8 274,772
1999 44,959 42,615 16.2 15.4 277,240
2000 47,127 44,731 16.9 16.0 279,571

1/ Includes civilian population in the US Possessions.

SOURCE: American Osteopathic Association. 1992 Yearbook and Directory of Osteopathic Physicians; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. 2000 Annual Statistical Report. Rockville, MD, 2001. Also prior annual reports; US Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001 Edition. Also prior annual editions.