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TABLE 217. ESTIMATES OF PATIENT CARE PODIATRISTS AND PODIATRIST-TO-POPULATION RATIOS, SELECTED YEARS: 1970-2000

YEAR
ACTIVE
PATIENT CARE
PODIATRISTS
TOTAL
POPULATION
(THOUSANDS)
PODIATRISTS
PER 100,000
TOTAL POP
1970 6,200 206,466 3.0
1975 6,400 217,095 2.9
1980 7,780 228,937 3.4
1983 8,480 235,385 3.6
1986 9,620 241,784 4.0
1989 9,835 248,659 4.0
1990 10,353 251,360 4.1
1991 10,354 254,051 4.1
1992 10,346 256,866 4.0
1993 10,358 259,450 4.0
1995 10,304 264,331 3.9
1996 10,735 266,840 4.0
1997 11,121 269,379 4.1
1998 11,482 271,841 4.2
1999 11,853 274,271 4.3
2000 12,242 276,740 4.4

SOURCES: Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis; AmericanPodiatric Medical Association. Unpublished data; U.S. Bureau of the Census. Current PopulationReports Series P-25, Nos. 1113, 1128 and 1130. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2001 Edition.